Evening star., 1946-07-08

ear. None OF that bulky business
which fits in the vest pocket, the
watch pocket, or the coin purse.
viii Save Time.
There is a great need for such q
magazine as the Digester's Digest
For one thing, it will eliminate tht
bother of roofing through severa
hundred digest magazines on tht
newsstands looking for the particu.
lar charm sized publication yol
happen to want. This is tediou:
process, as l know from first-hanC
experience.
1t so happens that my favoritt
boiled-down baby is one which deals
exclusively with subjects having tt
do with the identification of male
birds. 1t is called THE Male Birc
Identification Digest" and is en-
tered as 12th-class matter in Spoon
bread, Ala. 1t comes out once q
month, and it takes me darn near q
month to find it. To uncover it al
the newsstands I have to wade
through digests that are devoted to
collie, collies (care and breeding of
psychology. psychiatry, persimmons
home decorations, tourniquets and
their appliance, motherhood, father.
hood, sisterhood, cousinhood, avia-
ton (heavier than air., aviation
Qghter than air., architecture, all
ments that strike at night, ailments
that strike during the day, sports
and please name your subject.
The Digesters Digest will elm
mate this search. Buy a copy oil
it, and you will have a magazine
that boils all other magazines down
to their essential oils.
Reading Time Zero.
Reading time of any article In
my magazine will be zero-nothing
fiat. Even those who move their
lips as they read will be able to
tear through any condensation in
the Digester's Digest as fast as the
smartest college professor.
The aim of my magazine is. OF
course. to eliminate reading. The
world has made such forward strides
In the past few years, progress has
been so great, that people no longer
have the time to settle down in a
chair and read an article which
would furnish either pleasure OF
amusement.
To admit these days that you
have the time, or are willing to take
the time, to read a book or full
length article, is to admit u that
you are crazy. or CD that you have
an ailment which prevents you
from joining the mad rush of the
world toward nowhere, all brakes
off, throttle full-speed ahead.
The present digest magazines are
not streamlined enough to meet
present day demands. I heard a
man complaining about certain
digest the other day. He spoke
rather bitterly of the wordiness OF
the article-Said 1t took him three
minutes to read and absorb the life
OF Leonardo da Vinci Another char
I know had similar complaint. He
was all upset because his favorite
digest devoted two full pages Cal
most TOO words, mind YOU'D to a
condensation OF Gibbons THE De-
cline and Fall of the Roman EN-.
pire." He vowed he would switch
to another digest which, he said
had managed to get the "Philos-
ophy and Times Of Joe Di Maggie
In six paragraphs, and a complete
outline OF the Bible in a page and
a half.
Has Effect on Speech.
Reading digest magazines is hav-
ing q definite effect not only on
the reading habits of Americans
but on their speech as well. We
are beginning to talk like Western
Union kilograms.
I meet you there Thursday. Bring
cocaine as promised" 1 overheard q
man tell another at Forty second
and Broadway the other day.
l find myself doing it. you have
roast when arrive per schedule" ]
told my wife the other day. She
answered. s"Oke. Thanks. Make well
done as you like It,"
The Digester's Digest will even
tually boil down to- one page.
One little, tiny page. which the
reader will have to put on the foo,
and examine with a microscope.
One the page will be one word
ugh.
That will be all the reading matter
this country will need, if one is tc
judge by the present trend.
Send in your subscriptions now
FOR one year-a pound of butter
For two years-a pound of butter
and two pounds Of bacon.
Send in a furnished apartment
and you can have the magazine.
distributed by McNaught syndicat. Irc ,