Argosy All-Story Weekly, November 12, 1927 — page 108: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

' 582 | “They are outside my imagination.” “ Would you like to fly in one?” Washington hesitated before answering, his eyes following a small monoplane that was skirting about high above. ‘““T would; yes.” A reporter told Colonel Washington that an American author had recently written a book about him which had caused a furor because in it he had stated that Washington was a drinking man. Washington asked: “‘Why was there a furor?” ‘ Because,” he was told, “ the American public has been taught to look up to you as a man who had no vices. The book was called ‘George Washington, the Human Being and the Hero.’ The claim was made that the author besmirched your image.” “T have no quarrel with him,” said Washington. “I was and am a human being. I am not aware of being vicious. I will read the book. Perhaps, in later life, I cultivated vices. I did not intend to.” He was asked: ‘“‘ Do you realize that, to us, your accent is strongly English?” He answered: “ Yours is very strange to me. And many of the words you use are unknown to me.” The questioning shifted back to Ameri- can inventions. He was asked his opinion of electricity, the electric light. “Tt is magical,” he said. “Tf Professor Morgan would consent to perform the experiment, which of your con- temporaries, man or woman, would you select to bring back to life?” (Continued on Page Ten.) - Larry turned to page ten, but he did not read page ten. His attention was captured by what he saw on page eleven. It was a full page advertisement of the Kolledge Kut Klothing Manufacturing Company. Block type roared: GEORGE WASHINGTON FAVORS KOLLEDGE KUT KLOTHES! Our Summer Model 49-C in Gray Tweed Fits Him Perfectly ! From measurements obtained from old rec- ords, a Ready-to-Fit suit of Kolledge Kut Klothes was selected yesterday by Mr. Law- ARGOSY-ALLSTORY WEEKLY. rence Galloway in the Ready-to-Fit Depart- ment of Cromach Bros., and taken to the Morgan Laboratory by airplane. — President Washington has expressed his de- light at the coolness, the smartness, the gen- eral all-around comfort of this popular model. Such Approval Must Be Merited! The 49-C Model; four pieces: coat, vest, trousers, and plus-fours, gray or brown— WHILE THEY LAST—$49.75! “What Is Good Enough for the Father of Our Country Is Good Enough for You!” (Copyright application of this slogan has been filed.) KOLLEDGE KUT KLOTHING MFG. CO. New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Dallas, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Denver, Duluth, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa Larry, with strange sounds in his throat, turned the page and encountered another one: WASHINGTON’S FEET FIND COMFORT IN SNUG-ARCH OXFORDS! Our Beloved First President Heads the List of Successful, Well-Dressed Patriots Who Will Accept No Substitute for America’s Smartest, Most Comfortable, ae ing Shoe—the SNUG-ARCH! STEP INTO LINE IN THE SNUG-ARCH! Priced from $16.95 Larry glanced with growing indignation through other newspapers. He learned that George Washington was keeping cool in Cool-Cut Athletic Underwear; that he was honoring a Neckford Shirt, and a Mallory Foulard Cravat of a dark-blue shade, which the manufacturers stated would hereafter be known as “ Washington Blue.” One full page was entirely white except for a little square of type in the center. WELCOME TO LIFE—GEORGE WASHINGTON ! PEAVER’S PRODUCTS PLEASE THE PALATE ! For His First Breakfast in 170 Years Our Celebrated Visitor From the Past Enjoyed a Slice of Delicious broiled PEAVER’S HAM ! WHY WAS HE GIVEN PEAVER’S HAM? Your Palate Knows! Where, he wondered, had they obtained that information? Advertisers, he sourly: (Eo) oO KS AAG -_ (E@)