The Press: New Paragrapher

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, famed short story writer, has set himself up in the paragraphing business. Mornings now readers of the New York Herald Tribune and other journals scattered throughout the land read brief syndicated comments by Mr. Cobb.

Some readers were puzzled, remembering an old series by this same Mr. Cobb which was syndicated in newspapers in 1921 under the title "My Favorite Stories." This series was too easy; and not funny enough. Readers who hear funny stories, read funny papers, go to vaudeville shows, had heard most of the stories. Some few...

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