EXCELLENT FOOLING
Those who many years ago delighted in the humour of ." The * Lunatic at Large," and they were many, may be a bit disappointed in ", Button Brains" (Herbert Jenkins); J. Storer Olouston's latest mirth-proToker. It is a distinctly amusing- tale, however, • and just the book for light '■ holiday reading. The story relates how Isadora, an inventor of undoubted genius, created an amazing robot Which ho fashioned as the physical counterpart of his goodlooking cousin, Christopher. By press-; ing a button, of which, there were several concealed, about the dummy's person, it could be made to talk eloquently" on. a -variety of- subjects and illustrate its words with life-liko actions. It, would play golf, box, shop-walk, shave you, -or measure you for a coffin with equal facility; indeed, there -was little this fascinating automaton could not do. All wont well until it fell into alien handSj where its striking resemblance to Cousin Chris led to much confusion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 22
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157EXCELLENT FOOLING Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 22
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