The Jokes That Last
BURGES JOHNSON has been writing and editing since before the turn of the century. He was a friend of O. Henry, and as a junior editor in the book department of Harper & Brothers he helped Mark Twain to revise his Library of Humor. Forty years ago Mr. Johnson became the editor of Judge, the comic weekly, and in this capacity he tested and sometimes tracked to their source some of the most amusing American anecdotes. It is amazing to find, even in those days before radio and television, how swiftly such folklore sped across the country.