Life — January 4, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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gt ha ee NS Treatrica, Note After a very unfortunate experience with a mosquito in a New Jersey playhouse, the 5 Strongarm Brothers have enlarged their troupe to the extent of one Flit-gun sharpshooter. idea for an all-star audience- Glan Huntex be SPRING I played in George C. Tyler’s spirited all-star revival of “She Stoops to Conquer.” Playing in all-star casts is most enjoyable. They spur me on to do my best work ... I wish there could be an all-star audience, too. Such an audience would be a coughless one. Anaudience which does not cough helps the actors—and (I am sure) helps itself to a greater enjoyment of the play. How can an audience “Smith Brothers broadcast Wednesday 9 P.M. Eastern time on W. J. Z. chain” become “stars”? Simple—Smith Brothers’ Cough Drops do the trick.” . . . Unpleasant and dangerous coughs and colds—most of winter sick- nesses—start right in the throat. Smith Brothers’ Cough Drops pro- tectyou! They soothe irritation, clear away hoarseness, relieve cigarette- dryness and—they stop coughs! « 5c. Two kinds: S. B. (Black) or the new Menthol. ‘THE BE VINNE-MALLENBIKK COMPANY, INC. PRENTERS, NEW YORE —Advt. eel Hicner Camas Thoughts of a Girl Wrestling with Temptation Gos what divine stockings they're simply adorable I’m mad about that shade it's the rage in Paris gosh they're darling and I've never in my life seen anything so cheap I promised Mother I wouldn't charge anything more this month but ab- solutely all my stockings are in rags it honestly isn’t decent the way I go around I've simply got to have a couple of pairs anyways to last out the month well that’s that they're so darn cheap I simply had to get four pairs it’s more economical in the long run Mother never gives me credit for being darn clever about shopping but wait ull I tell her about these I've never seen such a bargain I bet when I tell her she'll say it was all right to charge them gosh what'll I do about that date tonight with Freddie he bores me to extinction but I couldn’t be rude I couldn't think of any decent excuse but I'm mad to go to the Bachelors’ Ball with Ted damn it if he'd only asked me before Freddie | s'pose I could have a headache but s’pos'n’ Freddie heard I was at the ball I s'pose I really ought to see him but gosh what's the use life’s too short to sacrifice your- self all the time I'm too damn conscien- tious I'm always doing things I don't want to so’s not to hurt people’s feelings I know I'll tell Freddie something's come up and I simply can’t see him this week he'll understand gosh I s’pose Mother'll be ripping when she finds out I’ve charged these stockings maybe I'd better not tell her till I've worn them or she'll prob'ly make me send them back gosh what a darling evening gown I've never seen any- thing so chic if I hadn’t promised Mother I wouldn't charge anything more this month I'd. well anyways it was only three hundred and fifty marked down from four hundred and eighty-five ninety- eight and I had to have something -to wear to the ball tonight..... Lloyd Mayer, “ comicbooks.com