Judge — June 29, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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IDGE Tune 29, 1918 Wanted to Act the Gladiator IM got a job at one of the theatres as stagehand. It was a vaudeville house and in his first week it fell to him to im- personate & policeman, and at the conclusion | of one of the scenes in a comedy sketch he had to chase a tramp across the stage, meanwhile brandishing a big club. | All went along smoothly until Thursday d night, when he came to the dressing-room of the comedian, and said: ye do me a favor tonight?” is it, Tim?” asked the actor. me. “Well, whin I chase ye acrost the stage to- night, let me ketch ye and beat ye up,” said Tim;+pleadingly. “Me best girl will be out step | front in the audience.” more the Opportunity Knocks w? GOMETIMES a thing intended as a compli- ment is very much the reverse. Young Harrison met the fascinating widow, Like | Mrs. Bingham, one morning and stopped to bout | speak with her. It was the first time he had met her since the death of her husband, and as Ik at | he had been the one selected to write a report of the husband’s accident to her, he felt that condolences were in order. rove After expressing his sorrow of the affair, he spoke of the accident. n't” | “Oh, I was so grateful for your thoughtful- ten- | ness in writing to me about poor Will’s terrible mishap!” the widow exclaimed. Kant | “Not at all, not at all,” stammered the young and | man, “I was only too glad to have the oppor- gher | tunity!” hys- News for Father HeRoLD was a very inquisitive youngster and asked many questions. When his hout | father went in the nursery to pay him a visit, the youngster was busy with his supper. ock- | “Oh, daddy,” cried the boy, “I’ve found out something that you couldn’t tell me when I asked you the other day.”” “Well, son,” smiled the father “what is it?” “Well, daddy, you needn’t bother any more is a | to find out who made me,” explained Harold. “Cook told me—it’s God. I thought perhaps the | you would like to know.” Try This on a Rainy Day f O#. Wilbur,” cricd Mrs. Boyd, as her hus- band came up on the piazza, “what a kvely umbrella you have! Where in the 1ca®. | world did you get it?” =| “I scarcely know whether to say I stole it Brat ki _ it given to me, dear,” replied the hus- and. whi “Why, Will, what do you mean?” asked recest| Mrs. Boyd, in surprise. bee}. “Well, this is the way it happened,” explained or Boyd. “I was going to lunch this noon when ,| it began to rain like the very dickens. Just mit} then I saw a young fellow coming toward me carrying a fine large umbrella, and the thought id fs] came to me that he might be willing to give me she shelter. Just as I met him I stopped and said: ‘Where are you going with that umbrella, Young fellow?’ He dropped it like a red-hot brick, and ran away as fast as he could go, and < Car | bere it is!” Ir — FILM FUN, JULY, 1918 “A Monthly Reel of Laughs’’ & NOW ON SALE Bit es better acquainted with the heroes and heroines of the screen, meet them in Film Fun. Incidentally you will also get a generous share of good, hearty laughter along with a lot of striking pictures of the big plays soon to be released. 10 Cents a Copy at all the newsstands This issue contains the following features: COMMENTS OF A FREE LANCE: Following the Footprints of Father Time The Flood of Prosperity Knows no Ebb-tide Here Like Real Fairy-Tales Come True Grand Opera Fame Blazes the Trail to Screen Triumph Goldwyn Remaking “The Eternal Magdalene” Constance Talmadge in “The Studio Girl” Linpa A. GrirFITH ILLUSTRATED FEATURES: Making a Name for Myself in the Movies Lita LEE Winning by a Nose Auice Brapy My Bit in the World’s Work Mapnce Evans How “Innocent” Was Filmed Fannie Warp The Lion in the Movies Mme. Lina Cavatiert What Kind of Movies Do Our Soldiers Like? Private C. V. Combe MISCELLANEOUS: Movie Stars of the East Star Styles Practice Makes Perfect Micuaet Gross Also Reviews of picture plays, timely editorials and ART PORTRAITS of Lila Lee, Emmy Wehlen, Clara Kimball Young, Alice Brady, Veta Searl. 225 FIFTH AVENUE FFE ME FFUN $sew york cry —J) comicbooks.com