Judge — April 8, 1922 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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O’Neill, Cohan and De Pzchiotrzviskzi (Continued from page 8) lady members have very good Scotch and give delightful supper parties. It is true that George Cohan seems lately to have lost much of the in- genuity that once made his plays the | very amusing pastimes they were. But it is also true that, in any comprehen- sive and accurate estimate of the American drama, he cannot be treated with the affected indifference and con- tempt that have been accorded him. His plays, plainly enough, may not be important plays, and he himself may not be an important dramatist, but he has, for all that, exerted a far greater influence on the native drama than any other playwright of his time. If I were asked to name the most typical American play of our day and genera- tion I should reply unhesitatingly, “It Pays to Advertise.” No other play written in the last twenty years, it seems to me, is so exactly, so entirely and so authentically, American. And “It Pays to Advertise,” though written by Megrue, is as much a Cohan play as anything that Cohan ever wrote. Without Cohan, it would never have been written. ... All this, incidentally, is not a question of quality, but of | American plays and playwrights. You are by this time probably won- dering about the dramatist, De Pzchio- trzviskzi, and impatient to hear about him. There is no such person. Appre- ciating that a review entitled merely “O'Neill and Cohan” might not win your interest, I added De P2zchio- trzviskzi as bait just to keep you going until I had said my say. The Parting By H. J. Duneka AST night I saw you leave the | dance, “L The victim of a flapper’s charms, And safe behind the potted plants You clasped her tightly in your arms. The night before in that same place You said I was the only one, And showered kisses on my face— You broke my heart to have your fun.” The atmosphere was growing tense— She gave him the engagement ring, And later, as he hurried thence, He wondered where she got thing. the BEFORE SHE SPRUCES UP No woman is as old as she looks to herself with her hair up in curl- Papers. Cuticura Soap Complexions Are Healthy Soap, Ointment, Talcum,2%c.everywhere.For samples uddress, Cutienra Laboratories, Dept. 7, Malden, Mass, W.L.DOUGLAS FORMENAND WOMEN § $7700 & $8.00 SHOES surthet Qn | AOMNTSTEESAT $500 & $600 SAVE MONEY BY WEARING W LDOUGLAS SHOES SOLD DIRECT FROM FACTORY ] WHEN YOU BUY W.L.DOUGLAS SHOES CONSIDER THE EXTRA QUALITY YOV RECEIVE FOR THE PRICE PAID TO YOU AT ONE PROFIT ‘W. L. Douglas shoes are made of the best and finest selected leathers the market affords. We employ the high- est paid, skilled shoemakers, all work- ing with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. When you need shoes look for a W.L. Douglas store. We own 108 stores lo- cated in the principal cities. You will find in our stores manykindsand styles of high-class, fine shoes that we believe are better shoe values for the money than you can buy elsewhere. Our $7.00 and $8.00 shoes are excep- tionally good values. There is one point we wish to impress upon you that is worth dollars for you to remember. W. L. Douglas shoes are put into all of our stores at factory cost. We donot make one cent of profit until the shoes are sold to you. When you buy shoes at any one of our stores you pay only one small retail profit. STAMPING THE RETAIL PRICE AT THE FACTORY W.L. Douglas name and portrait is the best known shoe Trade Mark in the world. It stands for thehighest standard of quality at thelow- est possible cost. The intrinsic value of a Trade Mark lies in giving to the con- sumer the equiva: lent of the price THE STAMPED PRICE. (Wy 1S YOUR PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASONABLE PROFITS No matter where you live, shoe dealers cansupply youwithW.L.Douglasshoes. They cost no more in San Francisco | paid for the goods. than they doin New York. Insist upon Catalog Frees having W. L. Douglas shoes with the j name and retail price stamped on the sole. Do not takea substituteand pay “5, jeng I one or two extra profits. Order direct, 7’ Douglas Shoe Co., from the factory and save money. 145 Spark St., Brockton, Mass. LUXURY AD FINITUM _ Mrs. Habitual Shopper—Have you a real sporty-looking town-car that will match this sample? I must have one to go with my new gown. SOMETHING WRONG SEES THE SMOKE “You may give me a pound of “Hear you got a smoky mountain in raisins, a cake of yeast, a peck of your section?” apples—” “Yes, and we think a lot of it.” “Yes, yes.” “Why so?” “And four cakes of soap.” “Every new prohibition officer what “Huh! I'll never try that recipe,” comes along spends a month or so said the grocer, as he turned away. making preparations to raid it.” 31