Judge — June 2, 1923 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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America’s Leading Comic Weekly (Continued from page 9) like to see negro theater intelligently managed. This one isn’t. It is a mere imitation of a white theater, with all of a white theater's faults heavily empha- sized. At least, so far. There was more art and more theater in the single Bijou Theater dinge production of Ernest Howard) Culbertson’s “ Alley couple of years ago than in any ten such present enterprises. A way into the light is suggested, however, by a curtain- raiser that precedes “Salome.” This is more authentic stuff. ll Tae two other plays that have been shown lately fail’ similarly to work me up toa terrible pitch of enthusiasm. “The Mountebank,” a dramatization of W. J. Locke’s novel, was undoubtedly designed primarily for the movies. I hence confide it to the eare of Mr. Rothap- fel and his serious fellow artists. rel Clifton’s Value Received” is per- fectly obvious theatrical fare and another good reason for scooting down the street around ten o'clock and paying a visit to | the Ziegfeld Art Theat was Friend—Why all the black eyes, old man? Married Man—Well, you see, home kinda tipsy the other night thought I'd read a little before going to bed. My wife came down and caught | me, and beat me up. What were you reading?” “The checkerboard.” “Do you love me as much as you thought you did before you married me?” “Don’t be foolish, my dear! It’s only from putting up with you all these years that I found out how much I Teally do love you.” THE BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM SHOWING TERRITORIES OF THE ASSOCIATED OPERATING COMPANIES WHICH IN TURN ARE CONNECTED BY THE LONG LINES OF THE = \MERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO United for the Nation’s need We are a people scattered over approximately six thousand local three million square miles of terri- operating units cover the length tory—a people whose daily com- and breadth of the land. Uniting mercial transactions and social these community organizations are interests are as wide-spread as our the Associated Companies of the boundaries. Only a unified tele- Bell System, each responsible for phone service, covering the whole service in its territory. country, can serve our needs. Linking together the Associated Such a service, in turn, requires Companies is the American Tele- a national organization with uni- phone and Telegraph Company. form policies and operating It operates the long distance lines, methods; and also in each com- develops nation-wide policies, munity a local organization with standards of practice and equip- full authority and responsibility for ment for the improvement of the the problems of that community. service and for the benefit of all. Such a service is the service of In this commonwealth of service the Bell System. Two hundred _ the best interests of the nation and and fifty thousand employees and the community are equally served. “BELL SYSTEM” AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy, One System, Universal Service, and all directed toward Better Service “DON'T SHOUT” I can hear you with the MORLEY PHONE." It is invisible, eile coral | bnezpeosive: Ne aoe aaa ANY) or old. eaters solltars at § io Te The Morley Phone for the aoe , DEAF Why F Pay Full Prices isto the ears what clases Costs Nothing to See are tothe eyes. Write for Free Booklet con- taining testimonials ot snes all over the countr describes causes of deafness; sclahiew cod whe the MORLEY PHONE elief. Over 100,000 « The Morley Company, 26 $. 15th Sen et. 774, Philadelphia comicbooks.com