Judge — June 7, 1924 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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ng k sh ™ Plot-Deutsch (Continued from page 20) forgive me for failing to find in their boss the histrionie virtues which they ascribe to her. The Madame’s present. support- ing company is, in addition, nothing to brag about. ii “ie leading lady of the musical show, “Plain Jane.” is Miss Lorraine Man- ville. Miss) Manville little person with a ple: n sweet-faced it little voice and an agreeably Jadylike manner, but she hardly deserves all the thunders of applause and Dravas that were bestowed upon her, on the opening night, by groups of her friends adroitly distributed about the anditorium. These friends were determined that little Miss Manville’s reception should be as great, if not greater, than that accorded Miss Queenie Smith a few weeks before at the opening of “Sitting Pret Accordingly, every: | time she appeared on the stage they let loose salvos that would have dismayed Mary Garden herself. If she danced a simple little dance, they yelled and And if she sang a few simple bars, they pounded their hands and stamped their feet in a way that would bring a blush even to Galli-Curci. cheered themselves hoarse. 6 first-night ovations to dubious talents are getting to be ridiculous. One always notices, furthermore, that the real hit of the evening is made not hy their recipient, but by some performer who has come on in a dead silence and who, instead of buying tickets to dis- tribute among his friends, has spent the money on singing and dancing lessons. | Or who, more likely, has not had to spend | any money on anything, but las come by his talent naturally, Miss Manville, | Miss Smith and any number of other such girls would make a much better impression were they to keep their friends | at home. When part. of an audience applauds for five full minutes when a girl appears on her first. entrance, the other half of the audience may be par- doned for expecting more, perhaps, than the girl has to offer. The best feature of “Plain Jane” is a prize fight participated in by Jay Gould (doubtless a relative of Gertrude Vander- bilt and Mary Astor) and another young man whose name does not appear on the program. At the premiere, this serap was a realistic and exciting thing, ad- | mirably put on. Joe Laurie, Jr, is a droll comedian and some of his lines are | fresh and funny. ‘The plot of the show is | a great novelty. ‘The heroine is a poor girl living in a garret in Act I. At the end of Act IL she comes into wealth and | expensive dresses and marries the mil- | lionaire hero. The weak part of the | show is the chorus. A high-powered | telescope failed to disclose in it a single personable sweet potato, | The Switchboard Comes to Life Zero hour approaches. Wire chief and assistants are set for the “‘cut-over” that will bring a new central office into being. In the room above operators sit at the new switchboard. Two years this equipment has been building. It embodies the developments of hundreds of engineers and incorporates the scientific research of several decades. Now it is ready, tested in its parts but unused as an implement of service. In the terminal room men stand in line before frames of myriad wires, the connections broken by tiny insulators. Mid- night comes. A handkerchief is waved. ‘The insulators are ripped from the frames. In a second the new switchboard be- comes a thing alive. Without their knowledge thousands of subscribers are transferred from the old switchboard to the new. Even a chance conversation begun through the old board is continued without interruption through the new. |The new ex- change provides for further growth. This cut-over of a switchboard is but one example, one of many engineering achievements that have made possible a wider and prompter use of the telephone. To-day, in maintaining a national telephone service, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, through its engineering and research departments, Continuously makes avail- able for its Associated Companies improvements in apparatus and in methods of operation. AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES BELL SYSTEM One Policy, One System, Universal Service “DON'T SHOUT” “TL can hear you with the MORLEY PHONE.” It is invisible, weightless, comfortable, inexpensive, No metal, wires nor rubber. Can. be used by anyone, young or old. The Morley Phone for the DEAF is to the ears what glasses are tothe eves. Write for Free Bookiet con taining testimonials of users all over the country. It or M dactibea causes of deafness; tellshow and why the MORLEY by the PHONE relief. Over 100,000 sold. ER CD.,Inc. AD The Morley Company, 1 South 18th St., Dept. 774, Philadelpliia 127-28 West 24th Street = New York City They all say GLOVER’S does the Business 25 comicbooks.com