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

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

— The Cinema Brought Me to This I™ a dare-devil fellow, the blood in my veins Is coursing in torrents of flame, And I freely confess that I go to no pains To try to be gentle and tame. The women all quail “neath my terrible My sex-appeal’s fearfully strong, And on fierce manly sport I'm so keen that I've thought Of giving up “Snap” for “Mah Jongg.” Be ruled by my awful example, Take warning whilst yet you have time, And resolve you'll ne'er go to a cinema show Or you'll soon fall a victim to crime. T used to be pure as the Tily And simple as any young miss. Yet it's now a real treat to drink Nestle’s Milk neat, Oh, the cinema brought me to this! Since I've fallen a vietim to cinema plays My life's one long orgy of vice. I won't wear goloshes on pouring wet days. And T now breed the wildest white mice. On Saturday nights when Pm out on the loose, Oh, I go the pace terribly then! REE EATS ee ° EO ey 7) Birth control. And if the fun flags. I explode paper bags. Whilst IT seldom get home before ten. Be ruled by my awful example, And shun every “movie” like sin, For once you have seen any plays on the screen Your morals will start to cave in. L once was the pride of old Peckham, My life was a model of bliss, Duplex car for saving time in case of tire or engine trouble—roll it over and go on your way. Now I simply won't play in the VAMC. A. Oh, the cinema brought me to this! Now that “pictures” have got me within their fell grip My literary taste has “blue, I no longer dote on Squeak, Wilfred and Pip But the Pink “Un IT read through and through. Of respect for the law I confess Pm bereft. I defy all its workings with might, So whenever a notice says “Keep to the left.” Tm a devil and walk on the right. turned Be ruled by my awful example, Take heed ere you leave it too late, Cut the cinemas out or you'll find without doubt That you'll soon share my horrible T once was a pet of the curate’s, When we meet now he gives me a and defiled, I'm an out- law “bronk” wild Oh, the cinema brought me to this! Bruce Woopnouse —London Mail