Judge — October 15, 1927 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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>—_——_——— Judging the Shows (Continued from page 16) This, I appreciate, is an ex- cessively blooie notice, but I am still laughing over the play as I write it, and you mustn’t expect too much criti sense. To- morrow, when I sit down to con- sider the opus coldly, I may get back into my old highly praise- worthy sobriety, but for the mo- ment I am content merely to re- port that I had a most juicy and salubrious evening, and that I didn’t have a drink either. The theme, in: brief, is of a young military attaché of the French embassy at Madrid whose anatomical virtuosity is employed by the French ambassador to per- suade the wives of the Spanish diplomats to La Belle ance’s interests. While a spade is not called a de, it is jurgenized into almost everything else recog- nizable, and the result is im- mensely jocose. The best per- formances are contributed by Mary Nash, Ferdinand Gotts- chalk and Henry Stephenson. Il! ovr Watts’ was originally the work of Dana Burnet. It presently bears the name of George Abbott as collaborator. What the play was like in the beginning, I do not know, but my guess is that it was a better thing than it is currently revealed to be. As it stands, it shows plainly the injection of what is known as “Broadway skill,” which has con- trived to make it cheap stuff. The story of a gunman’s psyche, it now amounts to nothing more than commonplace Rialto melo- drama. Master—If you will fetch my mother-in-law from the station, I will give you a mark tip. Servant—Supposing she isn’t there? Master—Then I'll give you two marks, —Lustige Kotner Zeituna, Cologne IABELS Inc. AZZIE General Mutters, Judge pays $5 for each one printed t less Kaywoodie Pipe! i a dry, fresh, wholegome rick : It has the Drinkless Attachment Sit drai moisture to the bottom of the stem! oie a sweet, cool, fresh, wholesome smoke reach delighted lips Ask your daller to show you the Bri . Drinkless Kaywoodie Pipes to fit &¥ personality. melts KAYWOG EN: Write for free booklet woodie” including advice And information on Drinkless ERE'S the famous Drinkless Attachment built perman- ently into the stem. To clean, : wipe dry... Look for inlay on the Drinkless Kay stem. Your guarantee of a dry pipe. Fe lw and cigar holders. ——S Rough finish Drinhless Kaywoodie Relief $7.00 Rough finish Ditnhless Kaywoodie Thorn $4.00 KAUFMANN BROS. & BONDY, Inc. BOX J, 120/FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY comicbooks.com