Judge — June 8, 1929 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Shows (Continued from page 16) was necessary for him to be a Lew Leslic was to get together a num- ber of indifferent: coon cabaret | entertainers and periodically drop a velvet curtain upon their en deavors. Alas for our brother! His show was the worst kind of dud, so bad that at ten 0% kon the opening night half the audi ence was already out of the th tre and poor Brother I urd could be discerned speculating where he was going to get money for breakfast. The producing of plays and shows should. it would begin to appear, be left to men who have some acquaintance with the job. But the theatre, for one reason or another, seems always strangely to call to men who know next. to nothing of it or of its require ments. A shoemaker and a butch er.say, would hesitate to excha jobs, but they don't hesitate for ment te vool their funds ¢ constitute themselves play ducers overnight. ‘The day the established producers lock up their houses on May first and re fuse to rent them out to such in mpetents will see a big step forward toward the s: nardin of the best interests of the theatr More theatri rs are annually alienated from the theatre during the month of May than in any previous six months of the season Larkin was an impatient land- lord, and when the rent from a certain tenant was two days over due he sent the offender this very curt letter: “Dear Sirs T regret to inform you that my rent is overdue. Please remit same by return of post.” A day or two later Larkin re- ceived the following reply to his communication: “Dear Sir: [don't know of any reason why L should) pay) your rent. Tecan't even pay my own.” ANswens Two men were sive in the course quarrel. “T think.” cried one of them, “there’s just one thing that sa you from being a bare-faced liar.” “What's that?” “Your whiskers.” —Pranson’s Weekty | There are ~mPle as Agr 20 blades change blades in Schick’s handle pull out Pull and push the plunger, The Schick bl plunger is shot out and a inshavin He holds 20 blades. Four t swith each blade without st but am and they cost but 75c a clip. No fuss ‘ nothing totakeapart—nocomplicated c ’ snop it ing—and the smoothest, coolest shave you ad. back Schicks cost from $5 to $50 with clip of 20 blades (old Slade ; . ue . drops out~ included. In Canada the price is a trifle more. Q pers ir slides in Schick : “p Repeating Razor BURLESK For next week a special num- ber is scheduled. We expect you'll just die laughing when you see the SUMMER RESORT GUYED by JUDGE comicbooks.com