Judge — October 5, 1929 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Shows (Continued from page 16) haps, for that very reason, It has the eagerness, freshness and vitality that are so often lacking in the work of ve INS, The program heralds the Ship- man-Hymer affair as “A New American Dram. Whenever u note that particular line ina m you bet that what ure going to sce is something pretty sour. For some reason, it never fails. I have yet to see a single play so promulgated that was any g * Sir Gilbert Miller’s first pro- duction of the season is “Candle Light.” brought over afte year's run at the London Crite- rion. Confected by a couple of German box-office scenarists and Japted for the American. public by P. G. Wodehouse, it presents itself as an obvious rehash of the time-honored fable of the master and servant who change places and of the presumably comic situ ations that result from the dodge. It is commonplace theatrical stuff with little new humor brought to its rickety skeleton and might better have been left to the at tention of a producer less ambi tious and less meritorious than Sir Gilbert. Doubtless the fact that it proved such a mazuma- mine in E nd made it irresisti- ble to him. Gertrude Lawrence. late of the song and dance show has the réle played abroad Arnaud. Dire Need Vaudeville. Singer—"And_ for Bonnie Annie Laurie I'd Lay Me Down and Die.” Listener (rising)—Is Miss Laurie in the audience? —Bostox Tnansenrt “If you give a girl an inch ah. She'll make a dress out of it.” —New York Wontn No Charge for the Idea The only country storekeeper we ever heard of who was not troubled with loafers was one who had an insurance agency on the side. —Rostox Transcnit Great strides in invention, great expenditures An Advertisement of the American Telephone and Business, using the tele- phone, eliminates space and time. The far-flung parts of an organization with its dealers and customers are brought together by instant speech. The home, like the office, reaches out over an ever-widen- ing circle of neighbors. The telephone is tireless and quick. It runs errands near and far, transacts business, keeps friendships alive. Telephones throughout the house save time nd fatigue. They bring the comforts and conveniences of the office to the women in the home. a BITTERS Tones the Stomach Improves the Appetite Aids Digestion Sample of Bitters by mail 25 cts, Cc. W. ABBOTT & CO. Baltimore, Md. raph Company Keeping ahead of the new developments in. Ameri- can life calls for great strides in inventions, great ex- penditures in money. The Bell System's outlay this year for new plant and service improve- ments is more than million dollars. This is one and one-half times the cost of the Panama Canal. This program is part of the telephone ideal that anyone, anywhere, shall be able to talk quickly and at reasonable cost with anyone, anywhere else. There is no standing still in the Bell System. Vibraphones Reduce Head Noises A new and scientific discovery stimulates the hearing processes by utilizing sound waves through small silver devices that fit the ears per- fectly The vibratora are built inside the sound chambers. The instruments are soemall that your friends will seldom know you are wearing them. fortable, easily put in the ears or removed. No wires. Nobatteries, No head bands. Nothing like them. This new and scientific triumph pro- duces marvelous results. Head noises are reduced. And hearing gradually improves. Don’t be handi- capped or embarrassed another day by deafness, Write for complete details, VIBRAPHONE CO.., Inc., Station 354 Central National Bank Building, St. Louis, Mo.