Judge — April 19, 1930 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE Interviews with the Great Harold Harebrain Me Hareneats’s appearance ap- peared to belie his greatness. He was small, and his rather shabby clothes fitted him poorly. Nor was his tiny apartment, with a cot, a small dresser and two straight-back chairs, a fair measure of the mous man who occupied it. “Mr. Harebrain inquired of The Man Who Knows Everybody, “do you think America nthe’ Davis Cup this summer? * he replied decisively, “Bill says we haven't a chance.” Bill I asked. “Bill wh “Why Bill Tilden, of course.” ou know Bill Tilden person- I asked, impressed. Yes, indeed,” he answered calmly, ‘or at least my. sister-in-law does. Well, that is to say my sister-in-law once went to a reception where a very good friend of Bill’s was the guest of honor,” “Goodness!” I exclaimed, “it must Sreaxen ~Ang fool can see that! be wonderful to be j that with ee ee all the Interesting People !” Well, nearly any fool! “Yes,” agreed Mr. Harebrain, “It’s just ay Bernie says: one must have contacts.” “Berni “Bernie Shaw. George Bernard Shaw.” Well, well! And so you know him too! “Yes, indeed,” replied Mr. Hare- brain. “That is, I don’t say that I’ve actually met him face to face, but I know a fellow who knows one of the movie men who made a talkie of Sha couple of s ago. Yes, Bernie is quite a boy. Ethel certainly thinks the world of him “Ethel—Barrymore? asked in He nodded. “The same the most interesting people I met. At Icast I wouldn't actually say ‘met,’ although I number her among my friends. You see a cousin of mine once had an understudy part on the road in Ethel was featuring Now I feel that in one and Gene, and Babe and Doug. ardon me,” I € got to be goin “You have gement ?” “Yes,” I said, “I've got to be off to Washington to see Herbie about the unemployment problem.” —Parke Cuminas, comicbooks.com