Life — August 6, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Oopyriahs, 1905, by Lise Publishing On, Actor: Way Back. T[THIS particular family of Apes was liv- ing In the northern part of Africa at the time our story opens. By our story I mean the story that be- longs to all of us. It must be confessed that Grimaldi, the seventh son, was different from the rest. He did not care for company. He had never been seen in any other tree. One day he did a strange thing. He walked on the ground with his hind legs, and stood upright. Not satisfied with this, THE auDIEXce. he clapped two sticks together in the excess of his emotion, They caught fire. Watching the flame, he liked it so well that he put sticks upon it. There being no fire service at that time, his dear old home in which he had lived for years was burned to the ground. In their new apartment the next day his mother took him aside and admonished him severely. “Grimaldi,” be the ruin of us. she said sternly, “you'll You area bad ape.” IN THIS DUEL SCENE, WHO GETS THE WORST OF IT? Stage Manager : Grimaldi smiled cynically. “Tm all right,” he observed. “The only trouble with me is that Iam about one hundred thousand years ahead of my age.” Tom Masson. “Ase journalist, don't you think Griggster’s style is highly colored? "" “Very much so, When he began, it was green, then it got blue, and now it is a pronounced yellow.” comicbooks.com