Life — December 9, 1920 — page 39: what you’re looking at

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-LIFE. ‘Here is an Indubitable Addition to the Small of American Classics.”—Chicago Post. MITCH MILLER By EDGAR LEE MASTERS “The Best Boy's Story in Our Generation. anscript, Mlastrated by JOHN SLOAN, Price $3.50 Order of your bookseller, or ot HE MACMILLAN COMPANY iWork Manners and Customs ‘0 a recent number of Equity, the organ of the Actors’ Association, Mr. George Arliss contributed a word of warn- ng to the British actors who keep on coming to the United States. He bestowed spon his little paper an apt title: “ Be- An Englishman by birth, Mr. merica every have ! Arliss has been acting in / winter for now nearly a score of years; d he has noted with annoyance that not 1s few of his fellow performers on ad- venturing themselves in these Western wilds, take on a lofty attitude of conde- scension toward the untutored natives He tells us about a British actor who slipped on a banana peel as he stepped off the ship on his first arrival in this coun- try and who cried in an undignified sit- ting posture: “I knew I shouldn't like the beastly country!” Mr. Arliss thinks that visiting Britons ft to proffer adverse criticisms on things American. He warns his coun- trymen that when they go to America land find customs and institutions differ- ing from those with which they are familiar in their own little island, they must not jump to the conclusion that Americans are idiots or even lacking in judgment. “Wait and try to find out why these things are different; reflect that there may be a very good reason—and THINGS THAT NEVER WERE “WHAT DO YOU SAY IP WE GO TO THE MOVIES, tommy?” “NoO— soRRY, DAD— SCHOOL, You KNow.” a mS os test CA you will generally find out that there is.” This excellent advice is addressed by an Englishman to other Englishmen; and it will make for friendship and good will on earth if these other Englishmen take it to heart. But the sauce prepared for the roast goose is likely also to go well with the roast gander. Only too many Americans paying a first visit to England are prone to pour hot scorn upon the British because British ways are not al- ways our ways, and British customs are not always our The British ways and customs may be inferior to ours On the other hand, customs. —sometimes they are. they they are. customs help the islanders to be happy in their own fashion—more or less happy; and we ought to recognize the right of all nations to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, may be superior —and sometimes Anyhow, these British ways and Ws Poiret took seal broton velvet, red Chinese lacquer buttons and the demurest of white ruches to ~iake this unusual $2 Invested in Vogue a tiny fraction of your loss on a single ill-chosen gown Will Save You $200 This year, above all others, when extravagance and waste are to be avoided, you should have Vogue at hand. 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