Life — June 30, 1921 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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The Herford Aesop THE ASS AND THE IMAGE AN Ass once carried through the town A precious Image of renown Upon back. Observing how ‘The crowds upon the streets would bow Their heads devoutly as he passed He thought they bowed to him. “ At last!” Brayed he, “ the world has come to see My wisdom, my nobility, My majesty, my strength of will!” Reflecting thus, the Ass stood still; Nor would he stir a step until In angry tones the driver cried, * Get up, you lazy beast!” and plied His whip. “ Maybe you think it's you The people there*are bowing to! Things have come to a pretty pass When folks turn out to laud an A THE KID AND THE WOLF A KID, safe in a hayloit high, Laughed at a Wolf that happened by ; “Well,” said the Wolf, “I must admit Up there you have the best of it; But let the Hayloft have its due, ‘Tis the Loft laughs at me, not you; If you don’t think so, try your wit Down here, and see who laughs at it!” Copyright, 1921, by Otiver Hervoro, Where to Go To-night OW about taking in ‘Hamlet’? I sce they’re advertising that a lot. It must be a—” “Oh, I hate those costume plays. What was that show the Wetzels went to sce the night before last—*The Nemesis’ ? They said that wasn't so—” “No,—Mrs. Wetzel told me that it didn't end happily. I hate to go sce anything that leaves a bad taste in your mouth, What T say, is, I go to the theatre to be amused. Why don’t you try to get tickets for ‘The First Year’? Everybody scems to think—” “Isn't that that thing about marricd life, that everybody says - Owner: JUST SPEAK TO HIM, SONNY, AND NE WON'T BITE you. “U1 C-CAN'T SPEAK.” is so natural ? T wouldn't go around the corner to see that. I go to the theatre to see acting—I don’t pay out my good money to see a lot of actors and actresses being natural. What about this ‘Mr. Pim Passes By’? Have you heard anyone say how that—” “T don't know—do you think there would be any shooting in it ? I'd kind of like to see ‘Nice People.’ Mrs. Deady went the. other night, and she says it was the best-dressed audience she had seen in she didn’t know when. Did you see what kind of criticism it—" “Oh, I never read the criticisms. It always spoils a play for me to know beforehand what it’s about. And besides, what do these critics know about it, any more than you or m don’t take anybody’s word but my own, What kind of a show is this ‘ Deburau,’ or however you say it? I heard a man down at the office say—" “Well, the name sounds pretty Frenchy to me. It doesn't seem like anything that I'd care for. I don't sce any excuse for those things—I don’t think they are even funny, and I'm just as fond of a joke as the next one. I wish there was something like ‘The Man from Home’ going on—” “Yes,—now there was a show that didn’t insult a person's intelligence. What's this ‘Miss Lulu Betts’? Think that would be any—" “No—I saw a lot of pictures of scenes from that, and no- body wore any pretty clothes. Besides, Mrs. Weth promised to lend me the book, just as soon as her sister-in-law is through with it. Mr. and Mrs, Ruddie said ‘ Sally’ was good, but that’s one of those musical things, and I always like 3 like ‘The Man Who Came Back,’ or something like “Well, what about—Oh, say, I was passing the Elite on the way home, and I see they’re showing ‘Gilded Lies’ to-night. We could just about make the half-past-seven show if you'd—" “Wait till I get my hat on—I won't be a minute.” Dorothy Parker comicbooks.com ee ee — a