Life — July 15, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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Life I Also Went to a Vaudeville HEN Jack Manny, Jr., the comedian, skidded V \ onto the stage, he immediately turned toward the wing and, shouting imprecations at the man who had given him the momentum, said he would complain to Mr. Coliseum about the treatment he had received. He then went over to the drop curtain and refreshed himself at the canvas fountain, moving the audience to shrieks. At length, when the laughter and applause were about to subside, he solemnly came to the footlights and spoke. “I will now sing a heartrending song entitled: ‘When You've Had a Good Cry, You'll Have to Make Up,’ from ‘After the Bawl.’" (Guffaws of laughter.) Then with an “All right, professor” and a few false notes from the trombone (laughter) he began to sing. It was then the strange thing happened. Merriment froze into stony silence. People turned to one another in consternation. Strong men saw their pasts flash be- fore them. Frustrated sobs floated from the gallery. When Jack Manny, Jr., finished his song, the the- atre was so quict you could have heard the curtain drop. For Jack Manny, Jr., had violated a sacred confidence. He actually sang what he had announced! Courtenay Akt. Sis TED advertising slogan for a new brand of cigarettes: ‘Ask Sister—She Knows.” Wall Street: Great scott! 1 BELIEVE 1 LEFT A ROLL OF BILLS IN MY CAR COMING DOWN THIS MORNING. Broad Street: wiy worry? Wall Street: yes, mutT MY WIFE ISN'T. ISN’T YOUR CHAUFFEUR HONEST? MERICAN judges seem so prone to lock up juries for the night that we suggest they extend the sys- tem to include a few of the defendants. LL The Rev. Dr. Cuartes Emerson Burton, returning from abroad, says that the growing anti-American spirit in Europe is due to our refusal to join in the campaign for world peace and our gross commercialism. He forgot to mention Waiter Hacen. aL What the French france needs is to get its face value lifted, aL President Ancrtt of Yale has conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on ANpreEw Metton. Yale has an- nounced a drive for a ,000,000 endowment fund. SE “I do not think of myself as defeated,” Perper, “because defeat is a matter of spirit. As we understood it, it was a matter of light wines and beer. LL About twenty-five per cent. of Florida realtors are oper- ating without a license, according to Watter W. Rose, chairman of the State Real Estate Commission. It would be even more interesting to ascertain the percentage operating without real estate. L “Mrs. Joe Sexton and children, of Dead- wood Gulch, were guests of the A. Denny family Sunday. “Mrs. A. Denny is almost confined to ber bed with nervous exhaustion.” —Kellogg (Ida.) Evening News. “Now,” said Mrs. A. Denny to Mrs. Joe Sexton and children, “I want you to act just as if you were right in your own home.” L Congress recently passed a law which in its printed form is seventeen hun- dred pages long. A mere drop in the bucket, if you ask us. aL “In the last inning that he worked Ogro- dowski performed the astonishing feat of striking out cach batter that faced him without pitching a single ball.” —Elmira Advertiser. The most astonishing feat, it might be added, since the days of Frank Merriwell. aL Former Sceretary of Labor Witsox spent $88.81 to win the Democratic senatorial primary in Pennsylvania, which gives you a fair idea of what the Democratic candidacy in Penn- sylvania is worth, comicbooks.com