Life — September 8, 1927 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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Life Something Ought to Be Done About This Eprror, “Lire.” SIR Tt has been brought to my Benchley that the . attention by your Mr. splendid production, “Abie’s Trish Rose,” has closed at the Republic Theatre in New York As a Reader, I to protest most vigorously Constant wish against the abominable theatrical practice of having productions dash in and out of our fair city so rapidly as to large theatre-going public of the oppor deprive a portion of our tunity of seeing them I had my mind fully made up to see “Abie’s Trish Rose”; in fact, I was seriously considering buying tickets for it when the ment suddenly d I believe such Prussianized tactics to be unfair and earnestly recom- mend that steps be taken to force producers to keep their shows open and on B adequate at least an have Iway for that all in equal chance to view them Trusting that you will pick up the i . may LET'S GO OVER TO : HOUSE. IP SOME GO nas » cudgels in this fight in a really PRE-WAR LIQUOR e ! ue : i a wea") REALLY? 1 DIDN'T RVEN KNOW att sick.” serious and big way, Tam, Very truly yours, Was Tom F. Barry, The Fiend! EL ER MOTHER: So you've to reform your husband? eo Tie Brive failed in your efforts I'm about ready to morning IT caught caffeine tablet in his give up! This him droppit postum ! That French Telephone Service Bill: TEN VEARS AGO 1 WAS IN THIS VERY PLACE IN DIJON, AND THE AND Messenger: Wie ONE OF YOU GENTLEMEN Is READY LADY IN DION F AND TRIED TO CALL A TELEPHONE SERVICE WAS TERRIBLE TO TALK LEEIWEEN US CIEL | ACt at this point dear, I'm all-of-a-DOOdah ly THRILLED to DEATH ause Tomean you SHOULD MARvelous PARty that this awfully sweet ARTist person T know gave for me in his STUdio—I mean it was HONestly too diVINE because 1 called it a BEDtime party and T mean I was ai emBARrassed to TEARS because it SOU N Dec of risQUE and all but T mean he HAStily asSURED me that the only reason it was called a BEDtime was because everybody w clothes instead of formal BEAR it, my dear? Well, all hot and BOTHered mild FROLic, MODest and SHY, sort of, so TL decided to wear this perfectly diVINE pair of paJAmas of VOILE with real Valenciennes LACK and net INserts in a perfectly LOVELY ORchid design with INserts of lace at the ANklets to match the V-lace YOKE and tied with the most all. Uring Freneh double faced satin orchid RIBbon, my dear, and | mean Twas HONestly DREAM in 1 REal had no iDEA how becoming a pair of really aDORabl an really WEAR them | roo he said T was IT mean I'm M* less, have seen this simpl mean he ually parts NIGHT EVEning clothes—ean vou ANYways, my dear, I about what to WEAR to this KNOW, I ts to wear informal because as you an terribly white paJAmas can be to a girl w my dear. And this ARTist person w imPRESSED beea simply a RAVE an ADORE for him is Well, HONestly, my dear. NEAR ned TIGHT ACtn T mean they were soc ALI I mean it it was practicably STAND in them lly WAS! Lloyd Mayer. Mistaken Identity EGIONNAIRE: I made —~ mistake What the T says to myself; the So [shake hands with an M. PL I thought he was a Germat Ti Some one is always trying to take 1 terrible hell, War's over. to-day 1 warrep flapper bas her troubles TOA the bow out of life comicbooks.com