Life — March 8, 1928 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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CLOSING night in New York.... Chorus girls with make-up boxes. .+Wardrobe women dizzy and ex- cited....Sweating stage-hands... Bustling, hammering, banging, shout- ing....Comedian tells latest funny story to group on sta -A sand- bag from the flies misses him—an accident... “Has any one seen a brown hat- box?"... Doorman saying ‘‘Good-by” to the principal for the tenth time; prin- cipal finally pays his laundry bill... . “I'm sorry you're not going on the road, Ethel.” “Well, Ziegfeld has things in mind for m Doorman addresses a John, a non- tipper: “Hey! Don’t you guys know better than to hang around on get- away night? No, you can’t see her. Get out and stay out. No, it’s noth- ing to me—one way or the other. Them’s Ziegfeld’s rules.”... Show girl talking: “There's a restaurant in Boston that has the cutest desserts you ever ate!”’. ! Has any one seen a brown—” t out the way!” “HEY! Who you shovin’?”... Bootlegger: “But listen here, Miss Flimsy, the show's leaving town; you'd better come across with that sixty dollars for wine. I know you didn’t drink it, but the old guy with you didn’t make good, and you've got to...” “All right, there's your money, and go to hell!”... “Oscar, throw me a hammer!” C “Don’t take that down yet.” 0, that goes in the crate that at Chasey ‘3 sitting on over there.” some big The Follies Leave By Eddie Cantor “I just broke my new mirror. T'll have seven years of hard luck!" Some one in a whisper: “She'd never have good luck, anyway, the-------——— ! “Gee, I don’ t know what's getting into the Follies lately. They won't even allow you to take a dog on the train. Well, if Trilby doesn’t go, I don’t.” Chorus girl: “I guess the Follies’ll struggle along without you.”... Man from chorus: “That guy wins every Saturday. I wonder if they’re phony dice.”... “Doorman, have you seen a brown hatbox?” “I’ve seen so much, I don’t remember.”... “My mother’s afraid to let me go on the road. It’s no place for a girl. I once had a lot of trouble in Chicago. Oh, I'm glad you like the coat, dearie. It’s Russian sable. The boy friend. He doesn’t want me to go on the road, either. He’s divore- ing his wife . “Move over! Git to one side!”... “What time does the train leave, Gwendolyn?” “Look at the call board.” “Ten o'clock in the morning.” “Ten o'clock! Supposing I don’t get up in time? What do they think I am—a trained nurse?” “The company leaves at ten o'clock, even if you don’t get up.”... “Lift your end, Pete.” “I’m doing the best I can. What in hell do they carry in these trunks—rocks? They ought to make these nances carry their own trunks!”. “Did you pay the cleaner?”. “See you in “Don't “forget, boys, music rehear- sal at eleven sharp, Monday “Find your brown hat-bo: “T just remember I left it at the hotel.” Girls with boxes; boys with pack- ages; leather goods; more leather goods; trunks; props. “'Saw right, I'll forward your mail, Thank you. God bless you..., There’s the best-hearted girl in this show. She always slips me a buck every Saturday night here yet? Get outa the to the fat cop on the corner!”... “I'm glad we're going on tour, I'm sick of New York.” “But what about Tom?” “That's what makes me sick of New York.” Two girls kiss press-agent good- by. The boys don't bother; their pictures were never in the papers. Crash, bang; a trunk slips from horny hand of transfer-man. Big gash in trunk, which will surprise owner, who bought a guarantced- for-life, non-breakable trunk. “Good-by!...So long!...Don’t forget!.. By! as Doorman collapses. Show girl, leaving: we're going to hit Cleveland. a rich uncle there.” One dancer to another, in a whis- per: “I'll bet that baby has a rich uncle in every town we play. Yoa watch.” “So long; see you at the station.” aeeeee The Follies.......have... “I'm glad T have W “\ or | Mei Yes car you was the mat ter diss locs cove By and had ing, that firs! alor time Ver eve! life gre app Sea loac comicbooks.com