Life 1929-04-12: Vol 93 Iss 2423

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FIXTURES, ERHAPS it is because present-day conven- we enable women to feel more cheerful about kitchens that these rooms have dropped drabness for cheerful color. Such conveniences, for example, as the Crane combination sink and laundry tray. Seen here ina thrifty Dutch setting of painted wall-paper and tiled floor, it is thrifty of steps, time, money. It costs much less than two fixtures, and it saves many trips to the | a ( aOR INCITS et & nh / | basement laundry. The nickel-silver drainboard shifts over tray or sink and is removable for carrying dishes. Crane Exhibit Rooms are well stocked with other suggestions for kitchen and bathroom decoration and equipment. Visit them. Write for the illustrated book, New Ideas for Bathrooms, with color schemes, floor plans, wall elevations. About lasting Crane econ- | omy, ask any responsible plumbing contractor. 150 Pounds Pressure a a VALVES, FITTINGS, AND PIPING, FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL Crane Co., General Off.ces, 836 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago # 23 W. 44th St., New York # Branches and sales offices in one hundred and eighty cities

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W) herever the Admired and. the Notable ~~ gregate—observe the overwhelming preference for Cadillac and La Salle. The famous, the socially prominent, the most sophisticated judges of what is best in motor=cars, turn invariably and inevitably to the two most celebrated and sophisticated cars on the streets of the world. j De luxe Fisher and Fleetwood coachwork render Cadillac and La Salle the most luxurious motoring which the owner's highest ambition can attain. CADILLAG eLasALLE Cadillac Motor Car Company—Division of General Motors— Detroit, Mich.—Oshawa, Can.

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of CAris-Craft lead you into Joyous Outdoor Life f > Model 14 Chris- Craft 28-foot Custom Runa- bout, 11 passengers, 42 miles per hour, $4975. od — ——— HOOSE the model you like best. Get early delivery from the Chris-Craft merchant. Get back of the wheel and let Chris- Craft lead you into a new world of pleasure, of recreation and bountiful health. Go at will, everywhere on water. Commute from home to busi- ness without eflort—at express train speed—in comfort and luxury. Let Chris-Craft lead you into the fullest enjoyment of outdoor life —of clean, wholesome sport. Let it slide into hidden coves, show you the most beautiful of all scenery—landscapes from the water.. Let it run your errands swiftly, dependably —carry you to social engagements on schedule time— meet and transport family and friends to any waterside destination. Let it thrill you with wide open throttle or soothe you with sedate idling. It meets your moods, controls like a motor car—is just the finest and fastest water transportation available in the whole wide world. There is only one Chris-Craft. Select your Chris-Craft now to insure on-time delivery. Chris-Craft selling is attracting successful men from every field of business. These merchants will be found in all principal centers throughout the world ready to serve you. Deferred payments if desired. Ask for illustrated catalog describing all models. CHRIS SMITH & SONS BOAT COMPANY 204 Detroit Road, Algonac, Michigan New York Branch: Witchin Bldg., 1 West 52nd St., at 5th Ave. Chiis-Ciaft World's Largest Builders of All- Mahogany Motor Boats Runabouts + Sedans » Commuters + Cruisers 18 Models 22 to 38 feet 30 to 45 Miles an Hour 82 to 225 Horsepower 8 to 26 Passengers $2235 to $15,000- Write for this Catalog If the Automobile Boys Broke into the Locomotive Game Dear Sir: It has been brought to our attention that you are considering the purchase of a locomotive. Why not an upto. the-minute, stoke-up-and-go 1929 Bal- boa? When the block signal says “Go”, this is the locomotive that steps out in front with the best of them. The owner of a Balboa need never take anyone’s cinders. Needless to say, the cameolike beauty of the Balboa Locomotive will enchant the most fastidious engineer, Our boiler artists have gone to the classic models, as only Balboa de. signers would do, for their latest crea- tions. For instance the arresting beauty of the boiler of the 1929 Balboa Sport Model Switch Engine is based upon the pure and flowing lines of a flue on a blast furnace in Butte, Mon. tana. The sleek trimness of the cow- catcher on the Balboa Mallet-type Run- about is clearly inspired by an old- fashioned stone boat. In truth the eye-caressing persuasions of the steam roller, horse car, and water-wagon have been happily combined in all 1929 Balboa Locomotives and Tenders, which are available in either Pittsburg Gray or the more conservative Bitumi- nous Black. No less attention has been paid to mechanical perfection. Thirty miles to the ton is not at all uncommon. A new and attractive instrument board enables the engineer to know at a glance his speed, blood pressure, lati- tude and longitude, product of 12 x 13, and a formula for taking out coffee stains. No detail has been soared for comfort or safety. May we not bring around one of our new models and let you see for yourself? We want you to drive it, ride in it, get under it, and, in short, see if it doesn’t soot you. Ask the man who stokes one. Sincerely, Balboa Locomotive Company. Carl Hester, |r. Eprror: No, I don’t like your joke. Conrrisutor: Ah, but wait till you hear the theme song that goes with it. We wish that there was a female swimming champ by the name of Lou and that some other champ (you might call this one Gus) would fall in love with the gal called Lou. And then we could go around pulling the laughs by saying that Gus sure met his Water Lou. LIFE: Published Weekly by Life Publishing Company, 598 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Subscription, $5.00. Vol. 93, No. 2423, April 12, 1929. Eat’d as 2nd Class M Office at Cleveland, Ohio. Ent atter New York, June 8, 1883, at New York Post Office, under act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U. S$. A, Ent’d as 2nd Class Matter at the Post as 2nd Class Matter at the Post Office Dept., Canada. Copyright 1929, Life Pub. Co., in U. S., England and British Possessions.

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all removed vibration making bd . . . its use desirable in irons given it, for the first time, the sweet feel of the finest hickory and here’s the secret of its sweetness ERHAPS, like thousands of golfers, you have found that the steel shaft has a very sweet feel in a wooden club— and a very sour feel in an iron. Perhaps you have also found that a steel shaft drives a ball straighter. If so, you have probably prayed for a set of steel- shafted irons that would have the same sweet feel as your woods. Until now, how- ever, you have never been able to find such irons. Do you know why? Here is the reason. When the head of a steel-shafted iron hits a golf ball, the vibra- tion from the shock of the blow must go somewhere. If the metal of a steel shaft is in direct contact with the metal of the clubhead, a perfect conductor is formed for this vibration. So it races up the shaft, into Life ook what SPALDING has to the STEEL SHAFT! The New CUSHION your fingers, and kills all sweetness of feel. Every golf expert has recognized this one weakness of the steel-shafted iron. But it remained for Spalding to overcome it. And after two years of effort, Spalding now offers to the golfing world the first set of irons with steel shafts that are as sweet in feel as the finest hickory. There's not a trace of yibration in them, thanks to Spalding’s exclusive new construction, the **Cushion-Neck.”’ KRO-FLITE GOLF CLUBS Registered Sets— Related Clubs— Sold in sets only. Sold one at a time. How the ‘‘Cushion-Neck’’ Baffles Vibration At no point, in the new “‘Cushion-Neck"’ irons, does the metal of the clubhead touch the metal of the shaft. For the end of the shaft that fits into the hosel of the clubhead is cushioned in rubber—surrounded by a rubber sleeve. Vibra- tionscan no more pass through this rubber sleeve than can electric current pass through the insu- lation on a wire. Then the rim of the hosel is crimped around the rubber—sealing it forever from the air— retaining its liveliness for the life of the club And you'll never realize what perfect feel and sweetness that cushioning layer of rubber puts into a golf club until you hit a ball with one of these new “‘Cushion-Neck”’ irons. Matched—as only Spalding can match golf clubs These new steel-shafted irons with the ‘‘Cush- ion-Neck"’ come in the world’s most perfectly matched golf clubs—Kro-Flite Registered Irons, and Kro-Flite Related Irons. Here are clubs that have such a perfect rela- tion, one to the other, that they all have the same “‘swinging weight’’—that ts, they all fee/ exactly alike when swung through the arc of a stroke. Instead of learning a different swing for different clubs, you learn the correct swing for one and it is correct for all of them. BUY A MATCHED SET COMPLETE OR BUILD IT CLUB BY CLUB Take your choice—buy either the famous Spalding Regis- tered clubs which are sold in sets only, or build up a set, one or two clubs at a time, by getting the Kro-Flite Related Irons, which are sold individually. Both come with cushion- neck steel shafts or with hickory shafts. Kro-Flite Related Irons come in two swinging weights, indexed by one (4) and two (4 LL) crows. You can build up a perfectly related set of clubs — from driving-iron to mashie-niblick, simply by selecting clubs of the same swinging weight—whether you buy them all at once, or one club at atime. Kro-Flite Related Irons with cushion-neck steel shafts are $8.ooeach. With hickory shafts they are $6. s0each. Spalding Registered Kro - Flite sets of irons and woods are never sold individually. The set of six perfectly matched irons with cushion-neck steel shafts is $60, with hickory shafts, $50. The set of nine with cushion-neck steel shafts is $90— with hickory shafts, $75. The six-club set can be in- creased to nine at any time after purchase. The Wood Set, consisting of twin driver and brassie, is $30—steel or hickory shafts. Spoon to match is $15. Should a Registered Club be lost or broken, simply send your set number and club number to Spalding and an identical club can be made for you. Let your professional outfit you. Spalding dealers also carry these clubs, as do all Spalding stores. © 1929,A.G.8. &B.

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D. W. D. W. Griffith (seated) directing a scene from *‘Lady of the Pave- ments.” Karl Struss, his chief cameraman, is seen operating @ Bell & Howell professional studio camera. Griffith 4 Says ‘In view of my many satisfactory experiences with Bell & Howell professional cinema cameras, I would prefer Bell & Howell personal movie equipment if I were an amateur movie maker”’ Mr. Griffith, world’s premier pro- ducer of spectacular productions, still speaking: ‘In spending millions of dollars on ‘Birth of a Nation,’ ‘Way Down East,’ ‘Broken Blossoms,’ ‘Intol- erance, and other pictures of my direction, I proceeded with the as- surance that Bell § Howell cameras would safeguard these vast expen- ditures with their usual superb quality of cinema photography.” When you select a movie cam- era for personal use, there is but one way to assure getting pic- tures of the unexcelled beauty, screen brilliance and variety which characterize those produced for the past 20 years by D. W. Griffith. That is to select a Bell & Howell Fitmo or Eyemo camera, made with the same watch-like preci- sion and perfection of detail which distinguish Bell & Howell $5,000 professional studio cameras. These unequaled personal movie cameras are light in weight, con- venient in size, beautiful in appearance and moderate in cost. Their operation is simplicity itself. For black and white pictures, Fitmo cameras use Eastman Safety Film (16 mm.)—in the yellow box—both regular and panchromatic—obtainable at practically all dealers’ handling cameras and supplies. Frtmo cam- eras and Fitrmo Projectors are adaptable, under license from Eastman Kodak Company, for use of Eastman Kodacolor film for home movies in full color. Cost of film covers developing and re- turn postpaid, within the country where processed, ready to show at home or anywhere with Fimo Projector. EyEmo camera, useful for commercializing your movies, uses professional stand- ard (35 mm.) film. See a nearby dealer for demon- stration, or write for illustrated, descriptive booklet—“What You See, You Get.” BELL & HOWELL LENO BELL & HOWELL CO., Dept. D2, 1825 Larchmont Ave.. CHICAGO, ILL, NEW YORK, HOLLYWOOD, LONDON (B. & H. Co., Led.)—Established 1907 A scene from D. W. Griffith's production, “Lady of the Pavements,” with William Boyd, Jetta Goudal and Lupe Veles—a United Artists release. Filmo 70 Shown below. The origi- nal and most highly per- fected automatic pers movie camera obtainable. Priced at $180, includin carrying case. Opti models available for making s-l-o-w movies. in lightness, convenient and beauty. Furnished in three rich optional colors. Price $120, with case

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vrscrvcUcel SSS vs Tor A\ Vo_tumE 93 Crarr Maxweut, President April 12, 1929 Published by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 598 Madison Avenue, New York NuMBER 2423 Norman Antuony, Editor Lancuorne Gipson, Vice-President Cuarres Dana Gipson, Chairman of the Board Henry A. Ricuter, Seeretary-Treasurer ———————— = ee — TOME “Carryin’ her school books—an’ he calls himself a gangster!"

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Moderne furniture often becomes an- tique before it is paid for. “Yes, I’m just an old-fash- I’ve been divorced only SHE: ioned wife. once.” “Heard the new jewel song: “Shoot.” “ “Agate By As Long As | Have ,” You. Lifv’e The youth of former years was al- ways expected to say in the face of temptation, “Get thee behind me, Satan,” but now it’s, “One side, Nick —you’re blocking the road.” All jack and no work makes whoo- “No, it doesn't click!” THE PuP: Adopted—hell!!' Kidnapped!! “Why do you dislike that tune so much?” “It’s the theme song for my husband’s bath.” “I’ve got two sons at Yale.” “Sorry, I’m strapped myself till the first of the month.”

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7 Spring is when most of us would like to go somewhere else and plant a pecan tree, and sit under it until time to gather the nuts. Any of us will keep a friend’s cun- ning little puppy for a night if the friend will call early next morning and get the blankety-blank nuisance. The nice thing about strawberries is that they manage to give the im- pression that they are just as glad to see you as you are to see them. A bank teller cashing a check for a stranger usually manages to make the stranger feel that the check should read, “Pay to the order of this dirty crook.” “T like this one very much. I do hope it’s good.” Now that Coolidge is doing maga- zine work, he probably longs for the good old days when he could mail letters without putting stamps on them. “Have you any social prestige?” “Not a drop!” Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. Then there was the radio announcer who liked himself so much he went crazy trying to tune in on himself. “IT would applaud now, Dora-Belle. Two may live as cheaply as one— >. That's extremely if they stay out of speakeasies. clevah.”

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Life Short Stories of Life Tailor Made By Eric Hatch LD MIFKIN sat in the private office on the balcony of his shop and worried. Old Mif- kin had to worry. He was one of the better up-town tailors. Sometimes he wished he were one of the poorer down-town tailors who made suits for thirty dollars and got the thirty, but he didn’t really wish this because, way down in his heart the pride of the artist was strong in him. He liked knowing that when one of his suits participated in a wedding, it was a swell wedding. He liked being cer- tain, when one of his grey tweeds grew old in service at the races, that the shine on its seat had been imparted from constant association with chairs in the club stand. Old Mifkin lived for the clothes he made and he had a genuine affection for the people who wore them. Why not? Most of them he’d dressed since they had buried stripling legs in the dark deceit of their first long trousers. At the mo- ment Mifkin : , was worrying Zo > ying f ¥ - 2 The thought of collecting the three hundred passed from the tailor's mind. about young Holliday, who owed him three hundred dollars. It wasn’t so much, of course, but it had been owed him for a long time; his accountant insisted that he sue. Mifkin sighed and reached for the telephone to call his lawyer. Then suddenly he thought of how terribly he'd feel if Holliday had to stand up in court in a Mifkin suit. The picture grew on him. He could see Holliday beaten down, lower and lower, until at last his body was found lying in some dark lane, dressed, as always, in a Mifkin suit. He pushed the telephone away from him. He called his secretary. “Phone Mr. Holliday,” he said. “Tell him I want him to come and see me.” . Holliday came in the next day, and, as he was shown into the private of- Mifkin shuddered. He hadn't realized that one of his suits could look as this suit of Holliday’s now looked. It was unpressed and shabby. In the trousers the morning sunshine was re flected as by a piece of gleaming plate. No nap had it, and under the right elbow was a darn. heaven, Mr. What's become of you?” hice, “Great Holliday! The thought of collecting the three hundred passed from the tailor’s mind | aTaviss as clouds disappear when the rain comes down too hard. The young man looked up at him and Then he said, “T lost all my money three months ago. Stock mar- ket. Can’t get a job. No- body,” he coughed again, coughed. “seems to want to hire me. Don’t understand it.” Mifkin stared at the young man for a_ long time, pondering. Clearly he was telling the truth. Mifkin had wondered for a moment if it had been liquor, but Holliday’s eye was clear, he was shaven and though his hand shook with nervousness, the tai- lor knew somehow that he had tried. He thought about how the boy had come in in the past, to buy polo clothes and hunting clothes, and summer clothes for the south in winter. No wonder nobody wanted him looking like a (Continued on Page 39)

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HUSBAND: Well Nora, you would buy an electric refrigerator and the poor gal got lonely! Timid lady who always worries about reckless cab drivers, carries her own horn. Z 7 Wir Ly ““Ye Gods, Marie! I can't stand this. It makes me nervous!” Little Rambles With Serious Thinkers The speakeasy man is of a much higher type than the old fashioned sa- loon keeper. —Heywood Broun. I cannot, under the limitations of my traditions, hit a woman on the nose. —Joseph Hergesheimer. I do not know much about the radio business. I have been opposed to the bill and the commission ever since it started. I have noticed recently that there is a report that it is intended to put a radio in the Capitol; in fact, in this very room. Four years ago when I was here on the 4th day of March they brought into this Cham- ber the President and the President elect, the Vice-President and the Vice- President elect, the Congress of the United States, the Supreme Court judges—in fact, the whole Government was here present. I was thinking if we bring in that same group this year that it might be possible, if a radio is put up in this room, for some fel- low to destroy the whole American Government in one blow. —Senator Blease. It is a woman’s function to take or- ders. —Beverley Nichols. I am advising my son to brush his teeth, work hard—and laugh his way up. . —Bruce Barton. A woman should never seek to be witty, for wit is something that has been denied to women.—A. B. See. When I say that I can add nothing to a reply I have already given, I mean I can add nothing. —Sir Austin Chamberlin. There is nothing commonplace. —William Lyon Phelps. Many a rich man has envied some of his poorest employees who have nothing to worry about beyond the necessity of earning their salary. —Bernarr Macfadden. If a husband and wife are in love with each other they never bore each other. —Dorothy Dix.

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Intimate Moments with Famous People. No.1

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12 A sissy in Chicago is the kid who asks his mother for an air rifle. Then there was the Scotchman who used to throw rocks at passing news- boys in the hope that they would throw a paper at him. “Did yah hear about the india rub- ber man who was arrested for mur- der?” “Naw—what about the india rub- ber man who was arrested for mur- der?” “The judge sent him up for quite WIFE OF HIS BOSOM: Jim, dear, about how long will a stretch.” it be before we whizz by something? Personality Girl “Oh hello, Mr. Eppus. Are you here too? Isn’t it just a ducky-wucky party! I worship big, loud parties like this where everybody is climbing around over the corpses of everybody else. More darn fun. More gore in the gutters. My dear, you must cut yourself a slice of cake—and bring the kiddies. Everything’s going to be all right, Joe my boy. Your name is Joe, isn’t it? I hope so because that’s what I'm going to call you anyhow. You look as if your name ought to be Joe. Lets you and me barge around, see people, go places and move pianos, shall we? Lets cut our initials in the furniture, slide down banisters and pelt each other with phonograph rec- ords. Boy, I feel simply tremendous. One might even say, sensational. [ haven’t had so much fun since the Chicago fire. Heigh Ho and carry six. The Marines have landed and taken full charge of the situation. Do you know any funny stories, humorous anecdotes, droll happenings or what not? If so, spill ‘em to mamma. She craves to laugh. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you ruin your make-up. Just an old Albanian saying! Oh, there’s my hot and heavy boy-friend, Bill Zipser. Hi Billy! When’d you get out of jail? Pardon I while I barge over and give Bill the works. Toodle oo, Mr. Eppus.” Robert Lord. ’ And if someone asked us to work “You have been t in eo th’ word Apostle into a sentence we my inspiration ° ' would say, “Have you got apostle post all these years.” package there for us?”

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fo ee fe = ea Ve VW —— BLOTTO—“Think yer funny, eh? Digging holes for people t’ fall in!” Who's Who In Verse Eugene Gladstone O'Neill This Playwright, Eugene G. O'Neill, Has made me feel the Way I feel With Dramas grimly melancholic And, lately, painfully Symbolic. In Princeton’s Halls and Harvard's, too, He quickly gathered All they Knew; And after that, as Business Factor In sundry Lands, Reporter, Actor, And Sailor skilled in Sailor Ways, He learned the Art of making Plays. He made them vivid, clear or misty, “S$. S. Glencairn” and “Anna Chris- tie”; He made them full of Blood and Bones, “The Hairy Ape” and “Emperor Jones”; He made them dark with Gloomy Magic, He made them humorless and tragic, He made them deep as Ocean Tides With long and Freudian Asides. But now, (it’s really too pathetic!), He thinks himself Profound, Pro- phetic, Becomes Oracular in Style And never even cracks a Smile. Upon an Allegoric Model He builds a Play of Childish Twaddle That fills the Audience with Woe,— The Awful Thing called “Dynamo”; Because of which I roast the Duffer, For, oh! how he has made me suffer! Arthur Guiterman. How ro Start A SpEAKEAsy: Be sure youre in right then go ahead. TGC COAL CO wot Quinct udo He: Why did Marie marry such an old fossil? Sue: She had to have something to go with her antique furniture. Neicusor: Say, will you lend me your clarinet for a couple of days? NeicuBor: Yes—can you play it? Necusor: No, and neither can you, while I’ve got it. Then there was the two hundred and fifty pound all-star athlete who was working his weigh through col- lege. Latest Form or NIGHTMARE. Falling down modern- istic stairs.

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, at times you baffle me. Horace WEARY FOREMAN:

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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.—Mash from wines, beer and liquor are clog- ging the sewers of Punxsutawney, ac- cording to Frank Boney, street com- missioner. Ten barrels of mash were removed from one sewer, Boney said. NEW YORK—Miss Christine Bloch won first prize in a dress-design con- test with a garment that cost only $8.63. Now, you tell that to the wife! LANCASTER, Pa.—On account of the complaints of customers, the trol- ley company has ordered its motor- men and conductors to cease whistling while on duty. “You men are car op- erators, not canaries,” said the official edict. NEW YORK—Dr. Cadman was asked how one could induce a girl to stop smoking. He said, “Remind her that she loses charm when a cigarette invades the sacred precincts of her coral lips and pearly teeth.” GIRARD, Kan.—Haldeman-Julius, 5-cent Blue Book King, decided to jazz up his Shakespeare sales, by brighten- ing the names of the plays. He changed “Macbeth” to “The Murder Racket”, “Romeo and Juliet” to “Pas- sion’s Storm,” etc. NEW YORK—Dead or alive, a human form that enters the United States must have a landing card, ac- cording to a decision by Judge Cline in the Customs Court yesterday. The problem arose when six skele- tons were imported for use in schools by the International Forwarding Com- pany of Chicago. The company protested. Skeletons Were exempt, it said. They were dead. The court said: “That’s no excuse. Skeletons must have cards just like everybody else.” PHILADELPHIA—A Franklin Me- morial Museum will be founded here on a new principle—that all the ap- pliances may be operated by the visi- tors. Now, if these exhibits would only include an old-fashioned bar! PITTSBURGH—Thse Hall candy warehouse is opposite the McKelvey Public School. Recently the children discovered it had been left unlocked. Police had to be called to get them back to their class rooms. ATLANTIC CITY—The average contribution to the church plate on Sunday is only five cents, according to figures presented at the promotional conference of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. New Jersey was first with 12.2 cents and New York second with ten cents. CHICAGO—Mrs. Michael Burke, who is seeking a divorce from a police- man, complains that his velvety com- plexion is altogether too costly; she avers that he has spent more than half of his salary on powder, perfume and cold cream. No wonder Chicago gunmen are so fearless. “The sandwich man gets fitted for a new suit of clothes.” CHICAGO—Mrs. Victoria Tultric hit Truant Officer Thomas McCarthy with a bullet fired through the door when he called at her home to find out why her children were not in school. “Oh, my mistake,” she gasped, lowering her revolver as McCarthy stumbled in. “I thought you were my husband.” VISALIA, Cai.—Alleging her hus- band’s affection had been transferred from herself to a cat, Mrs. Emily Mon- toya filed suit for divorce from Vincent J. Montoya. The plaintiff alleges that with the advent of the cat into their home, marital bliss vanished. She charged that the husband refused to allow her to remove the cat from the bed where he slept with the animal in his arms. NEW YORK—A. S. Eddington says the sun is a mediocre star, and that many other stars give 10,000 times as much light as it does. Always be- littlin’! COLUMBUS—Because her husband would not allow her to kiss him for fear that the kisses might spoil the shape of his lips and ruin his career as a trumpet player, Mrs. Enid Eben- hoch was granted a divorce in the Court of Domestic Relations. NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Prohibition in this country has killed in France the movement against alcohol, which was strong and widespread before the war, says Prof. Bernard Fay, French writer on Anglo-French relations, in an article published in the Yale Review. CHICAGO—Theodore W. Bunte, candy baron, offers statistics to prove that the average woman eats twelve times her weight in candy before she dies!

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Life Qi )'1 Ni / \\ \ x \ Gs, hitter ca (ol i f a | ; f INTRUDER: Yeah, call the police. I'd like to talk to ‘em. They told me you wasn't home!

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LONDON—G. B. Shaw was _in- formed that, because it was annotated by him, an American had paid $1500 for a copy of Locke’s Essay On Human Understanding. Shaw explained that it was his father-in-law who had done the annotating and that the book was not worth five cents. MEXICO CITY—General Agra- monte, who just died at 98, drank whiskey, smoked cigarettes and ogled the girls to the last gasp. “I have drunk enough Bourbon to float a bat- tleship,” he boasted just before his de- cease. BERLIN—A new type of fishing has been invented. Copper cables are placed in a stream and the current passing between them kills all the fish in the vicinity. True sporting spirit! CAMBRIDGE, Eng.—Two Univer- sity students paraded the town in a car, drenching pedestrians with soda water siphons. The subtle English sense of humor. BERLIN—German hens are unpa- triotic, according to a statement by Dr. Hermann Dietrich, minister of food and agriculture. Though they cackled as loudly as foreign hens, they were averaging only eighty eggs an- nually, while the foreigners were lay- ing 150, he told the agricultural com- mittee of the Reichstag. BERLIN—Some years ago a_ boy named Eckstein was hired at a salary of eight cents a day as a professional applauder at a theater. To-day he fur- nishes four theaters with applauding service by his trained assistants, and makes a comfortable income. “Penk | EMOUC ROUTE ' JAM BS ts ae “Shewvcse we a MOSCOW — Newspapers __ publish figures showing that 196 books have been written about Lenin. These have been published in thirty-two lan- guages and 817,000 copies have been printed. HARROGATE, Eng—E. J. Knowles, a plumber, was called in to fix a water pipe in a ballroom, where a fancy-dress dance was in progress. He won first prize for the best cos- tume. BOURNEMOUTH, Eng—Mrs. Julia Hames, ninety and a grand- mother, celebrated her birthday by learning to drive an automobile. She learned to ride a bicycle when she was sixty-two, but gave it up recently as dangerous. She sold her bicycle and bought a car. . “Have you been out to Versailles? \ cc No, do they serve good cocktails there?”

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by Marcu 21—Awake in a Baird hospital for the first time Leonard in my life, and when I did ask the nurse who dis- turbed me what time it was and she quoth “A quarter before seven” I was at some pains not to arise and whack her, in spite of my great feebleness. But the experience did further my con- viction that the clock does go for lit- tle in jails and institutions. Another thing on which I am strongly minded is that an individual’s health is thor- oughly a matter of his own concern, for, albeit his friends will send him expensive flowers and leave elaborate telephone inquiries anent his welfare, they really do not care a whit that his head has ached steadily for three weeks, a piece of news which seems more important to him than the message to Garcia, and the fact that an over-per- centage of sugar has been discovered in his blood leaves them as cold as a journalistic item on the arrest of a night club hostess. Emilie, my hand- maiden, in early to arrange my hair, and she did read aloud from a card on the door that if I required a fire Voice FROM UPSTAIRS: Oh, how can you stand there and lie to me? I should be charged a dollar extra a day, and that an electric fan was rated at twenty-five cents, so that I did re- quest her to come away before my heart was thoroughly broken. She did bring me, also, a copy of the maga- zine in which Mr. Coolidge has wrote his first article, and albeit my wits were not up to a proper critical standard, I 4 ‘al . . y 7 Ye fi 19 could not but reflect how anybody who puts pen to paper and publishes the result lays himself open to unsympa- thetic criticism, and marvel on the cynical wisdom of “O that mine enemy would write a book!” Virgie, another handmaiden joining us, did fall into a caloric discussion with Emilie as to which of them should accompany me on a trip to Europe only faintly con- templated, Emilie maintaining that her command of the French language would offset any domestic facility which Virgie could offer me, so the only way I could end the discussion was to inquire which was the better sailor. Marcu 22—Awake betimes, as who is not in a hospital, and pondering on this and that, in especial the strange wayfarers who did ask us for rides as we were motoring up from Aiken, and Sam’s confidence that he would not accept an old woman on crutches for fear that she would hit him over the head with her props when she was once in the car, but ever since Mrs. Lewis’s encounter with Trader Horn, I have felt that all casual imposters should not be taken too lightly. Effie Goings in to see me, and she does not (Continued on Page 38) ge 3 “Well, thank Heaven the brakes held!”

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22 Me C Vo7 x Cp a Tu tt &*°e Aches wt Lafayette and play checkers or bridge . Or sit in some nice cozy speakeasy. Cheap Sport The Penny Ar- cades are popular retreats on rainy mat- ineeless days... here you can play football or golf without getting wet, enjoy the Flea Cir- cus, the Half Man- Half Woman, Views of Nellie in the Bath, or’ shoot at clay pipes... the whole afternoon will set you back about ninety cents—that is, if you don’t gamble. Underground Take your girl over to Grand Cen- tral Station for the afternoon... there you will find everything from Art Galleries to Ovyster-Stews and you can kiss her every time a train leaves. Take her for a ride on the shuttle to Times Square and back— all without going outside in the rain!

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So what todo ona rainy afternoon. Dive Inn SWIMMING pool is the place A on a rainy afternoon if you have j a damp nature .. . why doesn’t some bright bootlegger open a swim- ming pool speakeasy? . . . think of sit- ting beside a nice, cool highball beside a nice, cool pool beside a nice, cool girl in a nice, cool bathing suit... all right I'll stop . . . then there are the Mu- seums, but if you’re a New Yorker you

Seeing the sights.

—=T Li ” ig Wf AW a 4 <_< alll ' New York Life probably don’t know that . for instance there is the Metropoli- tan on Fifth Ave- nue at 85th, or the Museum of Natural History on 77th—both de- lightful places on wet days ... or, if you're not artis- tically inclined, go auto-shopping, or subway riding, or have your picture taken at the Photomaton or... go to work.

Pop! Speaking of speakeasies, the Jack-in-the-Box in the Forties is one of the latest . it is located on the top floor of an office build- ing and the elevator lands you right smack in the center of it . . . when the door opens there you are in front of a beautiful bar ... all around the elevator- shaft are small tables and chairs . . . don’t ask for Pop in the Jack-in-the-Box!

100 Years Ago An Art School has been opened that will teach our young debutants how to paint on velvet . the girlies are using hooks now to hold up their dresses while crossing slushy streets . . . what is the younger genera- tion coming to? .. . the Washington Mail Coaches are a day or more behind sched- ule ... M. Finn is conducting a Fancy Glass Working Ex- hibition at 202 Bow- ery ... the magnifi- cent new hotel, the U. S., has _ been opened at 180 Pearl street... names of

A Grand Central Pastime. young men of well-to-do families will be released if mashing doesn’t stop after nightfall. Manna-About-T own Georgie Olsen is back at the Rich- man with his boys playing “Valencia”, some new acts, and a trio of Russian singers that are wows .. . the latest thing . . . “Bail” parties . . . throwa party at so much a head to get a friend out of jail . . . Belle Livingston, the “Belle of Bohemia” is working on a new book to be called “With Living- ston in Darkest America” ... sign seen by friend sojourning in a hotel in Arizona near the Mexican Border— HOTEL NACO—BULLET PROOF ROOMS .. . the crowd that used to haunt the Plaza Movie are now going to the Carnegie Playhouse . . . the roof of the Equitable building is thronged every noon with promenaders . . . get the low-down on the Broad- way fakirs that sell dancing dolls .. . watch for the innocent bystander who stands nearby against a wall watching the exhibition nonchalantly . . . look be- hind his back and you will see that he is the dirty snake-in-the-grass that is manipulating the dolls with wires.

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24 New York Life PRING is Here!” is not only the best named but one of the best musical comedies of 1929. No matter what I may say, and I al- ready feel something coming on, about Glenn Hunter, the star, he is one of the most finished of the younger American actors with a following as distinct as anyone on the stage. He has what elderly matrons and maidenly aunts call “a nice face.” But I wish he could forget that “Merton of the Movies” role. Mr. Hunter is too wistful. I care so little for wist- ful women and practically nothing for wistful men. Looking wistful is to me just another way of looking sappy. This is his first time in musical com- edy and he talks his songs, which is my idea of how most men should sing. There was one Rodgers and Hart ditty called “Yours Sincerely” I wanted to hear him talk but couldn’t, for one of those first-night pests in a white ermine wrap, back of me, insisted on telling members of her theatrical party that Mr. Hunter’s wife was Ruth Gordon, which will likely surprise him. Where was I? O, yes, and Mr. Hunter dances, too. But just enough to make you wish someone would tell him, for Heaven's sake, to stop. Mr. Charles Ruggles presented what the tittupy Mr. Woollcott might call a “mordant monograph” of the mod- ern father, hep to gin, cigarettes, neck- ing and other fumididdles, and did it capably. He hurls smart cracks with the rat-a-tat of a machine gun, and few go wide of the mark. Inez Courtney is the red-headed hoy- (0p) iis in New York AX they few down and ~ (} *boom’ but in Chicago they go *boom’ and faw down.” HARRY FOX den with a come-hither look, who sug- gests Beatrice Lillie, but not too much for it to be a handicap. She is the sort who is a natural and welcome ad- dition to any evening of nice clean fun. Then, there is Joyce Barbour, one of the English beauties, who cools you off just to look at her. You see her type tea-ing at the Ritz almost any afternoon with a tweedy boy and his dinky mustache. But how she dances! The plot of “Spring is Here!” con- cerns the bashful shipping clerk—and he, as you may have guessed, is the and he 3 zu replies, “he wasn't talking to me, he was talking to the girl 1 was with” talk back to the gvy that bawled you out last night?” KEITH'S pensive Mr. Hunter—in love with the flapper next door who likes to go places and do things. She meets the inevitable sophisti- cated chap from the city—not a bad fellow at all in spite of his infernal cuff-shooting—and there are all sorts of nocturnal ecloping didoes with poor Papa getting a blast of rock-salt where the chicken did not get the ax just as he goes over the garden wall. But it all turns out dandy in the end with the lubberly lout winning the gal amid a spring-ish scene redolent of apple blossoms and caroling robins. It would furnish an enjoyable evening without Mr. Hunter, but candidly, for some reason or other, it is far better with him. UCKAROO” started out to paint a fascinating picture, but the brush slipped. It is described as a “melo- dramatic comedy” and gives an inti- mate back-stage peep at the rodeo with its bucking cayuses, cow-girls, shifty- eyed, dirty-mustached villains; love, intrigue and gun-play. It got away like a thud of flying hoofs, but in the middle of the first act I found myself trying to catch an error in the Corn Exchange Bank’s monthly statement in the program ads, And I was genuinely sorry, for in the cast was Miss Frances Halliday. Miss Halliday is the attractive daughter of a neighbor in my home town who used to whale the whey out of Tom Harvey and me for smoking what Grandma called “cu-bebies” in his hay loft, but of whom I am still very fond. I used to trotty-horse Miss Hal- liday on an outstretched leg when my knee jerks were up to par. She was splendid in a slim part but “Buckaroo” won't do. If it isn’t in the storehouse now they have likely sent for the wagons. And if it turns out to be an- other “Abie’s Irish Rose” I warned Lire I had no business taking this job anyhow. ASTER GABRIEL, a truly tal- ented mite, braved Broadway's destroying storm with a pathetic little histrionic role in “Solitaire.” It was a choking bit of comedy-drama of the Coney Island side-shows and dealt with the loyalty between a strong man and a midget. The Lilliputian star as- cended to a brief emotional height in one tragic scene, but the whole thing slipped back into ten-twenty-and-thirty muck, The first night crowd attracted all the midgets in town and the sight of a swarm of midgets would spoil for me Duse in her most agonizing role. “The reason I left it) my husband was because my neighbor left hers and I wasn't going to / let het have anything on me.” PALACE

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New York Life hace = Ed ll ° a. 4 larry Ewans Wy Ae, PR eg, “Queen of the Night Clubs” HIS movie might well be re- garded as an unusual public service. It offers you the one opportunity to watch Texas Guinan do her stuff in a night club without the disturbing anticipation of a Guinan cover charge. Due to the front-page space which has accrued to Miss Guinan through the so-called functioning of the Vol- stead act, the public is naturally curious to get a look at the country’s most famous padlock addict. The actual entertainment value of the picture measures up to the average talkie, which statement, we are sure, will not cause you to burst with enthusiasm. Texas is depicted as an important per- sonage who is greeted at her night club by a large crowd which has assembled to welcome her arrival with wild cheers, followed by a sporadic flurry of serpentine throwing. Maybe this is the way they do it at the Guinan whoopee parlor. We regret that we are not wealthy enough to investigate. Miss Guinan plays her character ac- cording to Hoyle by calling her patrons “suckers” and urging them to “give this little girl a hand.” The little girl in question is Lila Lee, whose claim to distinction as a night club performer is confined to her ability to wear a very short dress in a becoming man- ner. The best part of the picture is a well directed court trial during which “Dismissed — with apologies. Next case!’ Texas outsmarts the guilty man and frees her long-lost son who stands ac- cused of the murder. John Miljan and William Davidson are very good as the opposing lawyers. The star has done so much “plug- ging” and ballyhooing in her night club that she couldn’t resist the chance to get away with a little handshaking “T can't get my husband to go anywhere— he’s got one of those inferior complexions. in her movie. There is a reporter in the cast listed as “Walter.” On sev- eral occasions Miss Guinan uses her own judgment and calls him “Win- chell” . . . making Walter Winchell in all. Walter should now feel duly repaid for any publicity he has given Miss Guinan in the columns of the New York Graphic. Keeping up with the Jones law. There is no need to go into a deep discussion of Miss Guinan’s possibili- ties as a screen star. She is an in- teresting personality, and “Queen of the Night Clubs” presents her in the one role, which makes her interesting. We can think of no reason why she should ever make another movie. “The Canary Murder Case” APABLE direction and a well chosen cast combine to make an interesting talkie of this popular S. S. van Dine mystery story. William Powell is perfectly suited to the role of Philo Vance, the efficient and re- served amateur detective, and he turns in as polished a performance as he did in “Interference.” However, we do hope that in his next picture Mr. Powell will have a chance to display more warmth and vigor in his work. These terribly polite, dignified parts do not make the best use of his ex- cellent voice and dramatic ability. All the members of the cast speak their lines effectively with the excep- tion of Jean Arthur, whose style is con- siderably cramped by that nemesis of talkie stars—the little letter “S.” Louise Brooks, who furnishes the sex-appeal, is evidently a poorer conversationalist than Miss Arthur, because all of her articulation is obviously supplied by a voice double (and how it must burn a woman up to have another lady do (Continued on Page 32)

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26 New York Life (s+uide See ES Ce ed For Instructions on Life's Ticket Service See Page 28. *®A Mosr ImMoraL Lavy. Cort. $3.00—Alice Brady doing her best acting in several years. *&kBrorners. Forty-eighth Street-—$3.00, Satur- day $3.85. Bert Lytell playing both brothers and making you like it. *&Cyrano ve BERGERAC. Hampden’s. Hampden always means an worth-while performance. Harem. Apollo. the Black Belt. INDISCRETION, the itch. Journey's Enp. ing about it. $3.85— intelligent $3.30—A sepia print of Mansfield—As monotonous as Henry Miller—They’re rav- To be reviewed next week. Kisitzer. Royale—A luke warm drama of the pinochle pest with one of America’s best actors, Edward G. Robinson. *&My Girt Frivay. Republic. $3.00—Revamped to pass the censors. *®Mima. Belasco. $5.50—Lenore Ulric with Sidney Blackmer in one of Father Dave's epics. *®Paoto anp Francesca. Forrest Theatre—Jane Cowl, Guy Standing, and -others. To be reviewed later. SrrRance INTERLUDE. John Golden—Take a big shot in the arm first. WSrreet ScENE. Playhouse. $3.85—This is al- most The Great American Drama you've been yelping for. THe Lapy FROM THE SEA. Yurka in an Ibsen effort. WTuHe Perrect Arist. Charles Hopkins. $4.40 —A different mystery play and swell. Bijou—Blanche *®Tie Act or INNocENcE. Em pire—Katharine Cornell making the most of a pretty good show. Unper tHe Gas Licur. People’s Bowery— To be reviewed later. Comedy Appearances. Hudson—James LaCurta, Mar- tina Martin and Doe Doe Greene. To be reviewed later. *%Courace. Guild. $3.85—A sobby little play with Janet Beecher. Junior Durkin is great. Take the kiddies. Caprice. Guild—Lynn Fontanne and Alfred What's-his-name, in the sort of play they enjoy—no action but lots of fat lines. w®Houway. Plymouth. $3.85—The smartest play in town until “Let Us be Gay” arrived. *&Ler Us Be Gay. a long while to match this one. Francine Larrimore. Littte Accipent. Ambassador—This is bet- ter than “Sparks or Fun in a Photograph Gallery”, that played Gallipolis, O. the year of the grasshopper blight, but not much better. Mrs. Bumpsreap-LeicH. Klaw—With Mrs. Fiske, Sidney Toler, Stella Mayhew, and others. To be reviewed later, Little—You'll have to shop It has Biltmore—With Margalo Gill- To be reviewed Man’s EstTaTe. more and Earle Larimore. later, *®Meer THe Prince. Lyceum—$3.85. Basil Sidney and Mary Ellis. To be reviewed later. Sue Gor Wuat Sue Wantep. Wallack’s— Billed as “The Great Comedy Hit” and is fairly funny. Morosco—Eccentric to the Highbrows Serena BLAnpIsH. point of being a touch ga-ga. adore it. ®Sxiwvinc. Bayes—$3.00. They said this one couldn't last, but it shows no signs of weak- ening. Eye and Ear WBiacksirps oF 1929. Eltinge. $4.40—Bill Robinson tapping up the golden stairs, and “I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby!” Fioretta. Earl Carroll—An eyeful of beauty and Leon Errol cuts up with a dove-gray donkey. *%Fottow Turv. Forty-sixth St. $5.50—Zelma O'Neal slapping ‘em down and Irene Delroy as coy as can be. *%Goop Boy. Hammerstein. $5.50—If you leave this without a secret yen for Helen Kane to perch on your knee and sing her “Boo- boop-adoop” song you're ripe for the ether cone, ®HELLO Dappy. Cohan. $4.40—Lew Fields car- rying on and several nice songs. *®Hoiv Everyruinc. Broadhurst. $5.50—Onc of the Season's hits and deservedly. WLapy Fixcers. Vanderbilt. $5.50—Eddic Buzzell buzzing around in a crook comedy. ®Music ww May. Casino. $5.50—An operetta adapted from the German by Fanny Todd Mitchell. Music by Emile Berti and Maurie Rubens. To be reviewed later. WPrieasure Bounp. Majestic. $5.50—An amus- ing Shubert revue with gabby Phil Baker and tongue tied Jack Pearl. And, of course, a Spanish dancer with a fan. WSprinc 1s Here. Alvin. $5.50—The dean of America’s adolescents, Glenn Hunter, in a nice performance. SHow Boat. Ziegfeld—Charles Winninger turning hand springs—and at his age! It has been afloat almost a year. Turee Cuerrs. Globe—Only one more night to hear Will Rogers sing in his bare feet. Tue Rep Rose. Shubert. $5.50—Walter Woolf in operetta and very good. *®Tue New Moon. Imperial. $5.50. Sat. $6.60 —Ed and Grace Nolan, of Los Angeles, went back three times just to hear the “Lover, Come Back to Me!” song. Wuoorer. New Amsterdam—Eddie Cantor, Paul Whiteman’s band and the Ziegfeld touch—and that’s enough for anybody. Movies Hearts 1x Dixie. (Tarxire) Fox—An excel- lent study of the Southern rural negro. Good singing and a swell comedy per- formance by Stepin Fetchit. Broapway Metropy. (TaLkie) Metro-Gold- wyn—The best of the song-and-dance talk- ies. A triumph for Bessie Love. Tue Iron Masx. (Sounp) United Artists— The sequel to “The Three Musketeers”, but not quite as good. Two short talking se- quences by Doug Fairbanks for their adver- using value. Tue Fryinc Freer. (Sounp) Metro-Goldwyn —Ramon Novarro shows how Annapolis graduates become flyers. Exceptional aero- plane photography. Captain Las. (Sounp) Fox—Victor MclLag- len proves that movie heroes do not have to be handsome. Good comedy by Clyde Cook. THe Sins oF tHE Fatner. (Sounp) Para- mount—Even Mr. Volstead will like Emil Jannings as a bootlegger. A Woman or Arrairs. (Sounp) Metro-Gold- wyn—Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in a slightly purified version of “The Green Hat.” Greta is great. Weary River. (Tarxie) First National—An- other crook reforms through the power of music. Richard Barthelmess sings the theme song (or goes through the motions.) THe Barker. (Tarxie) First National—A really good talking picture. Milton Sills supported by lots of sex appeal. Recom- mended for adults. THe SHopworn AnceL. (TALKING SEQUENCES) Paramount—Much better than the average. Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper and Paul Lukas. Supper Clubs *Dressy. C Cover Charge. H Head Waiter. AmBassaDor GRILL, Park Avenue at 51st. Nice quiet place to dance. * C.$1.50-2.00. Barney's, 85 West 3rd. A_ swell place. A swell orchestra. C.$2.00-3.00. H.Arnold. Casanova, 151 West sath. Great hang-out. C.$3.00. Crus Ricuman, 157 West 56th. Olsen is back. C.$5.00. Heicu-Ho, 35 East 53rd. Nice place. Good orchestra. *®C.$2.00-3.00. H.George. Lipo, 7th Ave. at 52nd. Very Park Avenue. . Beatrice Lillie and Moss and Fontana. *C.$5.00. H.Cabiati. Montmarte, 205 West 50. Oldest supper club in town and still popular. C.$3.00. H.Charlie. (Continued on Page 30)

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A CAR IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY IT KEEPS ecaceme: aie . CX Ge . ; Lass Ir you were to examine the list of prominent Lincoln owners (and they are to be found in every cor- ner of the world) you could not fail * to gain a new respect for this very individual motor car. For that list includes a great many royal per- beet ote REG? ’ sonages, high governmental offi- cials, foreign dignitaries and diplo- mats, well-known figures in busi- ness and society . . . names familiar in every corner of the world... people of substance and standing, knowing the best, and as a matter of course obtaining it. A most dis- i 3 A Lincoln 4-passenger Vic- tinguished patronage. toria coupe, the property of L. S. Carroll, Esq., of New Such people turn naturally to York. Mr. Carroll is Vice- the Lincoln, because it is built for eck, MRS. SSeS pyr raceted p orsvergy them .. . because it is at once beau- ; tiful and dignified . . . because it is smart .. . because it is so admir- ably made that it will bear them swiftly, silently, smoothly, season after season, wherever they wish to go. . . . Because, in its insistence upon excellence, in its unswerving fidelity to the highest ideals and traditions, it represents all that they value most. “AS NEARLY PERFECT A MOTOR CAR AS IT IS POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE" THE LINCOLN

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lifes licket Service IFE takes great pleasure in announcing the opening of a special Ticket Service for Lire readers which will enable them to obtain good orchestra seats for New York Attractions at Box-Office Prices. If you are planning a visit to New York, or if you live in New York, we hope you will find this service not only a money-saver but a convenience. Lirt, with the co-opera- tion of honest theatrical producers, hopes to wipe out that parasite of the New York theatre—the ticket scalper. Many sincere efforts have been made to remove this stigma, and all have failed—but while there's Lire there’s hope! Lire Aas also opened a General Information Bureau. If you are in New York and want to know where the new Movies are playing, or desire information regarding Thea- tres, Restaurants or Supper Clubs, call Plaza 9842 before 5 P.M. Calls on Saturday must be made before noon. Hiow to Use Life’s Hicket Service First tickets available April 19th . 7 theatres and other attractions reserving LIFE seats, see Confidential Guide on age 26. Seats are available only for those attractions indicated by stars and at prices noted. These are box-office prices of orchestra seats. All orders for tickets must reach LIFE’S office at least seven days before the date of the performance. Orders for theatre parties of over four must be received two weeks in ad- vance. Check for the exact amount must be attached to each PURCHASE ORDER. EnNaacastantnstantmias settee or eee Purchase Order Receipt will be sent to purchaser by return mail. This must be presented at the box office on the evening of the performance. Eife’s Hicket Service 598 Madison Ave. New York City IN ORDER TO KEEP TICKETS OUT OF THE HANDS OF TICKET SCALPERS SEATS WILL BE HELD AT THE BOX OFFICE AND WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK ON THE NIGHT OF THE PERFORMANCE. Dear Life: I want seats for the following: Name of Show No. Seats Date of Performance . . 7 In selecting attractions, purchasers are asked to send two alternative choices of shows with each selection, in case Lire’s quota of seats for that performance is exhausted. Remittance will have to cover the cost of the highest priced seats asked for. Any excess amount will be refunded. Alternate Shows Lire will be glad to make appropriate selec- tions for purchasers if they will indicate with order the type of show preferred and remit amount to cover top prices. Amy excess amount will be refunded by return mail. * * * NO ORDERS FOR SEATS WILL BE TAKEN OVER THE TELEPHONE. a a This service is not offered in connection with matinee seats, which are ordinarily available at Check for $...... .. enclosed herewith. ee box offices. a

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Suddenly, out of a spring sky An Advertisement of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company Att was well on the telephone front on April 27, 1928. Sud- denly,out of a spring sky, rain began to fall over central Pennsyl- vania. As night came on this turned into a furious storm of sleet, snow and wind. Inside of 48 hours, 3700 telephone poles were down. Seven thousand miles of wire tangled wreck- age. Thirty-nine exchanges isolated. Eleven thousand telephones silent. Repair crews were instantly mo- bilized and sent to the scene. From Philadelphia 47 crews came. Other parts of Pennsylvania sent 13. New Jersey, 6. New York, 4. Ohio, 6. Maryland and West Virginia, 12. In record time, 1000 men were string- ing insulated wire and temporary cables along the highways, on fences and on the ground. Within 72 hours the isolated exchanges were connected and the 11,000 telephones back in service. Then, while the tem- porary construction carried on, neighboring Bell System warehouses poured out all needed equipment, new poles were set, new crossarms placed and new wire and cable run. In any crisis there are no state lines in the Bell System. In all emer- gencies of flood or storm as well as in the daily tasks of extending and maintaining the nation-wide net- work, is seen the wisdom of One Policy, One System, Universal Service. Better and better telephone ser- vice at the lowest cost is the goal of the Bell System. Present improve- ments constantly going into effect are but the foundation for the greater service of the future. “Tue TELEPHONE Books ARE THE DIRECTORY OF THE NATION” “Joe, how d'ya pains that guy pernounced his name?” “Feed a cold and starve a fever,” say the doctors. What we would like to know is why every girl we take out has a cold instead of a fever. —London Opinion. For busy men and women—Abbott’s Birters, lightful tonic and invigorator. Sample by mail, C. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. a de- 25 cts. After painstaking research we have at last discovered what the Mexican revolution is about. It is about over. —New Yorker. Confiderfial Guide (Continued ‘om Page » Guinan’s, 203 West 54th. Whoopec. 5.00. H.Carl. Mipnicut Froiic, New Amsterdam Theatre. Helen Morgan Chevalier, and a big check, *C.$6.60. Renvezvous, Winter Garden Theatre. Clay- ton, Jackson and Durante, the funniest birds in town. C.$3.00-4.00. H.Leon. SeacLave, St. Regis Hotel, Vincent Lopez speaking. *C.$1.50-3.00. H.Charles. Vita Varee, 10 East Goth. Collegiate, *C.$2.00-3.00. H.Jean. Books Dovswortu (Harcourt, Brace) by Sinclair Lewis—One sample of American marriage, at home and abroad. Lewis’ best—don't miss it. Eastty Persuapep (Liveright) by Elizabeth Deane—Sprightly and spicy adventures in living of a not too bright but beautiful young lady. Tue CraD_e or THE Deep (Simon & Schuster) by Joan Lowell—Exciting autobiography of a girl who was raised on a schooner Dark Star (Bodbbs-Merrill) by Lorna Moon— Richly written story of a girl born into trouble. Recommended for its warmth and romantic color. Foorprints (Crime Club) by Kay Cleaver Strahan—A mystery is solved twenty-cight years after the discovery of the body. Probably the best detective story of the year. Tue Layton Court Mystery (Crime Club) by Anthony Berkeley—Orthodox but honest and entertaining detective tale. C.$4.00- Dance Numbers (Sheet Music) “Yours Sincerely” (“Spring Is Here’’) “Song In My Heart” (“Spring Is Here’’) “Red Hot Trumpet” (“Spring Is Here’’) “No Other Love” (“Music In May”) “I Found A Friend” (“Music In May”) “My Lucky Star” (“Follow Thru”) “Button Up Your Overcoat” (“Follow Thru”) “I Want To Be Bad” (“Follow Thru”) “Raise The Dust” (“Lady Fingers’) “Song of Songs” (“Lady of the Pavements”) | Records Burron Up Your Overcoat—(2) Mean To Me (Columbia) Two songs by Ruth Etting (1) Onc of the snappy hits from “Follow Thru”. (2) Sentimental blues, not in strict tempo. Satrurpay Nicut Funcrion—(2) Hicu Lire (Victor) (1) Wherein a trumpet really gets mad and tells you so. (2) Faster, and hotter if possible. Kansas Crry Krrry—(2) I'm Witp Asovut Horns on Avromosites (Columbia) Just nonsense. . .fast and peppy. Dream Boat—(2) Frorerra (Victor) (1) A very lovely waltz. (2) Fox-trot. Both numbers from “Fioretta”. Tue Moocne—(2) Since You Went Awart (Brunswick) (1) Wild jungle jazz, played marvellously. (2) A nice easy fox-trot. How Lonc How Lone Biues—(2) My Krinva Love (Brunswick) : (1) Slow blues, with more of that ccrtaim trumpet. (2) A good fox-trot.

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e How Smith took the “KNOCK” out of his motor and out of his back seat driver at one and the same time Wife: ““There you go shifting gears again. I The Better Y2: ‘What do you mean letting that think you do it just to annoy me.” (Husband little shrimp pass you? This car cost twice as says nothing) much as his.”” (No answer) The Boss: “Why are we stopping here?” The Emancipated Serf: (to himself) “She hasn’t The Slave (to attendant): “Fill my tank with kicked once in the last six miles—thank the Ethyl, please.” Lord for Ethyl Gas!” + = The leading oil companies are mixing Ethyl anti-knock a's + A 8 fluid with their good gasoline to make Ethyl Gasoline [sine fe rive ame} ~=-——the fuel that brings out the very best in any car. Knocks out that "knock ” ETHYL GASOLINE

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Help your digestion when it’s good! ILLIONS have found Beeman’s Pepsin Gum a pleasant and wholesome > enegona against indi- = Millions prefer the fresh, een flavor of Beeman’s, its smooth- ness and fine quality, and the pleas- ant way it stimulates digestive action after meals. Perfected by Dr. Beeman over 30 years ago, this de- licious gum is today the favorite of people who chew gum as an aid to digestion. Help your digestion when it’s good—enjoy a stick of Beeman’s after meals! GUM aids digestion Movies (Continued from Page 25) her talking). The prevalence of lisp- ing among stars who have been signed to long time contracts places another burden on the shoulders of producers. In addition to their “Yes” men, they must now hire a flock of “S” men— and women. There is one noticeably weak spot in the plot. The solution of the mur- der rests too heavily on the psychol- ogy employed by Philo Vance in de- termining the guilty suspect through the medium of a poker game. We have discovered to our sorrow, that a man’s private life and habits may have no influence whatsoever on his method of playing a poker hand. Re- member this point if you see the pic- ture. The surprise element in the story is more ingeniously conceived than in the usual detective tale, and you are certain to get a kick out of the final answer if you haven’t read the book. “The Canary Murder Case” will in- terest you... unless you are partic- ularly opposed to murder cases. “The Carnation Kid” FTER a long absence from the screen, Douglas MacLean _ re- turns as a talkie star, and provides some enjoyable moments in an amus- ing crook comedy. He is a harmless typewriter salesman who is mistaken for a notorious Chicago gunman, and the reasons for the error are much more plausible than is usually the case in movie plots based on the mistaken identity idea. Mr. MacLean receives valuable com- edy assistance from a tall, handsome blond lady named Lorraine Eddy. They do one of those come-on-girl-and- timid-boy acts in her boudoir which is quite funny despite the fact that the situation is one of the oldest in use. Miss Eddy is easy on the eyes and her voice registers well. If she were a bit less stately Lorraine would probably be besieged with offers of vamp roles. Frances Lee, the female lead, is not happily endowed for talking pic- tures; a fact which directors may be allowed to realize after her contract expires. “The Carnation Kid” is not con- sistently entertaining, but it offers a few thrilling scenes of gun fighting, and provides some hearty chuckles. HE hadnt counted on that when she consented to come for a quiet paddle on the lake. Before you wreck another romance, better silence that noisy old briar with a real pipe mixture. Sir Walter Raleigh is all of that — the mildest, most fragrant blend that ever came out of the South. So good we line the tin with gold foil to preserve its freshness right down to the last pipeful. Y LIMITED OFFER y (for the United States only) | If your favorite tobacconist does not carry | Sir Walter Raleigh, send us his name and | address. In return for this courtesy, we'll be delighted to send you without charge a full-size tin of this milder pipe mixture. Dept. 96, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation Louisville, Kentucky SIR WALTER RALEIGH Who discovered how good a pipe can be It’s milder

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n’t see Paris Don’t P and go home this year ...see France! What would you know of America...if you'd By train... by auto- bus...this year, see France!... Take the route des Vosges, cool even in summer... forests, sky-high pastures, snowpeaks on the horizon ....Or the route de Jura...gorges, cascades, tree-covered plateaus with vineyards smiling on the western slopes....Travel through Brit- tany...witness a pardon, understand the sea ....Slip down the Loire Valley and recreate the splendor of Old France from those mag- nificent chateaux.... Make the rounds of the smart “cures” in Auvergne and know the secret of the chic Parisienne’s verve.... Visit the Gorges du Tarn...grottoes and rivers un- derground, the thrilling passage on a rush- ing stream between colossal cannon walls.... Cross the Alps, Napoleon-wise...passes, lost villages, stupendous glimpses valley-ward, lone churches, set so high their spires touch heaven....Take the Pyrenees in your stride .--glaciers and peaks, aerial resorts of super- smartness all year ’round....Skirt the Medi- terranean, flitting from one gay beach to the next along the Grande or the Petite Corniche ...0r on to Corsica in the blue Mediterranean. Information and literature on request RAILWAYS OF FRANCE General Representatives INTERNATIONAL WAGONS.-LITS, 701 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, OR ANY TOURIST AGENCY Lifv’e The New Books (Continued from Page 34) hold on you, and you are not likely to forget Nancy and her inescapable | heritage. * * * Footprints (Crime Club $2) by Kay Cleaver Strahan, rings up the curtain on a new type of detective story. For one thing, this unusual book is excep- tionally well written. To read it is an intellectual adventure. The characters are three-dimensioned and carefully drawn. The solution is logical. Richard Quilter, one of a close-knit pioneering family, is found dead in his bed, shot through the chest. From the window dangles a snow-covered rope. There are no weapons in sight. There are no footprints in the fresh fallen snow outside. For twenty-eight years, the mystery hangs over the heads of the Quilters. | One of them is secretly convinced that he killed his father in a moment of blankness. To save his reason, a crime- | analyst consents to attempt a solution. With only a series of letters written at the time as guidance, the problem is solved. The thing is deceptively | simple, but you are likely to become so | involved in the physical, tangible clues, that will overlook the invisible key. I will give you one hint: the solu- tion of the main problem hinges on the solution of what amounts to an algebraic equation of character. you Tue Layton Covurr Mystery (Crime Club $2) by Anthony Berke- ley, is a detective story cast in a more familiar mold. Roger Sheringham, whom you may have met in The Silk Stocking Murders, decides that the death of his host, one Victor Stan- worth, found shot in the library with a gun in his hand and all doors and windows locked, was not suicide, but murder, and sets about to prove his case. If you are at all astute, you may be able to apply the old “least sus- | picious character” theory with consid- | erable success. Again, one hint: the author is honest with you; a most im- portant clue is made available in the first ten pages. Avutuor: “May I have some further details about this magnificent estate you offer for sale?” Acent: “Do you wish to buy it?” “No; but I think I can use your glowing description of it in my new novel.” —Pearson’s. This adv. suggested by Chick Zschiegner, Alfred, N. y. If you bave & new and original idea, send it to us and if acceptable we will pay $100.00 “Doggone, I didn’t read the Label! That Cleaning Fluid was Inflammable! Next time I'll demand- CARBONA Cleaning Fluid CANNOT BURN CANNOT EXPLODE absolutely safe!- Removes Grease Spots Without Injury to Fabric or Color Does it Quickly and Easily 2.0* BOTTLES ar aut pruc stores Carbona Products Co., 302-304 W. 26th St., N. ¥. i) DANDRUFF A Sure Way to End It There is one sure way that never fails to re- move dandruff completely, and that is to dissolve | it. Then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before | retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more applications | will completely dissolve and entirely destroy | every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. | You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp | will stop instantly and your hair will be lustrous, | glossy, Go soft, and look and feel a hun- dred times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store, and a four ounce bottle is all you will need. P + a simple remedy has never been known to ai

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Life 37 I pass up the sweets and light a | Luchy instead.” newspaper writer and author of the new novel ‘‘Reno.” “There is a soothing quality in Luckies I enjoy, and they help lessen the tension that comes with the average business day. I find they are less irritating to the throat than any cigarette I have ever smoked. An athlete must keep fit, but so must the business man and I $ up the sweets and light a Lucky instead. In this way, I get the pleasure of a real good smoke in Luckies and do not have to worry about putting on any excess flesh.” CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, JR. E modern common sense way— reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet. tae Thousands are doing it—men keep Vanderbilt, healthy and fit, women retain a trim ; wa figure. Lucky Strike, the finest tobaccos, pe ete | skilfully blended, then toasted to develop a a a flavor which is a delightful alternative ‘ for fattening sweets. Toasting frees Lucky Strike from impur- ities. 20,679 physicians recognize this when they say Luckies are less irritating than other cigarettes. That’s why folks say: “It’s good to smoke Luckies.” Authorities attribute the AS: enormous increase in Ciga- rette smoking to the improvement in the process of Cigarette manufacture by the application of heat. It is true that during the year 1928, Lucky Strike Cigarettes showed a greater increase than all the other Cigarettes combined. This con- firms in no uncertain terms the public’s confidence in the superiority of Lucky Strike. “It’s toasted” No Throat Irritation-No Cough. Coast to coast radio hook-up every Saturday night through the National Broadcasting Company’s k. The Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra in “‘The Tunes that made Broadway, Broadway.” © 1929, The American Tobacco Co., Manufacturers

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QUICK RELIEF COMFORT Life Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from Page 19) think we passed up another young Keats on the road, which was of some comfort. Reading this night in Sin- clair Lewis’s new book “Dodsworth”, I was surprised to find it exceedingly dull, save that in the end it made the central character somehow come alive, but I do think that the author’s im- pression of American wives is born of intensive and not wide experience. The Rejection Slip As Is “We regret that the accompanying manuscript, which has had a most careful reading, is not adapted to our special requirements. Its return does not imply lack of merit. Please ac- cept our thanks for permitting us to see it, and rest assured that we are glad to give manuscripts careful con- sideration and a quick reading. Yours very truly, THE EDITORS.” What the Budding Author Thinks They Mean. “We really don’t give a darn at all that your manuscript, which we barely glanced at, really looks like a pretty good story, but we can’t be sure, as we have a dumb bunch of editors here. Then again, our policy is to keep out the newcomers. You can thank us that we are at least sending back your manuscript, but don’t bother us any more, as you may not get the next one back at all. We can’t be an- noyed. Yours, THE EDITORS.” What the Long-Suffering Editor Should Have Written. “Of all the tripe, that manuscript of yours is the worst, from every standpoint known except one—it’s the | highest type of horrible example I have ever had the bad fortune to see. Its return not only implies lack of merit, but shouts it—and I mean how! You ought to thank us on bended knees that we didn’t enclose a time- | bomb with it, so you’d be sure and | not ever bother us again. If you ever | do, it will be too soon, and the head- | lines will read ‘Well-Known Editor a | Suicide; No Reason Ascribed for Act.’ So have a heart and save my life. Yours more in sorrow than anger, THE EDITORS.” Still Thin Still young, still lovely So easy to fight fat Have you wondered _ the extra-fat people of old days have so largely disappeared? The chief reason lies in a scientific discovery made some 25 years ago. Medical research found that a great cause of excess fat lay in a deficient gland. A way to correct it was dis- covered. Since then, physicians the world over have employed this method in the fight on fat. A famous medical laboratory perfected the utmost in this methodin Marmola prescription tablets. People have used them for 21 years— millions of boxes of them. You can see the results wherever you look. Excess fat in men and women is nowhere near as common as it was. No starvation, no over-work, corrects the cause of excess fat, but moderation helps. When the cause lies in a defective gland, that cause must be corrected. The slender figures that you see about you are largely due to Marmola. The new youth and beauty, new health and vigor that you envy. You do yourself a grave injustice if you omit thi The way is to correct this gland deficiency. No abnormal exercise or diet. Simply take four tablets daily until weight comes down to normal. Watch the fat go watch the new vitality return. You will be delighted. Do this now to live life at the full. You should not delay a day. Marmola prescription tablets are sold by all druggists at $1 per box. If your druggist is out, he will get them at once from his jobber. MARMOLA DP iption “Ja: The Pleasant Way to “Do you play any games of skill?” “Chess.” A Homey Hotel in New York! iscriminating Women Choose Al NSO} NIA BROADWAY AT 73 SL NEW YORK 1400 LARGE ROOMS Comfortably Furnished Soundproof Walls Room and Private Bath from $3.00 For two persons..from $5.00 In a_ restricted, residential district, 5 minutes to all the- atres and shops. TURKISH BATHS EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN

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i, A MATTER OF TASTE THE preference for Squibb’s Den- tal Cream is just that. Especially if you smoke. For the daily use of Squibb’s is a mighty inexpensive way to get the fullest flavor from your cigar or cigarette. Right from the start, you’ll find each puff more mellow—more full- bodied. *Cause Squibb’s deposits myriads of small Milk of Mag- nesia particles in the mouth crevices, There they stay protecting you from a bitter, jaggy taste. Squibb’s Dental Cream is for sale at all drug stores. 40c a gener- ous tube. Start today to get the full joy of smoking. © 1929 by E. R. Squibb & Sons Listen in every Friday evening from 7.15 to 7.30 Eastern Standard Time over Stations WJZ, WBZ, 'BZA, WHAM, KDK WIR, KWK, WREN, WITMJ, KOA, KSTP, WLW, for interesting talks on the preservation of health by eminent authori- ties through broadcasting facilities provided by E. R. Squibb & Sons. GUARD THE DANGER LINE Life Tailor Made (Continued from Page 9) down-at-heel bum. Mifkin sighed. Holliday said, “What did you want to see me about? The money I owe you? I’m damned sorry about it, Mif- kin, but .. .” Suddenly Mifkin had an inspiration. He broke in, “The money? Why no, Mr. Holliday. It’s been a long time since you were in and I wondered if we couldn’t make you another suit; say something for business wear.” Holliday started forward in his chair. He began to say, “By Gad, that’s the whitest—” but he broke off and as though from habit said, “Why, thanks, I think you can. now?” Mifkin noticed the boy had a funny look in his eye when he left the room. For some reason the look | reminded him of something he'd seen | once in his dog’s eyes when he’d pulled an over-long fhorn from the soft pad of his foot. That afternoon, when all his clerks had gone home, Mifkin went into the | account room and furtively, as though afraid someone would catch him at it, he tore a page from the ledger. When he got back to his office he touched a match to it and wondered why the name Holliday could be read in the ashes after the paper had burned. Ten days later, coincidentally as Mifkin was trying to help his clerks find a missing page in the account book, young Holliday came in to see him. As soon as Mifkin had closed the door the young man pulled out a roll of bills. “Just dropped in to pay you for those old suits, Mifkin.” Mifkin took the money and beamed. Holliday went on. “You know, it’s a funny thing. The day after I got that last suit you made me I landed a job; a perfect wow of a job.” He leaned over confidentially. “Do you know,” he said, “you’ve got to be well dressed to get anything these days. I worked that all out by myself!” “Well, well,” said old Mifkin. “What do you think of that!” Drivers of open cars don’t put on their lights as soon as drivers of closed cars. They find it more comfortable to keep on their heavies. Our boarding house hostess is up to her old tricks again. She’s serving grapefruit as the first course so you can’t see what you're getting for the rest of the meal. Can I be measured | HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ANYONE ASK FOR A BETTER GOLF-BALL THAN A DUNLOP? THE IMPORTED “BLACK” DUNLOP

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ee Please pardon my frown... but some one in the studio just coughed . « . and spoiled our love scene” *“They’ve often called the movies ‘the silent drama.’ But there isn’t much silence during the making of a movie. “It’s in the making of a ‘talkie’ that studio silence is required. No one is al- lowed to make any noise, but the play- ers. For the slightest sound registers on the sensitive recording mechanism. And an uninvited cough is a calamity. *The other day someone coughed dur- ing the recording of a love scene. Since then OLD GOLDs are the order of the day. For as all Hollywood knows, there’s not a cough in a film-ful.” (SIGNED) a cough ina carload? OLD GOLD cigarettes are blended from HEART-LEAF tobacco, the finest Nature grows..: Selected for silkiness and ripe- ness from the heart of the tobacco plant ..- Aged and mellowed extra long in a temperature of mid-July sunshine to in- sure that honey-like smoothness. RICHARD BARTHELMESS mow appearing in the First National- Vitaphone masterpiece “Weary River” in which Mr. Barthelmess adds to his laurels with a voice of rare dramatic quality, ON YOUR RADIO... OLD GOLD PAUL WHITEMAN HOUR Paul Whiteman . . . King of Jazz, with his complete orchestra . . . broadcasts the OLD GOLD hour every Tuesday, from 9 to 10 P. M., Eastern Standard Time, over entire network of Columbia Broadcasting System. © P. Lorillard Co,, Est. 1760 eat a chocolate, light an Old Gold, and enjoy both! GARDENER: This is serious, Amanda. “What is it?” “The horseradish has the heaves!" Statement of the ownership, managemen circulation, etc., required by the Act of — gress of August 24, 1912, of LIFE, published weekly at New York, N. Y., for April 1 1929, State of New York, County of New York. Before me, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally ap- peared Henry A. Richter, who having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the business manager of LIFE, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 41} Postal Laws and Regulations. To wit: (1) That the names and addresses of the pub. lisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: Publisher, Life Publishing Co., 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. Editor, Charles Dana Gibson, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. Managing Editor Norman Anthony, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. Business Manager, Henry A Richter, 598 Madison Avenue, New York Y. (2) That the owners are: Life Pub. lishing Company, 598 Madison Avenue, New Y. Stockholders: Charles Dana 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.; Irene L. Gibson, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.; Langhorne Gibson, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.; Edw. §S. Martin, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.; Clair Maxwell, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. (3) That the known bond- holders, mortgagees and other security hold- ers owning or holding one per cent. or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. (4) That the two para- graphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also in cases where the stockholder or security holder ap- pears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for which trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant’s full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capac- ity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corpo- ration has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds or other securities than as so stated by him. Henry A. Richter. (Sig- nature of Business Manager.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23rd day of March, 1929. (Seal) J. N. Nau, Notary Public, New York County No. 60; New York Register — 0-59. My commission expires March 30, 1930. genannten od Those Who Dance.. Mc: pay the piper—and all who suffer the misery of dancing in new or tight shoes know it. But why suffer such misery? Ifyou shake into your shoes some Allen’s Foot =Ease you can dance all night in comfort. This antiseptic, healing powder for the feet takes the friction from the shoes, soothes hot, tired, aching, perspiring feet and makes walking or dancing areal joy. People who enjoy foot comfort are using Allen’s Foot =Ease daily. Try it. Sold at all Drug and Toilet Goods coun- ters. For Free trial package and a Foot =Ease Walking Doll address Allen’s Foot =Ease, LeRoy, New York. Allen's Foot -Ease

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I INTERNATIONAL POLO MATCHES ..MEADOWBROOK LONG ISLAND, N. Y¥. 1 f EADOW BROOK, colorful rendez- : of fashion, fame and finance, is just as keenly ‘eciative of motor merit as of spirited horse- h. At such famous play-places, championship formance, fresh styling, and restful riding ve caused Studebaker’s great new eights and sixes to become a familiar sight. Studebaker, he i€ ma ha der of every official stock car record for fleet- s and stamina,has preempted as well vigorous idership in fashion, Artist and artisan—crafts- n and engineer-—have achieved a new and pv harmony. Lines are long and low. Colors youthful and alive. Travel ease, docile obedience and supple suavity of power are hrown into still higher relief by Studebaker’s ’ne-Profit pricing. The car illustrated is The esident Straight Eight Roadster for Four. ~ BUILDER

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Complete the New Car Thrill! That new car means pleasure ahead —new perform- ance and the feeling of pride. An impressive per- centage of new car purchasers have added the final touch that completes the new car thrill by putting on the Dual-Balloon “8.” The extra cost is slight compared with the advantages. ~ ~ Everything you want in mileage—non-skid permanence and the sur- passing comfort of balloon /ow pressure that only the Dual-Balloon principle makes possible in combina- tion with such big mileage. Talk with the General Tire dealer and your progressive car dealer. They will explain how easy it is to make the changeover.