Picture Play Magazine (Jul - Dec 1929)

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Elgin's Latest Raymond, $55. Illinois "Bunn Special" $50 TermtttoSilit Your Convenience EASY TO PlAYi Free Saxophone / Rf»nk tells just what / DUim you want to know about Saxo* .Write for copy. Tone Easiest of ell wind instruments to play and one of the most beautiful. In one hour, you canlearn the scale. In two weeks play popular music. In 90 days you should be able to take your place in a Band. The Saxophone is unrivaled tor entertainment at home, church, lodge or school. Good Saxophone Players are in big detr with high pay. FREE TRIAL— You may have 6 days' free trial on any Buescher Saxophone. Trumpet. Cornet, , Trombone or other instrument. Small amount down and a little each month mabea it easy to own any Buescher. Mention instrument and complete catalog will be mailed you free. [638] BUESCHER BAND INSTRUMENT CO. 2923 Buescher Block Elkhart, Ind. AEeautifulAlbum With every order of 20 REAL PORTRAITS OF POPULAR HOLLYWOOD STARS EACH ONE lifelike, EACH ONE worth while possessing. Read the coupon below and get your order of 20 pictures. Everyone of your favored stars represented in this splendid assortment — including album all for $1.00. Do not compare this with any other inferior picture that you may see, for the actual value of the album a'ore is $1 .00 — get your set, and make this a gift item for Christmas. So do not delayWe urge you to act immediat FILL OUT COUPON NOW! ately. HS! Hollywood Picture Service Corp. 1165 Broadway, Dept. C. New York City Enclosed find $1.00 for which please send set of 20 pictures of Hollywood's Stars and Free album. Name B-12 Address The Stepchildren Make Whoopee Continued from page 70 "Sure, he uses that much for four people," added Paul Ellis. "Remember the time you put too much garlic in the spaghetti ?" continued Ramon. "We went to work and they had to close the studio." "Every time we walked through a room every one got up and left," said Marcel. "My God !" exclaimed Barry. "You ought to have been in quarantine." "Did you ever sit in the upper gallery at the Metropolitan Opera?" asked Paul. "Yes!" said Barry, enthusiastically. "The people up there go to hear the opera, not see it. They all eat garlic, and every time any one opens his mouth to talk everybody ducks. "Americans do not appreciate opera," said Barry. "They go, but not to hear the music. They go because it is fashionable. Down in the Argentine everybody likes opera. The poorest laborer will save enough to buy a cheap seat. In New York the real music lovers are the foreigners who sit in the gallery." "Americans don't appreciate art in any form," said Ramon. "That's a strange thing," said Barry. "I like America — I am going to take out naturalization papers — but that is one thing I cannot understand. The people here do not appreciate art. They have art, and nothing better can be found in the world. The Ziegfeld 'Follies' — why, there is nothing better anywhere than that. The best in Buenos Aires, Vienna, London, Paris — even the 'Folies Bergere' — cannot equal the Ziegfeld 'Follies.' America has the art, because she has the money — even if the people don't appreciate it." If frankness is a virtue, then these foreigners are well supplied with that quality. And as for vices, their most conspicuous one is a marked tendency to play strange card and guessing games. Because of their vivid imaginations and unusual cleverness, they are very easily entertained. It is the people lacking in these qualities who require hectic and expensive amusement. Many an evening I have seen them sit around a table for hours devising various games played with cards, or with paper and pencil, and have a hilariously good time. At every crisis, or near crisis, every one jumps to his feet and pandemonium reigns. All this enthusiasm is produced by their own rich and electric personalities, and without the aid of a drop of liquor. One can only wonder what would happen if the customary drinks were served. Believe it or not, a popular diversion with this crowd is cooking, and an even more popular one is eating. The only one who shrinks from domestic duties is Barry. It is easier to perform the task oneself than to attempt to get that boy into action. Moreover, he doesn't understand American cooperation. One evening we had all gathered at the home of Marcel and were attempting to get dinner. Into the kitchen came a ladylike journalist wearing a baffled expression. "I can't set the table until Barry gets off it," she announced. "Ask him to sit on a chair," I suggested. "He isn't sitting, he's standing," said she, sadly. I could write about these charming and inventive people almost indefinitely, but I won't. Enough is enough. Drop in to see me some day and I will tell you about the time Barry rode his horse into the house, and about that beautiful afternoon when we organized a baseball team and played on the public highway. ON SECOND THOUGHT I go every week to the movies to see A star who has made such a great hit with me. And I sit there just thinking how happy I'd be If I could but know her quite well. I'd see for myself if she's blond or brunet, She would smile for me — oh, the cute little pet, And somehow I'd manage to kiss her, you bet, If I could but know her quite well. But stop ! It may be that her temper is hot, And her curls may be false, just as likely as not, And then there's the chance that she'd cost me a lot ! Who knows — it may be just as well ! T. M. Arbuthnot.