Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

116 Advertising Section An Opportunity for Young Men An old, established firm offers a chance to sell a standard product, and grow Only one class of men will be interested in this advertisement. These are the young men, — perhaps in their twenties and fresh from college, — who are wondering what line of business to enter. Or the young fellows who now have an inside position and want to get out in the selling game to broaden themselves both in income and experience. In short, they are the class of men •who are willing to work and learn and build their future with us. And to such men we wish to tell our story. The John B. Wiggins Company has, in the past seventy years, developed a national business in all forms of copper and steel-plate engraving. Most of this has been carried on up to the present time by mail. But now we desire to establish direct representation and to engage a few cleancut young men who will be a credit to us. We prefer that they be in their twenties, and sufficiently well educated to be able to converse intelligently. Each will be assigned to a certain district in his locality. Here be will contact prospective customers and show them, from the beautiful book of actual engraved samples, our complete line. Experience is unnecessary; we would prefer to teach the men we select our own way of selling our quality product. Their remuneration will be on a commission basis. Each will be given an opportunity to advance and connect himself permanently With this firm. Reply by letter only, please. If you are such a young man, we would be glad to have a letter directly from you mentioning as a reference some prominent business acquaintance. THE JOHN B: WIGGINS CO. Established 1857 1169 Fullerton Ave. Chicago, 111. "Shame on youT" Are yoa nervous, embarrassed in 1 Company of the other Bex? Stop being siiy of strangers. Conquer the terrible fear of your superiors. Be cheerful and confident of your future! Your faults easily overcome so you can enjoy life to the lull ent. Send 25c for this amazing book. RICHARD BLACKSTONE, B-325 Matiron Bldg., New York 16X2© irTT From any Photo or Snapshot Usual Value $5.00 THATfavoritepictureof mother, dad, sweetheart, hubby, baby, etc., can be made into a beautiful, life-like enlargement for less than one-fifth of the regular price by accepting this special offer. FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION from any photograph guaranteed. Same price for full figure, bust or group picture or for enlarging one or more persons alone out of a group picture. SEND NO MONEY! Mail us photo (any size), and within a week you will have your enlargement (size 16x20 inches), guaranteed never to fade. On arrival, pay postman 98c plus a few cents postage! Money back if not delighted. We guarantee safe return of your original picture, unaltered in any way. There are no strings attached to this offer. The enlargement will come to you CO. D., 98 cents plus postage — not one cent more. If more convenient for you, send one dollar cash with order, and we will pay postage. Mail your photo today! y f% p In order to advertise this remarkable off er we U ■mBLEL mi" include FREE with every enlargement ■ ■m— —n™ ordered a highly-glazed, hand-tinted miniature reproduction of the photo sent. These miniatures alone are worth the whole price charged for the enlargement. Take advantage of this really amazing offer and send your order today. DO IT NOW! UNITED PORTRAIT CO. 1652 Ogden Ave.. Dept. e-219 Chicago, III, A Girl Who Had No Ckildhood Continued from page 74 "That was probably the happiest period of my life. Because I didn't think, then. Life was just one great whoopee. It was fun, so help me Heaven, to be alive. If I had good luck, that was fine. If I had bad luck, I didn't have sense enough to realize it. When I fell in love — a state I'm always in — it was another grand proof there was a Santa Claus. After my drab childhood in the convent, the world looked like a story by Hans Christian Andersen. I was dumb and dizzy — and happy. "When I fall in love nowadays, I keep it to myself and don't risk exposing it to the light of day. I don't even let the person I love know about it, for that would be the beginning of the end. Without mutual trust and perfect understanding love can't thrive. / don't believe in the existence of either, any more. When I trust a man, it means he has one foot in the grave." Mary's cynicism — Which encompasses not only love, but practically everything — is understandable in the face of the disaster which threatened to wreck not only her career, but her life. When she was eighteen she was inadvertently involved in one of those sensational contretemps that caught the public's fancy, and was therefore widely exploited by the newspapers. The name of Imogene Wilson was broadcast across the country in big scareheads. Old ladies in Keokuk clicked their tongues at mention of it. Parents cited it to show their daughters what happened to girls who went on the stage. In New York every one assured the lovely Imogene that as far as a career was concerned, she was done for. "You can't explain to people that newspapers will do anything, sacrifice any one, to get a story and keep it going. Until they've been hit themselves, people don't realize that. It was no use trying to convince them. New York was out, but there was still a lot of land left. I went to Europe. I wouldn't be licked. I could still pass a mirror and look myself in the eye unashamed. A clear conscience is the Only weapon against lies and scandal-mongering." She spent her nineteenth birthday in London, alone, sans friends, prospects, or a dime. The next clay she boldly entered the branch office of a German film company. They couldn't know that the Imogene Robertson, who presented herself as an American star, had been Imogene Wilson, Broadway chorus girl. .She was beautiful and convincing. They signed her and at once dispatched her to Germany. For three years Imogene Robertson starred in German films, a few of which are being released here. Even in the first she was a star. And what is more, she was a good one. In three years she made thirteen pictures. Then Joseph M. Schenck, during a trip abroad, signed her. Returning to this country, her first picture was "Sorrell and Son." Universal bought her contract from United Artists and will retain her services for three more years. It was Mr. Schenck who christened her Mary Nolan. "I should be either a school-teacher or a bride, with that name. But I like it. It suits one part of me — the nicer part. Mary is an awfully nice person — sane and sensible and easy to get along with. Imogene, on the other hand, is a great care. She is flighty and reckless, and I don't encourage her at all. She is a black sheep. It is for Mary that I entertain great hopes." It is Mary, then, who predominates now. An earnest, warm-hearted person who works very hard and lives sanely, quietly. Having exhausted the possibilities of what is known as "night life," she prefers comparative solitude and has discovered a growing failing for a tranquil fireside. Theaters, opera, dancing, prize fights are occasional diversions. Movies are more frequent. She adores them. Later in the afternoon she wept gustily over the misfortunes of Lupe Velez, in "Lady of the Pavements." Lupe, incidentally, is one of her closest friends and the object of her intense admiration. Like most cynics, Mary is basically a sentimentalist. Although she enjoys variety in the range of her screen roles, she would like most of all to do charming love stories, of the type with which Vilma Banky is identified, contending that there, anyway, she could satisfy her own repressed urge for illusions and pristine romance. Whatever she does is bound to be grand to look at. And, if absorbing sincerity means anything, interesting as well. Then, too, for them as believes in the law of recompense, it will be gratifying to see Mary continue in success when, by all standards of mortal weakness, she should have been extinguished by the disaster that would have sent most people running to cover. Should have been extinguished — but wasn't ! Give her a hand. I