Screenland (Dec 1927-Apr 1928)

90 SCREENLAND [ Saves and preseves ihe PERMANENT WAVE J Send for \ : CLIP THIS \ ~\i h'Cenerous Sample ADVT A delightful, non sticky, crystallized hairdressing to bring out the natural, permanent or marcel wave by simply combing thin the hair and setting with the ringers. Holds the wave indefinitely. USED BY NEW YORK'S BEST hairdressers for over 25 years. If your hairdresser cannot supply you send $1. direct for large home size jar, or 25c for generous sample. A real toilet necessity forsniiSt women. B. RAY MANUFACTURING CO. 419 West 42nd St. New York Be a Camera Man Earnupto* 25QaWfeeK Here's YOTJR chance to get into the movies I Big pay jobs open to camera men. You can Quickly Qualify. Fascinating work. Also big opportunities in Portrait, Commercial and News Photography. No Experience Needed We'll start you in Professional Photography and give you a real Professional Motion Picture Camera or View Camera FltEE. Famous experts teach you by mail. Or come to our great New York Studios. Easy to learn. Send for FREE BOOK No obligation. Big illustrated Booklet and JOB CHART tell you about wonderful opportunities in all branches of Photography, everywhere. Write TODAY*. New York Institute of Photography Dept. 60 10 West 33rd St.. New York life's Secrets! book. "Safe Counse just out. tells you the things you w. to know straight from the shoulder. Gives advice to newly married. Explains anatomy of reproductive organs, impotence, laws of Sex Life, mistakes to avoid, diseases, pregnancy, etc. Contains 9 titartling sections: l-Science <>f KugenicB. 2L>ve, 3-Marriage, \ Childbirth, 6Family Life. 6-Sexual Science, 7-Diseases and Disorder*. 8 Health and Hygiene. 9-Story of Life. In all. 104 chapters. 77 illustrations, 512 pages. Examine at our risk. Mailed in a plain wrapper. Send No Money Write for your copy today. Don't send a cent. Pay postman only $1.98, plus postage on arrival. Money refunded if not jfactiry. FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION g^^^O^^LSS^N^L^S^IIe^^CJiicagOj^lL^ Wo** itf to be eautiful proportions — hile you sleep ! BflniTR nOSE dWUSTER f*f*\ ™« is SAFE, painless, comfortable. Speedy, permanent results guar | anteed. Doctors praise it. No CoMMrial metal to harm you. Small cost. Won 1923 Write for FREE BOOKLET befori -afteh ANITA CO.-»' Dept. N-69, Anita Bldg., Newark, N. J. PIMPLES Cleared up — often in 24 hours. To prove you can be rid of pimples, blackheads, acne eruptions on the face or body, barbers' itch, eczema, enlarged pores, oily or shiny skin, simply send me your name and address today — no cost —no obligation. CLEAR-TONE tried and tested in over 100.000 eases — used like toilet water— is simply magical in prompt results. You can repay the favor by telling your friends; if not, the loss is mine. WHITE TODAY. £.S. G1VENS, 411 Chemical Bldg., Kansas City.Mo. NO road Special! SOLID GOLD effect case guaranteed 25 years. Richly engraved. Locomotive crown. Time-keeper dial. Railroad back. Accuracyguaranteed by ICOyr.oldMillion Dollar Factory. Why pay $20 to $31) for your next watch? OrdDr NOW. Pay BargainSale ffO O"? and price of only— «J>J.O« postage on arrival. Waldemar Knife and Chain to match. FREE. Send No Money. Send pnstal today. FREE TRIAL. Wear 10 days at our expense. Moneyback if not delighted. Bradley, BX7, Newton, MASS. His reputation as a wrestler and boxer had spread by this time throughout Canada so he found many matches. Several sections of Ontario and Quebec saw some of the most spectacular 9? these. Ultimately he was dubbed Champion of Western Canada. At Winnipeg he was joined by his brother Fred, the one he had tried to trail with to the Boer war in South Africa. This one of the fighting McLaglens had also gained some considerable measure of fame for himself as a fighter, later enhanced in the United States, through the bouts he fought under the name "Fred McKay." He suggested to Vic that he, the kid, unquestionably could stay the stipulated time with a side-show wrestler named Duval and win the twenty-five dollars offered for such an accomplishment. Victor took his advice and won the twenty-five. Later he succeeded Duval when the latter resigned his job and for a season toured the country wrestling allcomers. He also displayed his muscular development and physical prowess. One night he wrestled the eleven members of a football team in the town where the show was appearing and threw the entire outfit in the stipulated one hour's time. Next McLaglen joined the J. W. Parker carnival and wild animal show. Teaming up with Duval, the wrestler whom he had supplanted the previous season, they put on a double act. Duval did a physical culture and weight-lifting act; McLaglen met allcomers in four-round wrestling matches offering twenty-five dollars to the man who could stay the limit. This meant wrestling every night as, lacking local aspirants for the money offered by McLaglen, there was always some member of the carnival crew who was ambitious to win the twenty-five. Few, indeed, were the tunes when the prise money had to be paid out. With the break-up of the circus at Colfax, Washington, Messrs. McLaglen and Duval started a business men's gymnasium in that town. Boxing, wrestling and any other sort of exercise that would keep the Colfax males in physical condition were taught by the two ex-troupers. Then when they tired of that rather eventless tho profitable existence, the two athletes secured booking over the Pantages circuit. They toured for a long time as the Romano Brothers from Australia, doing a physical culture act for the edification of their patrons. Finally the partnership was dissolved and McLaglen went back to boxing. Under the management of Biddy Bishop, sporting editor of the Tacoma News, the peripatetic Victor fought many victorious fights around that section of the north-west. In Vancouver was his greatest feat. He fought a six-round, no-decision bout with Jack Johnson just after the negro had won the championship from Tommy Burns and before he displaced Jim Jeffries from the heavy-weight throne. That bout will afford an excellent idea of how good a pugilist the future Captain Flagg of What Price Glory was in his hey-day. He was no chocolate soldier fighter in the ring but an honest-to-glory scrapper. Partly because of Vic's success in standing off Johnson for six rounds and not getting knocked out himself he teamed up with his brother Arthur and once more toured the vaudeville circuits. This vaudeville incursion proved to be quite profitable. Because the money worried them both and also because they wished to see more of the world the two brothers cancelled future bookings and sailed for Hawaii. From there they went to the Fiji Islands, Tahiti and Australia. They arrived on the latter continent just before the gold rush to Kalgoorlie started. What more natural than that the McLaglen brothers should join the hegira? They did and nearly died of thirst and starvation in the Austra' lian desert before they decided to quit and leave the golconda to others. From Australia they journeyed to Ceylon, then Bombay and on to Africa. They had toured the latter continent and arrived in Capetown when they got their first news of the world war. They left immediately for London to enlist. This was in the latter part of August. 1914. Arriving in London they found the four other brothers also there for the same purpose. Leo, an older brother, had arrived from China where he was working a gold claim: Lewis and Clifford from South America and Fred from Canada. Within a few days all of the six foot — and over — brothers had enlisted and been despatched to different sections of the British front in Flanders and France. All of them returned from the war except Fred who was killed in East Africa. Victor was given a commission as lieutenant because of his previous service in the Life Guards. First he did recruiting in Trafalgar Square. London. He enrolled six hundred men in front of Lord Nelson's monument. Then he was sent to Mesopotamia with the Royal Irish Fusileers. Later with Cheshire regiment he was in several strenuous engagements with the Turks and Arabs at Sheik Saad. Judalia and Sind. He was for several months with the relief forces during the attempt — finally successful— to succor and release General Allenby and his forces bottled up in Kut-el-Amara. As a result of his bravery and efficiency as an officer in these engagements McLaglen was promoted to a captaincy. He also was made assistant provost marshal to Sheik Saad. This was virtually becoming chief of police over between forty and fifty thousand men. As one of his numerous duties was ridding the district of spies — mostly Arabs — many of whom were caught and adjudged guilty. Captain McLaglen's firing squad was kept decidedly busy lining the condemned up outside the city's walls. Promotion to be provost marshal of Bagdad followed. Several times he was attacked and twice knifed by natives sentenced by his court for breach of peace. Once he almost died through poisoned dates given by an Arab who had served ninety days in the British prison after conviction in the provost marshal's court. In the city of Bagdad he discovered one of the native boys with a natural talent for boxing. McLaglen trained and developed him and at the conclusion of the war took him back with him to England. This Arab fought several bouts in England, returned to Bagdad and then once more to London where he now is. He is a member of the National Sporting club but with no perceptible future as a member of the boxing fraternity although Vic thought at one time he had the makings of a champion. After the Arabian nights — and days — Victor McLaglen returned to England. He tried the fighting game thinking that possibly it was his vocation. He had been too long away from it, however, and had grown too old. He gave up the idea of the big purses which he had visualized. Then diplomacy as a profession came to him. He knew the colonies, had linguistic ability and knowledge and had known and dealt with all types of men in all corners of the world: all these things were bound to help him and be of the greatest possible advantage in the