The Washington herald., 1919-07-27

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II We would only had our wits
about Us the day we sent for the
policeman to put out that feller we
had running the elevator. Mawruss. we
could Of made quite a lots Of money
maybe" Abe Potash remarked to
Morris Perlmutter q few days after
the heavyweight title changed hands.
IF We would only had our wits
about Us and you had taken my ad-
vice to let the feller sleep on his jag
instead Of hAilinz in a policeman to
wake him up and throw him out.
Abe" Morris said. they wouldn't or
broken between them fifty dollars
worth of fixtures and ruined lot
Of garments on us
We'll that's what I mean. Nav
russ, which II 5000 people could be
persuaded into paying anywhere from
40 to 800 apiece to see that nine
minute affair In Toledo where the
two loafers didn't have nothing
against one another personally and
couldn't Of kept their mind on the
hSht anyhow for trying to figure their
share of the profits. y'understand.
what would them 5000 meshugoy1m
paid to see for twenty minutes
couple Of fellers which they really
and truly wanted to kill each other
without any intermissions OF SO much
as two seconds, Mawruss?" Abe said.
well, III tell you, Abe" Morris
said. these here hght fans are the
same Ike moving picture fans; they
would a whole lot sooner pay out
money to see the imitation article
than the real thing. Tell one Of these
here fight fans that for ten cents you
would let him know where at bali
past nine o'clock on Monday morning
an iron moulder has got an appoint
rent to meet a steyedore who used
TO be engaged to the iron moulders
sister and now refuses to return the
IS be borrowed from her to get the
wedding ring and the marriage
license, and the fight fan would ask
you what Is that his business? Tell
a moving picture fan that there Is
a family over on Tenth avenue where
the father is a ringer for William S-
Hart and is also in Jail. understand.
and that such a family is about to
be dispossessed for nonpayment Of
rent. understand me. and II you made
an OAACA " SANh a AAANfA ms
fan. that for a contribution OF fifteen
cents toward finding the family a
new home, you would show him a
closeup Of the landlord, Of the no.
tiee to quit and of the courtroom
of the Municipal Court Of the City
Of New York for the Eleventh judi
ciaI district where such proceedings
are returna Bile. understand me, the
moving picture fan wouldn't come
across with a nickel. not even il you
undertook to engage the entire COM
Nbined orchestras OF the Strand, the
RiYoU and the RialtO moving pic
ture theaters to play Hearts and
Flowers while the furniture was be-
ing piled on the moving van"
Il wouldn't blame the moving pic
ture fan at that. Mawruss." Abe said
because II such a moving picture
fan would see one Of these here har-
rowing William 5. Hart and Mary
Pickford indiGents in real life. Nav
russ, when II reached the point where
the moving picture fans heart is going
TO break unless there would be a
quick and happy ending. y'under-
stand. not only would there not be
happy ending but also, Mawruss, in
stead Of the next incident being a
Mack Sennett comedy in real life.
Mswruss. it might be something so sad.
understand. that II a moving pic
ture corporation would Try to repro
duce II on the screen. 1t would cost
them a fortune for glycerine alone. "
"A moving picture fans heart don't
break so easy as all that. Abe. -
Morris said Moving picture fans is
like doctors and undertakers. Abe.
They're got SO used to other peoples
rnisfortunes that It practically don't
affect them at all. A moving picture
tan can see William s. Hart come out
Of Jail to ind his wife married to the
detective who not only arrested him in
the first reel but is also giving terrible
u,akkas to Mr.. Hart's youngest child
In the second reel. understand, ana
Il vrings that moving picture fans