Evening star., 1930-06-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

make him 60 round. Certainly, sir
certainly, sir. Well, that's over, but
there are still some more seats away
over there, they could reach them from
the other side, but it's more fun to
come through this wav.
So the violinist Is going to give us
one of these weepy renditionS of Il
Kiss Your Hand, Madam" 1t will be
better than singing. anyway When
| they sing 1t they invariably say "kees.
and we despise "kees." A real melody
at that, although a bit old. Probably
too many "nadans" in 1t. but it's
all right when they don't sing il.
| He Is doing very well with II, too
What, two kids want to come through
now! Well, for Heavens sake, guess
every one will have to get up and let
them through! If the )ushers would dc
something besides stand around all
dressed up O. fellow wouldn't have to
get up every half minute to let q herd
Of people trample over his toes.
Yes, they are coming through, all
right Might as we'll get up. Some Of
em won't get up. Well why not, the
boys have as much right to incon-
venience others as grown people have?
Yes, sir, going clear through-and
there amt no seats. boys. there amt
no seats, as Amos n Andy would say,
Look! They are going on through
and they're going on down the other
aisle!
Hawl Haw! Haw! You can't
blame everybody for laughing. And
you can't blame the kids, either. It's
the usher's fault; why didn't he make
them 90 around, in the first place?
Oh, no, no, hol Gosh! The violinist
looks pretty mad. but he'll get over 1t.
bet he is wondering what all the
fun is about over here.
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The man in front has peppermint
drops. Funny thing, how far pepper
mint Is waited, In chewing gum or
drops People like to eat in theaters
Do you remember reading about the
theater in Shakespeare's time, how
whole families came early, and brought
their dinner. Must have been nice
got done having three-course meal
| But they were fortunate in those days
they didn't have oranges.
Look at the shark-faced man. He
has no right to have such a pretty
girl. No, don't think 1t is too cold;
| the temperature in here Is Just right
they certainly have this modern ven
tilation down just about perfect. II
you are cold, it will be warmer by
and by as the theater. fills up.
read a piece once about how many
degrees of heat a person expended in
| typewriting. 1t said that If you get
| into q tub of cold water, and operated
typewriter for so many hours, the
| temperature of the water would be
raised to the boiling point,
| They must have to work the cool
| ing system overtime when the place
gets filled up and everybody gets to
smacking their hands together. Silly
custom, clapping, but what else can
you do?
This comedian has wonderful fol-
lowing. This old lady in The rear be-
gins to get ready to laugh the mo-
ment he opens his mouth, and she
roars with laughter no matter what
he says.
If he were to say, "1t's a nice day.
amt it," she would think 1t funny
It must be great to be that appre-
ciative. Then poor stuff seems good
stuff, Gods in his Heaven, alls .ignt
with the world
II that organist doesn't stop, we are
going to leave. These movie tneater
organs make me sick. Why don't they
get nice, resonant organs instead Of
these tiny sounding things? We will
have to take 1t up with VIII Hays.
All! here come the pretty girls. Well
not so bad, not so bad. Wonder If
they had peppermint drops in Shake
speare'S day?