Show t The Man on the Road I BY H. H T. T BATTIN t fr b fc fc fc fc t Copyright 1913 by The Press C c. c l THE HARD HAUD LUOK LOK PACE FACE Sometimes a mans man's face is hi his misfortune mis misS fortune said the needle drummer A friend of ot mine had the cut of ot- ota a regular regular regu regu- f- f flar lar a actor tor and It Interfered with his hia work He got a n Job selling bonds Ills His clients would not listen to Ws his arguments They would be so on- on grossed in his personality After he he lost out In Ia the bond line he went wont in for tor perfumes After Atter nearly starving star Inthe in inthe the perfumery perfumer line lino he went In for tor dress Nothing doing Everyone gave gaTe him the tha laugh and said You ought to be an actor Mr He tried nearl nearly everything everything books books Insurance hardware machines typewriters knit goods dr dry goods wet goods One day lay ho was going along Tenth avenue a looking for tor or a Job as when a strange man grabbed him by the the shoulder and commanded him to stand standstill standstill standstill still He heard the click of ol a camera l shutter and before he could dodge doge they had him took His now ne found ac acQuaintance acquaintance ac ac- handed him a V and g gave ve him a card U Come over O an any da day There is a a. aten ten spot in it for tor you ou you he told himIn hint him r. r In this way he gut got Into the movie movle business and arid now h has moue in the bank Still way down in his heart heart- ho wishes that he was some something else Oh Oh I dont don't know Being an actor Isn Isn't t such hard work commented the salesman No but this man has no sort of ot memory and before beloro movies came cam into vogue an actor without a memory fi was like a 1 tree without roots root hut But rejoined the voile olle salesman tt when an act actor r 1 Is empty empt nowadays moving picture theatre will wUl generally gene t 1 I J |