Show I I f 1 A R Reel ee T True rue F. F Fairy airy T Tale a I e H I 0 By HERBERT KAUFMAN I LL show em em U mumbled Fate Its time to take e another fall out of these scoffers s. s So So- l 1 1 dont don't exist H Humph mph They'll sit up and take notice when I 1 pull off this stunt Vh Whereupon she put on her best bib and tucker strolled into Broadway searched through the crowd d caught sight of a little knockabout comedian comedian-a comedian a a mere line on the program of a stick slap k farce farce and and d contrary to report having a decided sense of humor walked up aP to Charlie Chaplin tapped him on the shoulder and said ICy Youre oure IT Since when weve we've all d belief in fairy fairytales tales s. s From 35 a week to a y year year ear Talk about the the- the Once Once a timers upon P on timers a of Hans Christian Chris h tian fan an Andersen an and Horatio Alger g I But the real fun of it all would be lost if there w weren't rent a nice old lady tady in a new black silk sitting sit sit- ting on a new gold chair hai in tn a big new house somewhere in London at this very moment moment still still shak shako ing lug her head over the incredulity of life Who Vho could that fairy godmothers dont don't happen an more more or or you Youre You're a v very ry important tant person Charlie Ch Chaplin seriously Chaplin seriously important to the scheme of of things thing s that are Youre You're fresh oil in the lamp of Fate You did find the pot of of diamonds under underline the rainbow rambow The streets of America turned to gold as you walked on them Youre You're another impossibility that does exist Copyright 1916 by Herbert Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights reserved |