Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 7 1938 c M PJ 1& o 0 GUYS GALS GIGGLES A MARK ANR GROANS - ‘ held the nickelled automatic close to his face smooth shiny side he could see his eyes Hjs face now seemed to he all eyes He thought of how quickly how easily this weapon Could erase all worry It was he knew the solution to the Insoluble The answer to a difficult question The escape of the im- prisoned cu r U " know He wondered if his life would unreel ouiekly before his mind’s eye They said it drowning people so maybe fTwould woik here too Probably the though Piobably nothing But as he sat there the to it intense-despai- welled into his eyes scene on scene r of his life - T N the earlv years John had always been what some He had light wavy hair people call blight blue eyes and A complexion that made the girls say “ah” As he grew older the hair deepened in color He seldom studied in school He had an oldeybrother Paul who was what everyone called "smart Paul studied Paul planned and schemed Paul won all the marbles from the other boys But John didn’t care about planning or winning or w orking He liked to sit on the curbside and watch the carriages go by Paul went to college and graduated with high honors The day after his graduation he stepped into an auto- -' mobile concern Theljob was waiting for him because he had planned everything - happy-go-luck- y EXPLANATION J blood-and-thund- er to end a cup “I’m " “THE AGE OF CONSENT” by Norman Lindsay is a gay and frothy novel you should enjoy reading these sultry days It’s a piquant tale — but only for adults if you please— about a bearded artist and a honey-tone- d model he finds digging clams on the Australian beach about a violent old lady and a dreamy one of 30 “or thereabouts" and about a Mr Podion who turns out not to like cops The yeasty illustrations are balanced by Mr One of the best buys you’ll encounter Lindsay’s fine prose is “THE BARLY FIELDS" a collecon the book-shelv- tion of five novels by Robert Nathan They’re ' really unmatched for fine stories for excellent writing Also recommended this week:“THE WALL” a superb new out-of-pri- nt STIRRING SAGA OF THE ladies and gentlemen it’s another of our great Hollywood melodramas to you exactly as the movie city turns it out every other week fir so This time it’s a logging tale Yes indeed Hollywood Lumbers On! At the top left a city doctor played by Jean Hersholt tells his patient Doug Fairbanks Jr that hers nick boyamHnusthittorthg greaToutdoorsT Doug plays the role of a city weakling whoup to this time has never lifted anything heavier than a neighbor’s pocketbook in the subway But now our hero determines to start life anew Picture number two shows him applying for a job in a logging camp where the woods and mosquitoes ara YES i Cwrljht When there is no interest in anyy thing When makes a man burst into tears over his own and he plight buries his head in a pillow to sob To him there was nothing left now but an endself-pit- less succession of daylight and dark daylight On and dark the kitchen table rested his beloved 1111 cold and pipe burned out like He stopped him drinking because he felt no more inteiest in it Most of the tunc he sat star- ing Thinking Pondering Wondering when he’d be able do scare up the ambition to give himself a merciful exit And now here he was Sitting and starinf at the smooth shiny automatic of this — in a gone over this-a- ll JOHN had Thinking about it hadn't improved few his position any His thoughts left him exactly the same When it was over he was still the saine abject despairing figure- - Then he straightened up suddenly Ha handed the gun back to the two detectives who sat across the table "Yes” he said slowly “That's Paul’s gun all right I’ll identify it for you But why he should nave used it to commit suicide I will never know" mystery by Mary Roberts Rinehart— her first years Detective fan or not yoiYll like “THE WALL” full-lengt- h one in five Odds and Ends in the Amusement World: The element of luck in Hollywood is too tremendous Consider the beautiful Hedy Lamarr She was in the movie town for a year without work Came “Algiers” and She knocked the fans for a loop Now Metro is rushing three stories for her planning to make her the new Garbo and the Lord knows what else But if “AlRecgiers” had been Hop — well ybu figure it out ord I liked best this week waif” How Ami To Know” and “ ’S Good Enough Fob Me" as played by Larry Clinton and his orchestra Have you heard the story about the ambitious stenographer who sits on the office boy’s lap? Seems she believes in starting from the bottom! Here and There in the World of Sports: They tell me LOUISIANA STATE will be the strongest team in Southern football this year-w- hile RIQE looks to be the most powerful eleven' in the Southwest On the West Coast SANTA CLARA is a LOU good bet in any game the team plays in 1938 AMBERS and HENRY ARMSTRONG meet this week and the fight is not the easiest in the world to pick ARMSTRONG is certainly the logical choice but they don’t come any gamer than AMBERS— and if his legs hold out LOU has a definite chance of pulling the total y unexpected This fight is going to surprise a lot of people — and don’t say we didn't tell you Mark H jetfewa N I FTY equally thick He falls in love at first sight with Martha Raye our heroine who inherited the camp when htr pappy died And villain Leo Carrillo the foreman doesn’t like the situation at all The next picture shows ouyhertwitha tiny hatchet and a big tree ItVa discouraging task but his pure love for Martha makes him carry on He makes good much to the foreman’s disgust And in the very next drawing we see there will be trouble Furtherthe foreman insisting that Doug be fired-- or more he says he doesn’t want any of Martha’s lip But Martha feels that she can gm him some of berlip and still have plenty feela-tlred all the time These comparisons began to hurt Hurt badly Loid knows John wanted success now And he tried hard too But the best he could do was a precarious mechanic’s job in a garage One break came his way when he married a nice girl Her name was Mildred and John was daffy about her She was a rather intelligent little person and she-trivery hard to make a better man of John But sonrehow it never quite woik out John simply could not do the right things As the yeaig passed’ Mildred tiied to prod him onward by using Paul’s name It only angered John In time he came to abhor his bi other He ignoied invitations to Paul's home He “foigot” to ask Paul to any of the thiee christenings at his house He laiely mentioned Paul at all Still latei John lost his final job He applied for Relief and mmi’d to a spot that was little moiB than shanty-Mildred became embittered She boialcd him ' in front of the children And John sat against the back wall of the house puffing a pipe and saying little One morning he went for a walk When he came back the children weie dresssed and crying Mildred was putting on a pair of gloves “I’m going John” she said flatly “There’s no use living on this way It’s just impossible “You’re a failuie You can’t even support t yourself The children aren’t getting enough fresh vegetables and milk They need clothes and I need clothes We haven’t even any heat here” John nodded “I know” he replied softly “Where are you going?” “To my mothei’s She’ll take caie of all of us for the time being and I’ll get a job to help out” She shrugged “It’s for the best John I love you and I guess 1 always will But it isn’t fair to any of us this-wa- Random Notes About Pictures You’re Seeing: Plenty of thrills—and plenty of box office appeal— in “THE TEXANS” a Paramount super-supe- r that features Joan Bennett Randy Scott and May Robson You’ll find a number of holes in the story but you foraction that get about those in the sets the film’s pace As entertainment through spectacular movement “THE TEXANS” smacks the tar“LITTLE MISS BROADWAY" is get neatly another Shirley Temple lulu The kid— now growing jon Bennett rapidly — is as good in this one as she’s ever been which means she’s just about perfect “LITTLE MISS BROADWAY" is highly recommended The same goes for “ LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY” which is far and Jiway the best of the “series” films now being shown around the country Judy Garland Mickey Ropney and Lewis Stone are all swell in this one andit is socko movie fare from beginning mu Victim -- ed happened to bunk “Want to kiss the children goodby?” “Yes" John murmured “Yea — if they don’t mind” Aftef that loneliness" knocked the props from under what mental faculties he had left He stopped reading the papers when he saw too many pictures of Pauls family at shore resorts in Europe and at horse shows Now ha read nothing vkpsw nothing He "Said hello on the streets only when someone greeted him ’first-He ate little A neighbbi hood plumber felt sorry for him ancToffercd him a job John turned it down "He was at that desperate stage of life when the Suicide Never feel the T happened at Coney Island The thermometer had reached 90 and it was growing hotter and hotter By noon Coney was so jammed that it was impossible to walk along the beach without stepping on someone A hefty man was stretched on the beach his eyes closed to the burning sun Suddenly’' he felt something pressing on his chest and stomach He opened his eyes to see two young men in bath-- — ing trunks standing on him “What’s going on here?” roared the hefty chap “ Vhat do you two muggs mean by standing on top of me?” The first young man gazed down at the irate citizen “Sorry mister” he replied nonchalantly “ but there’s nothing we can do about it The beach is so crowded that we’ve got to wait on line for a spot!" ” round pain Never even WISDOM tell of a certain town in the Middle-Wes- t had two THEY newspapers Both were owned and edited that by the same man — and the strange feature of the situation was that while one paper was strictly Republican the other was completely in favor of the Democrats The owner of the two rags wrote the editorials for both papers One day he would praise Roosevelt highly in his Democratic sheet And thq following day writing in his Republican paper he would bitterly attack his own editorial Came the afternoon when a state senator approached the editor of the conflicting papers “ You’re a strange man” observed the senator "I read one of your papers and find you’re an ardent Republican Then I read your other paper and find you cutting the Republicans to bits” The senator paused and regarded the publisher “Will you tell me something confidentially?” he whispered “What are you really —a Democrat or a Republican?” The publisher smiled cagily “That all depends” he murmured “on which paper lasts the longest!” - The bum shrugged “ “Okay with me” he suggested Gimme the quarter—and the bother-you!next four times I see you I won’t A hear the report me-wh- The citizen dug into his pocket and studied his change sorry” he said “But the smallest’ change I have is a quarter” The Tire-cow- long flat handle — and a leaden messenger awaiting the call to duty That’s all you needed He had heard people say that when the trigger is pressed that is all there is to it You never even -- THE John went to college too— but he didn't care much about it He liked the fun but the work annoyed him After two years" of poor marks he finally gave it up And at that he barely beat the college to the same ' point' Meanwhile Paul was doing exactly as peophrTtad Maid he would He was serious dignified — and extremely shrewd H did well in the automobile line and then shifted to the shipping business He sold his brains at high prices and made a lot of money A whole lot And srf it was that iiLiinKy Jehn eamr TO Tesent Paul’s success Not because of Paul — but because people were using his brothfx'a guccess to taunt him H'ow come you re not moiedike Paul?” they’d ask him "Look at him a big success A nice home swell wife — and two loveiy children Plenty of money id the bank A substantial citiseq” barretri T te of coffee?” of A gun proved a welcomerelieffromthehustleand bustle of city existence But by the time Sat urday rolled around the stevedore was plenty mark helungeb - bore(f ruraj atmosphere wjtj He walked slowly to the one drinking spot in town Except for the bartender the place was empty The rest of the village had gone to a bingo party The stevedore ordered a whisky finished it in one gulp and then requested another In rapid succession he dSwned a third fourth fifth and sixth drink But it didn’t seem to help his spirits any Instead he looked sadder and sadder At that moment a stranger entered the saloon and planted himself next to the stevedore He too ordered a whisky — and as he raised it to his lips the stevedore nudged his elbow almost upsetting the stranger’s drink The newcomer eyed the steyedore suspiciously Then helicv ing it to be an accident he again raised his glass And then for the second time the same thing happened The stranger placed his whisky glass on the bar f “Look here bud” he cried grimly “Are you looking for trouble by any chance?” The stevedore nodded sadly "I guess so” he replied morosely ‘Just between you and else is there io da around this joint?” FAIR ENOUGH bum approached the prospect mister” he asked “can you spare a nickel for HELLINGER SHORT STORY JOHN its VACATION on his vacation hied him THE tostevedore a smaljyillagein the Maine woods He had seen the spot advertised and the wording appealed to Aim So there he was For the first day or two everything was fine The peace and serenity of village life M N O RT H W EST 0 to spare A fascinating close-u- p shows her as she tells the foreman to go chop a tree for himself “Come what may” she growls “that boy stays by muh side !” Pictures six and seven are those unfailing episodes in any such film-t- he conspiracy and the dynamiting otTheJam Jlere We see4he4oreman plotting the explosion with hfs two fellow villains'' Laurel and Hardy And in the seventh spasm up goes the dam-a- nd out goes the audience We must have a happy ending so we give it to you in the final picture The hero and heroine wind up together but wfruse a slight switch Tjie dynamite blew them up too-a- nd they never do come down! 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