Show I I II LAO UNHAPPY TROUGH RICH BRITISH FILM STAR LOSES GAMES N tS a 4 k Yv g 13 t t as py Z v I I XIA NEA Semite Ben ice LONDON Although LONDON Although Although he makes thousands a year yeu and is one of or the tho biggest film successes eight eight year year- old Peter Petr Dear called Jacks Jocke Coogan Isn 1811 t tery ery tery happy hipp He loses most of the tho games he plays And that worries him I I would like Ilka to take toke on Jackie Jackl In n a game of ot croquet he ho says but but I suppose he would beat me The all do Im I'm awas awaa being beaten I suppose I have hate played hundreds of ot games and lost em Somehow I just lust cant can't make the th balls go through the hoops the way waI I want them to In spite of ot all aU his bis travels cis praise and petting which he gets where hero where ever ever he goes Peter the handsom handsom- handsomest handsomest handsomest est boy In all 11 Engl England nd Is just a aboy boy boy- who ho puts puis his love of ot games game above an anything ani thing else I like to play pla pia cricket co Peter Peler to me ms when I saw him at hip Malda Maeda Vale home And I dance and au swim but 1 l lore loic 10 e best to t tromp romp my little dog I wish they would put me Into Inlo a picture where my dog Chub could be the hero And I would like also SIBO to be In ina ll Il a play where I have a happy haplY happy time Up to now I have always alays been Sn in trouble and most times have been killed Inthe lithe Oh no I dont don't cry real tears In the pictures Those tears are only gl glycerine tears Tho The Thereal real ones come when spanks spinks me I Igl Mrs Irs Dear smiled knowingly Yes Yos said aid she It Is necessary every once In awhile to spank hIm lust just to let him know he Is only I e boy who ho must obey obe orders t C When Peters Peter's father died hs his brothers went ent to work ork ft ork Peter wanted wanted to co go too Struck by PeterI the I boy s s beauty some friends suggested suggest suggest- suggested ed ed that he might go In the tho monies moles I ISo So armed with a letter of or intro Intro- intro intro-I introduction I and accompanied by the little year six bo this boy boi this was In 1921 Mrs lira Dear De r went ent to 10 the offices I lot of Maurice ey El on one of or the big bg Imen men In the British movie world orld I A man came calD by and stared at I atI Peter Then he walked back nn an did so once more Madame dame Are Are you being waited on Mo- Mo dame I No No I bass ha e 0 a letter of Intro Intro- Introduction to Mr Eh ey It Its 8 about putting this bo boy In the pictures I d 1 am sm Elvey and I dont don't care fory for tor y our letter The boy Is a II passport right straight into the inner office And th the 0 minutes later Peter was engaged adaptability He showed wonderful t ty to screen work ork and has been acting act act- actIng Ing tor for the past pO two years taking leading roles In Important pictures I I want n t to go on acting said Peter When I grow up I want ant to o be the hero I would like to 10 wear car a tin helmet and tin suit and sword and be a knight the pretty lady She will wilt have hate to tobe tobe tobe be Mah Ins Longfellow She s my sweetheart Miss Longfellow is only About 25 and one of the favorite screen actresses over ever ver here And I want ant to make a a whole lot of money and buy Mummy ahome ahome a ahome home on the and a car carand carand carand and e Its Its It's lots of ot fun acting and tras- tras v tra-v-eling eling but I don t care so much about goto lessons You see I don t go to 10 school but I have a private teacher and I have to take a whole hole lot of or pains to write writ nicely and I 1 have hay e a fo to learn by heart all the ames I of the days and the mont s e sIn ein sin In trench French so that I can speak French as well as English It doesn't give Ive me very much time to play and ma maibe be that's why I always alwais lose Jose oso my games 00 |