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Advertisements which knock instead of boosting have become rare in the U. S. But last week appeared, in some 600 newspapers throughout the U. S., a caricatured robot brutally plucking a harp over which hung a weeping muse (presumably Euterpe) and beside which sat a howling hound. The caption was: "The robot as an entertainer-Is the substitution for real music a success?" The advertising "story" appended was the American Federation of Musicians' complaint against substituting mechanically synchronized music for orchestras in theatres...
...Sand Lick, Ky., one Henry Harp worked on the roads. Lightning cracked, knocked Mr. Harp down, split his false teeth...
...Cocoanuts" and "I'll Say She Is", and, wonderful to relate, it is just about as effective as it was in either of these preceding masterpieces. For example Harpo blows the same smoke bubbles; makes the same faces; goes through the same antics; and plays the same harp (or one that looks just like it) as he always did. Groucho gets away with jokes like this as only he can: "I don't like little Junior's crossing the railroad track; in fact I don't like little Junior at all." Chico gets into an argument with Groucho which, poorly...
James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney, has been twanging a harp during his stay on the Adriatic isle of Brioni. Last week he was in no mood for twanging. Reason: it was reported that Mrs. Tunney, convalescent from an appendicitis operation (TIME, May 20) must soon undergo another for stomach trouble...
...hear a harp...