NANCY
SOME NERVE --- MAKING US WORK
DAT'S WHAT I
ON CHRISTMAS!
SAY!
NINOTCHKA
From The Novel By
MELCHIOR NENGYEL
Adaptation By
MITCHELL
LEBBEUS
Saturday,
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LET'S NOT STAY HERE!
O.K.
February 3, 1940.
By Ernie Bushmiller
DON'T READ THIS STRIP
TODAY
LER.
UNFAIR TO
WOIKERS
LAUGHTER
The reading was Interrupted by Janoff, "A visit to the
Paris
a sudden burst of laughter from sewers. Very instructive—” Ninotchka. As they looked at her
"WHAT
Baid
in astonishment, she got up.
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"There were a couple of Frenchmen who went to Anie rica
COUNT d'Algout changed | *********
his seat so that he was
at her table.
"It was just like telling a musician that you don't like music. That good old man believes in food as you be- lieve in Karl Marx. You can't go around hurting Comrade people,
Yaku- shova, but maybe you can make it up to him by eating everything--with--relish, drinking everything with gusto, by having a good time for the first time in your natural life?"
Her response
was: "I don't like your following
· me."
"I didn't follow you."
***1|one sayar Is it true that a lot of people live on the moon?" 'Yes, it is,' said the other, 'five hundred million." "Whew,' replies the first, they must get pretty crowded when it's a half moon!" He laughed.
remained but Ninotchka
stony- faced. "I suppose you don't think that's funny."
Ninotchka comes from Moscow to Paris to carry on negotiations for the sale of the jewels of the farmer Duchess Swana when the Soviet agents reach an im- passe in the form of an in- junction obtained by Duch- ess Swana's admirer, Count Leon d'Algout. Ninotchka and Leon meat, not know- ing each other's identity, and fall in love, but after learning who the Count-is,-- Ninotchka refuses even to
seo
him. Ho tricks har
into patronising a work- men's restaurant and fol- lows her thora,
"What are you after?" she asked. "Your tactics are use- less. My name is neither Bul-
"Then how did you get Janoff, Iranoft nor Kopalski."
here? This is a place for workmen."
"Oh, Ninotchka, who wants
ito talk business? If you win the suit, fine. If we win it,
with this deal?"
"No."
"It seemed funny to me, when I first heard it. Maybe the trouble
"I'ni Borry, gentlemen. The other day 1 heard such a funny story" She broke off to laugh again. "It still makes me laugh. It is very fun... Oh, I am sorry. About this injunction...
"The hearing la nut for the twentieth of this month," said one
Ninotchka. "But- innoil, why don't
gret you
a hair- cut? You all look
wintry Com- rades. And why do We always, keep the windows closed?" She opened them, "At
lawyer. "We did our utmost to home there's still snow and ice, but
have it sot ahead.”
look at the birds here! I always)
"I know, gentlemen, but it is in felt a little hurt that our swallows the hands of the court, We're left us in the winter for capitalistic helpless, aren't we?"
countries. Now I know why. Wel "Well, there's nothing we can do climate
have high ideals but they have the jabout it. Why get excited ?"
Well, Comrades, I don't think I need you any more."
The lawyers exchanged -lances,} Jastonished at the change that hadi come over her. The faces of Bul-
junoff and his companiona showed Englimmer of dawning liope.
The lawyers prepared to "We'll leave these papers for your further consideration, Au revoir,
Madame,"
"If there is anything we can do for you?" suggested Kopalski.
"No, not a thing. Would you like to go out?"
Thank you, Comrade." "Ifave you any money 7" Af their! mered negative, the producedį a fifty frane note and gave it to them. ALONE with
Thank you, Comrade. Thank the three Russiaris. you." they murmured, Ninotchka was un-whelmed. able entirely to "Bring me forty-five fack,”
"Naturally, Comrade." conceal her hap
They went out, their faces showing their] piness. "Well, it | disappointment.“
we
means another twe weeks in Paris."
"Too bad have to waste all that time," said frunoff.
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Left alone, Ninotchka locked the door, turned the portrait of Lenin face to the wall, unlocked the 60040004 bureau drawer and took from it the hat she had censured in the "On your suggestion." said Ko- and looked in the mirror. She ap
hotel lobby shop. She put it on, | palaki, “i got Power and Light authorities. You peared a stranger to herself, can visit their plants whenever you want to." "Oh.
in touch
with the
Oh, yes, power and light. Thank you."
"There's something else which J
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is with you. Maybe you haven'tknow will appeal to you," said Bul- any souse of humour. Well, I'll give you one more chance. Here косу. A man comes into a res- taurant and “sits "down"tiny 'Waiter, get me a cup of coffee without cream." After five minutes the waiter comes back and says: *I'm sorry, sir, we're all out of cream. Can it be without milk?"" A group of near- by workmen who had overheard the story burst into laughter, but Ninotchka did not smile. He even stood up, getting
Bore.
"So you don't think that's funny?
"I always eat here. I am better. When we went to my It is funny! Everyone else thinks most at home among work-apartment did I have the slight-so. Maybe you didn't get it. I'll men. This is my natural est idea you had any connection tell that joke again. A man comes element."
into a restaurant--“ "But you have now, and I know Seeing her disbelief, he
that you are a man who employs hand down heavily on his own He swung his arm, brought his looked around for some business methods which in Russin table. The table toppled, Leon's means of convincing her, would be punished by death." feet shot out from under him and "Death Death! Always so glum! he slid to the floor. The table top- saw a truckman taking an Do Russians never think of life?pled over and his bowl of soup enormous gulp of food. He of the moment in which we are
slopped into his face. waved his hand to the living? The only moment We truckman, crying: "hyah!" really have? Please relax, 1 beg
you, Sergeant, smile!" truckman, caught by sur- "At what?" prise, decided to humour a "At anything-the whole ludie- rous spectacle of life. At people good-natured drunk, winked being pompous and taking them at his companion, and waved selves seriously. If you can't find vigorously in reply. Leon tried anything else, you can laugh at the success with another truck-you and me." man who replied with équat "Why?" exuberance.
A terrific roar of laughter at the contretemps to the supposed drunk rocked the crowd of workingmen. For a moment Ninotchka tried to control an irresistible impulse to laugh, but finally gave way to un- controllable mirth.
After a moment, Leon got up. then sat down next to her, drying "Because we are an odd couple."his face with a napkin. Then suid- denly he saw the humour of the "They are all my friends—« "Then you should go back to your situation and his laughter became swell bunch!" he buasted.
table."
as loud as anybody's. Ninotchka, "No, I can't leave you. I won't still unable to control her spasmodic LEON was not Not yet not until I've undo you gasps, clung to his arm, content to let laugh.. at least once."
TO get rid of hizn,
Ninotchka emitted a joyous Bound. "Ha! Ha!
well enough
alone, and when
Pero Mathieu re-
turned he 'con-1
tinued his bluff.
"Ah. m y
friend, I'm happy
to see you again."
"I'm always glad to meet a
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laugh. I mean aj
laugh from the
now customer,” replied the res- story. taurateur, "and I hope this first a couple of Frenchmen who went to lawyer read front a document:
I've got it! There were desk, looking into space while one
visit won't in your last."
Ninotchka shot, him an indig
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"On what boat?"
"In addition to the arguments above enumerated for Hiting this "Well, or "he stamincred. "Lei'a injunction, we wish to clio the de- V drop it. I don't think you'd care cislon of the High Court of Paris, “Just an old man, Comrade, for that one... How's this: Two rendered in the case of the Princens His memory is getting weak." Einen are looking at the moon and Marlabka—”
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