Life — June 30, 1921 — page 12: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

FIFTY years ago, if a young woman saw a man coming, she would run in the house and roll down her sleeves Nowadays, she runs in the house and rolls down her stockings. eee after their Carpentier’s French admirers, due deliberation, have abandoned plan to come over by. special steamer for the big scrap. ‘There’s a three-mile limit to all things. oe 8 The prospect of peace between this country and Mrs. Bergdoll seems to be negligible. ae Evil is the root of all money, Geishas, the professional enter- tainers of Japan, are taught the art of amusing conversation. Goodness, Geishas! so Mayor Hylan of New York has come out in favor of winter vacations. On or about Jan. 1, 1922, the people of New York are going to make it unanimous. eee Nearly one hundred thousand people were killed last year by accidents. If the rate continues to increase, maybe after a while we won't have to have any wars. see A San Francisco restaurant patron choked to death when a piece of steak became lodged in his throat. Res- taurant portions must be getting back to pre-war size, se One good turn influences us to expect another, eee A vision comes of the kiddy of the future tossing a coin to decide whether he'll take the name of his papa or his mama. eee Bernard Shaw says that Shakespeare would have been amused by Charlie Chap- lin. But then, Shakespeare would have been amused by Shaw. Muggsie The self-made though he ought to take out a patent on himself. man always acts as see In Russinia the present police sys- tem will undergo a radical change. —Czechoslovak R wv. He's going to get his hair cut and shave off his beard. If the universe is really one times thousand ger than we thought it was, how large did we think it was? eee Sculptor Bartlett says “ American seu! ture henceforth must look as if it made in America.” That bars out any more Stat Liberty. were ene The only hold that is barred out in intercollegiate wrestling tournaments is the Yale lock eee Most dangerous days in the week for structural iron work- ers are Mondays, and Saturdays.— Tuesdays s Item, But do any organized laborers ever work that many days ina week ? see A great post- masters are going to be put on the civil list this year. Why not the trolley conductors ? many new eee Lenine’s idea is that Capital should Bolshevism il Bolshevism is strong enough to destroy Capital. assist eee An Iowa man attempting s cide via the pistolic route suc- VLL COME BACK b THROW YE A FISH, I'S ALL RIGHT, AROUND FEEDIN’ TIME KID. Charles M. Schwab announces publicly that he is wearing a ten-year-old suit of clothes. Only a steel magnate can afford to do this and boast about it We never cared so much for money as some people. All we want is enough to enable us to dismiss it utterly from our minds. Steamer Blown Into Bank.—Headline. The result of an over-draft, we take it eee Puritanism is disappointment justifying itself. Light behavior is measured in terms of scandal power. ceeded merely in shooting his own hat off. Which proves two things: That it is dangerous to be too much of a highbrow, and that it is possible even for a lowbrow to get off something that goes right over his own head. HERE ees “Who was it that started the super: stition about Friday g an unlucky day ?” asks a contemporary. Oh, it was just some poor fish bei A Frenchman claims to have invented a machine which will produce sleep: Scientific Journal. Carpentier ? eee July 2nd definition of a one hundred per cent. American: One who bets on Demp sey and yells for Carpentier. comicbooks.com