Life — July 21, 1921 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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If, my dear, you seek to slumber, Count of stars an infinite number; If you still continue wakeful, Count the drops that make a lakeful; Then, if vigilance yet above you Hover, count the times I love you; And if slumber still rebel you, Count the times I do not tell you. —Franklin P. Adams, in Harper's. Enthusiasts Recently a lady dentist was trying to impress upon a group of mothers the necessity of making the children clean their teeth. “Oh! I don’t ’ave to tell my Rose and D’isy!” declared one good lady. “It’s a fight between ’em which shall ’ave the tooth-brush fust.” —London Opinion. Light Work CuaritaBLeE Lapy: What were you, my poor man, before you came to this penurious condition? Lazy Lewis: I’m really a season worker, ma’am. I smoke glasses for solar eclipses. | —Strix (Stockholm). The Obedient Servant Doctor (at door, to butler): your master the doctor is here. Butter: The master is in great pain, sir. He is receiving nobody. —Le Rire (Paris). Tell rl POETRY AND PROSE He: What an enchanted night, my love! What do the stars make you think of? She (dreamily): They remind me of all the diamond soli- taires I want so badly. —Il Secolo XX (Milan). Mr. Wells may persuade the world to accept a universal Bible, but he will never persuade it to accept a universal history of the war.—Detroit Free Press. Bellows to Mend A man, driving home on a very wet night, wished to give the cab driver some. thing to keep out the cold. Finding noth. ing at hand but a liqueur-stand with its tiny glasses, he filled up one and handed it to the jehu, remarking, “You'll think none the worse of this because it was made by the holy monks.” “God bless the holy monks,” exclaimed the driver, as he drained the glass, “it’s themselves that can make good liquor, but the man that blew that glass was very short of breath.” —Tatler (London), The Exotic Touch Lapy (to teacher of languages): | want you to teach my son a foreign lan. f guage. ‘TEACHER: Would you like Polish, Jugoslavonian, Czechoslovakian, Arme- nian, or perhaps even Arabic? Lapy: Which is the most foreign? Nebelspalter (Zurich), The Great U. S. After the janitor had tacked a new map on the wall, Umson said to Amley: “By golly, the United States is getting to be a great place, ain’t it?” “Yes,” said Amley, “if it gets to be much bigger I'll have to move my desk.” —Youngstown Telegram. Beyond Medical Aid BREATHLESS VISITOR: you help me? My name is Jones— Doctor: No, I’m sorry; I simply can’t do anything for that. —Bulletin (Sydney). Doctor, car. Lire_is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Bri Patent O: countrie: current. copies, 15 cents. of publication, 25 cents. in, Canada and British Possessions. $5.00 a year in advance. Lane, London, E. C., England. Title registered in U. S. e tional postage to foreign the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Addit Back ‘numbers, after three ‘months from date Issues prior to 1910 out of print. he text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. in Great Britain, apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Single addressed envelope. For Reprint Rights The foreign trade supplied frem Lirr’s Lendon Office, Rolls Hous Breams Buildings, London, E. C. 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, to the date of issue to be affected. Plain Gnd or Cork Tip People of culture. and_ Te: finement invariably PREFER_) Deities to.any other ci arette is what you want for your skin trouble —Resinol to stop the itching and burn- ing—Resinol to heal the eruption. Scratching makes it worse, besides being embarrassing and dangerous, but the smooth gentle ingredients of RESINOL OINTMENT often come the trouble promptly, even i! severe and long-established. Bathing the affected part first with RESINOL SOAP hastens the beneficial results. Resinol products at all druggists. comicbooks.com