Life — August 18, 1921 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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HE Eighteenth Amendment is an- other example of “Dictated, but not read.” = Es Many New York streets began as cow- paths, Time changes little. To-day they're stamping grounds for the bull. aL A yellow paper with more circulation than Hearst’s is the one that the Tanglefoot people get out. JL Dr. Bullock, Chicago's Health Director, says that gossip is a form of insanity. In that case, summer re- sort hotels might be de. scribed as lunatic lums. aL The shape of the nose can be altered by the injection of paraffin wax at the hands of an expert—Beauty Hint. If an expert in the manly art—omit the injection of paraffin wax. Mr, and Mrs, Frank A. Woodruff, of Yonkers, are rival candidates fur the same political office. We imagine that Mr. Woodruff paign slogan is, “Woman's Place the Home.” cam- Is in THE FLAPPER PMeTORe fledgling with thoughts that are scattering; Feet that go pattering Hither and thither; Bright little eyes that are flickering rapidly Voice that chirps vapidly When you are with her; Downy and soft, with no brain That's detectable, Silly and aimless and vain And delectable. Habitat—anywhere;—Age? Well, I'd guess Noted Shakespearean Actress Pays $10,000 Debt to Circus Clown— News Item. From the sublime to the ridiculous, aL “Me,” said the hungry (Speaking with something akin to acumen) She’s in a transition stage, more or less, Too old for girlhood, too young for a woman! Berton Braley. JL A magic carpet is one that looks the price you paid for it in 1920. aL is due south in 7 | | The sun | the heavens at | on only four day - | | noon in the year. This lack of responsibil- ity is a warnir We can never have an effi- cient universe until we have a time-clock in- stalled. ‘ aL In 1919 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there were 3,374 strikes in the United States— News Item. And 654 home runs If you p. 5 to fashion write notice that skirts ways short in their mosquito at the summer resort, as he surveyed the only flapper of the beach, “me for the second joint of the chicken.” JL All clocks have been cut 10% by several companies, says the New York Tribune. Might this be offered as an example of a stitch in time? aL The war on bathing suits is welcome if it means a survival of the best-fitting. aL A provincial contemporary says that there is no family life in New York. No family life? Why, the courts are full of it! JL Smelling salts won’t revive a man half so quickly as smelling brandy. The editor wishes to announce that there has been no cut in the price of Ford jokes. When you speak of two people being un- evenly matched nowadays society doesn't know whether you are referring to mar- ried couples or prize-fighters. JL General Dawes will shortly discover that the Weather Bureau’s estimates are all wrong, too. JL The burning question at the summer re- sorts this season: Is he still unmarried to the same girl? JL Restaurant Men Say Rates Can’t Be Cut.—Headline. And they could let the same statement go for their steaks. aL Mayor John F. Hylan of New York has refused to allow his name to be used on the city’s newest ferryboat. Naturally. The first thing they do with a ferryboat is to give it the slip. counts. JL The good-lookers dye young. JL A Broadway jewelry shop adverti wares by placards. One state: Radio Wrist Watches Reduced to $3.95. Formally sold for $10.00.” In these troublous times it pays to be informal. JL French Historical Note: More than a century after Waterloo came the Battle of Boyle’s Thirty Acres. aL A woman in York, Pa., has been found to possess one rib too many, says the Philadelphia Record. We once heard of a man similarly af- flicted who got the entire world into trouble as a result. aL Nature is never so wonderful as when taken in hand by a reformer. comicbooks.com