Life — November 10, 1921 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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A Place for Everything When an elbow, vigorously used in de- bate, hits the edge of a plate of soup, the soup spatters. Also, the tablecloth suffers. lt happened at Giesenheimer’s Hungarian restaurant on the East Side. Giesenheimer was mad. He strode to the offender’s table. “Ain’t you ashamed of yourself? Ain’t you got no honor? Suppose you would do such a thing in the Ritz-Carlton or the Biltmore, what would they say to you? “What would they say to me?” repeated the owner of the elbow. “They would say: ‘If you want to do such a thing, go down to Giesenheimer's.’” —New York Evening Post. Dead Reckoning First Sea Doc (playing golf, to part- ner): That's six you've had. Seconp Ditto: ’Tisn’t—it’s five! I had to go astern in that bunker—then I had one shot hard aport—another on the star- board tack, an’ finally ’bout ship, so ’tis five-—London Opinion. A Special Occasion Tue Hostess: I’ve got a new maid coming to see me to-morrow. Tue Guest: How delightful! are you going to wear? —Passing Show (London). What Hicusrow: What was that charming thing that Herr Schlitz just played on the piano? Lowsrow: Havoc!—Yale Record. he AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING Guide: It took nearly two t’ousand year to build dis pyramid. Dear Old Lady: I can quite believe you. Our workmen at home are just as bad. —Sketch (London). The Versatile Maestro M. Paderewski is said to_be amusing himself in his new home in California by practicing card tricks, As he can also play the piano he should be the life and soul of many an evening party—Punch. The Frequenter of Clubs He stopped, coming out of the Union Club, and paused to flick a bit of dust from his coat with a languid finger. With a_half-hid scornful smile he watched Percy Carringle, the munition millionaire’s son, timidly pass through the portals of the club. It amused him to sce the uncertainty with which this nouzeau riche looked around him. His father, for more years than he could remember, had frequented the club, and he bade fair to follow in his father’s footsteps! He stood hesitating: should he go to the Vanderbilt's or to the Ritz first? Sud- denly he remembered. He had to go to the Vanderbilt’s; he didn’t have enough milk in his wagon for the Ritz. —From a Theatre Program. In Chicago A resident of Chicago opened his front door and blew three short blasts on a po- lice whistle. Twenty policemen appeared at the door almost instantly. ‘Gosh, this is embarrassing,” said the res-of-Chi, when he saw the large mob of bluecoats, “I only wanted a quart.” —Nashville Tennessean. A Grateful ’Eart A London coffee-stall scene: midnight. BELATED THEATRE-GOER (to street corner lounger Like a cup of coffee? Louncer: Thanks, guvnor. I ‘ope | never pinch your watch, swelp me! —London Daily News. Tuis bit of irony, sarcasm or something appears in the form of a sign ona Scottish golf course: “Members will refrain from picking up lost balls until they have stopped rolling.”—Boston Transcript. Lire _is publis Great Britain, nada and British Possessions. Patent, Office. ii year in advance. numbers cannot be supplied. ed every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Title registered in § Off $5.00 a Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back addressed envelope. The foreign trade supplied from Lrre’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. j. 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada, No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and i Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior in Great Britain apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams’ Buildings, Fetter a to the date of issue to be affected. Lane, London, E. C., England. RREPROACHABLE style and a certain exclusive refinement are only two of the many elements that proclaim Cammeyer shoes as unmis- takably different. ather; All Black tf And different they must be—for each atent Leather Si is an original creation—setting a mode, not walking in its wake. Economically priced, Cammeyer foot- wear is a direct refutation of the costly theory that exclusiveness and extrava- gance must necessarily go hand-in- hand. BRUSHES Create on Automobiles beautiful, lus- trous, lasting surfaces which are much admired. Thousands of Automobiles on the road testify to the splendid finish by WHITING-ADAMS BRUSHES. Send for Illustrated Literature JOHN L. WHITING-J. J. ADAMS CO. BOSTON, U.S.A. Brush Manufacturers for Over 112 Years and the Largest in the World New York's Most Beautiful Shoe Shop ‘ Branch De Lexe @ 617 ~Fifth Avenue jetween S3rd and 54th Streets ANTIQUES The Joy of Life. Lowestoft Accord: Mise, between Bosten and Plymouth. comicbooks.com