Life — February 23, 1922 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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OAT : Tough Two negroes were lying behind a pack- ing case on the docks at Brest taking the labor out of the alleged Labor Battalion. Said one boastfully : “Boy, Ah comes f'um a tough breed. Mah ole man done cut his nails wif a ax an’ brash his teef wif a file.” “Huh, ain’t so tough. Mah ole man am a plumber, an’ twice a week he done shave hisself wif a blow torch.” —American Legion Weekly The Diplomat on the Job MotHer (apropos of young son): Well, what's keeping you from taking old of the youngster and making him be- have? Fatuer: No, no; not armed interven- tion—an economic penalty. Take away his dessert—Le Rire (Paris). An Eye for a Tooth” “What are blinking for, Elaine?” “Oh, George, you are so demi-mon- daine. Blink is as vulgar a word as hash is. One doesn’t blink, one gnashes one’s lashes."—Harvard Lampoon. SCISSORS, ANT, NyLLv THE DANCING PARTNER, OR THE HIRED M. —H. M. Bateman, in the Good-Bye-ee A woman sailing in the Aquitania re. cently held the following conversation, by the aid of a man with a megaphone, with her granddaughter on the quay at South. ampton as the vessel was leaving. “What have you done with grandma's spectacles?” bawled the man with the megaphone. “She says you took them from the piano to play with, and you are a naughty child.” A leather-lunged official on the quay put hands to his mouth and answered, “She says she gave them back to you.” “She didn’t,” came the answer. “All right,” came from the quay, remembers putting them on t! again. She will send them on to “Good-bye, Effie,” shouted th phone man. “Good-bye, grandma,” was the —Tit-Bits (Lc Wise Man “He’s not such a fool, at that; a fool.” “No? Why, I always thought sidered him a perfect idiot.” “I did; but he has found it ou —Richmond Times-Di “She Piano ou.” mega- eply. don) ot such ‘ou con- too.” patch, IF you ask us about it, our opinion is that ‘the Unknown Soldier is in the AN . . streets hunting a job. And he hasnt Tatler (London). found it yet—New York Call. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U.S. Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 certs. Back numbers cannot be supplied. The text and illustrations in Great Britain apply to Li Lane, London, E. C., England. Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls, Hous Breams Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay 386-388 St. James Street,’ Montreal, Canada. . No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Lire docs not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. ; Notice of change of address should reach this office two w to the date of issue to be affected. To all travelers Abroad this summer, the 1922 Ray- mond-Whitcomb North Cape Cruise offers adelight- fully new opportunity. Sailing from New York, June 28, on the luxurious SS. “Osterley,” it follows an incomparable course to the sublime Northland. Norway, Sweden, Denmark With accommodations from suites with private bath to single rooms, and rates from $675 upward (includ- ng generous shore excursions and homeward passage on great Cunard Liners), the Cruise will visit Iceland, the North Cape, the majestic Fjords, Christiania, Copenhagen, Helsingborg, Zeebrugge and London, Europe this Summer Raymond-Whitcomb Tours de Luxe of Europe will assure you of the best accommodations on land and sea when the “rush” Abroad really begins. This year we particularly feature the “ Passion Play.” We shall gladly send youour Europe or North Cape Books. Raymond & Whitcomb Co. Beacon and Park Streets, Boston NEW YORK-PRILADELPHIA-CHICAGO-SAN FRANCISCO-LOS ANGELES « aris Nn Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile ! Read Life A sure and you will do this anyway. laugh in every issue of LIFE. Try it for six months, or Obey That Impulse, and, for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40) Send Lire for three months—twelve issues—to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6./0 a, organi their Nerv Exhau Force. comicbooks.com