Life — April 20, 1922 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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NSWER quickly without looking it up: Has Mexico been recognized or hasn’t it? JL San Francisco and environs, it is said, are evincing a new interest in Theda Bara’s pictures. Westward the curse of vampire takes its way. aL Under the new law a husband who is absent from his wife for five years will be presumed to be dead. Or, at the very least, annoyed about some- thing. aL At the rate the Irish were fighting when peace was de- clared it will take them four and a half years just to stop. “IL What was the name of that fellow who was going to be a different kind of Vice-Presi- dent? aL New York has 230,000 more people than it had a year ago; and the worst of it is most of them are standing ahead of us at the ticket office. aL Ten per cent. of all girls in college get married before they finish their senior year. Put- ting the heart before the course. aL “Europe is a powder mill,” exclaims a famous editor. But so long as Sweden keeps fur- nishing those safety matches, Europe should worry. aL Most of the bucketshops that King George’s physician has been made a peer. He was formerly a doc. LL As the taxpayer is beginning to sus- pect, there are no “cheaper cuts” in the Congressional Pork Barrel. Captain Kidd's treasure ay Find all the lost dogs and. collect the rewards 2. . eo en Pes Se ants CS B3s On guinea pige——> — > GeRwooe Senator Lodge suggests a New Eng- land bloc. A chance for somebody from Boston to spill the beans. LL An Ontario man had a nail imbedded in his backbone for twenty-seven years, Probably drove it there put- ting up hooks in his wife's clothes closet. LL As the Oranges are so con- fusing to everybody but local commuters, why not bunch them under the gen- eral delivery address of “Citrus Fruits, N. J.”? -L Lots of folks that laugh be- cause it takes 5,000,000 rubles to buy’a pair of shoes in Rus- sia are saving cigar coupons over here to get a grand piano, aL The Oriental habit of gesticu- lating with palms uppermost originally implied that the speaker had not taken a bribe. Will someone now explain the decline of rhetorical gesture in our state legislatures? LL Pittsburgh is wearing its new +spring soot. According to Mr. J. B. Cabell all that we have of the ancient writers is inferior, accidental scraps made peerless by the destruction of their betters. So there’s a chance after all for such stuff as “Jurgen.” -L Moonshine visibility test: One moon — pretty good; two moons—the real stuff; no moon—wood alcohol. failed had phantom officers and a ouija board of directors. LL Science states there are 160,000 hairs on the average head. Certain Beau Brummells will spend their time part- ing their hair exactly 80,000-80,000. LL The ultimate consumer is getting a bet- ter deal everywhere. Even the gypsies are telling fortunes with deuces wild. Suggestions for Raising the Money to Pay the Soldiers’ Bonus Prohibition having shown the way, now for the one-half-of-one-piece bath- ing suit. —L Tt will probably be another week or two before the rotogravure sections will be able to get photographs of Princess Mary’s first biscuits. aL The new king of Egypt will doubtless carry out his time- honored function of keeping the Sahara dry. —L In spite of the fact that an appeal is being made to release 113 prisoners guilty of disloyalty during the war, there is no movement to raise a mont- ment to the unknown conscientious ob- jectors. Give us time. comicbooks.com