Life — July 6, 1922 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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LIFE Easy Conversations in Modern French The Entente Cordiale Q. Lloyd George, loves he the nation French? A. I think that yes (sarcasm). Q. The nation French, loves ‘she Lloyd George? A. I should have the hope to you to tell (more sarcasm). Q. Is by hazard (par hasard) because Lloyd George understands the problem German of one fashion and that the nation French understands her of another? A. This time this, my old, you have knocked the beef’s eye. Q. If it not is not the devil, what is it that it is that Lloyd George wishes the beautiful France to give to the Germany? A. And sandwich of ham on of the bread rye, perhaps, and a glass of good beer. Q. The beautiful France, would be she happy of it to do? A. The beautiful France would be cock-eyed (louche) crazy even to think of it to do. Q. Shall we give three rousing cheers for Lloyd George? A. Assuredly. The German Indemnity Q. What is it that it is that that, the indemnity Ger- man? A. No, it is not. Q. The militarism flagrant, of which the beautiful France herself occupies, can she have something of im- portance in regard to the indemnity German? A. Sit yourself down, if it you pleases. You speak outside of your turn. Q. Is it not unpleasant to think that the beautiful France refuses to reduce her defenses and is not moti- vated by the altruism shown by the others, although having the worst suffered? A. Your questions, well in- tended (bien entendu), become a little indiscreet. Q. Is it that, by hazard, the beautiful France under- stands her position better than they think? 4. My dear sir, enter us into the conservatory. It makes very warm, here. A.W. H. Uncle Sam’s Psychology H, Uncle Sam's a Puritan, when he has come ashore, But out upon the open sea it’s fun to see him pour The heady wine in goblets and quaff it—Hip hurrah! Here’s to the freedom of the seas! Here’s winking at the law! The tiller of the stubborn soil, the toiler in the mills, Must sternly be prohibited the product of the stills; No beer is for the roustabout, the digger in the mine, But we who sail the ocean get our whisky and our wine! A Dr. Jekyll on the land and Mr. Hyde at sea, Our Uncle Sam’s adaptable in his psychology ; And isn’t he quite logical in sternly saying: “Let The dry land be the dry land, the wet sea be the wet’? “My dear, the only way to manage your future husband is—” “Don’t tell me, Aunt Prudence. I’ve noticed that the women who know how to do it never get the chance,” comicbooks.com