Life — October 26, 1922 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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The Smash-Up A man came into the club the other day with his face half-hidden by stick- ing plaster. “A motorist friend of mine has just met with a nasty accident,” he .ex- plained. : “But what have you been doing?” we asked in chorus. “Oh, I was the nasty accident!” —Eve (London). EE The Movie Method Ma (to Willie): Willie, what did you study in school today? Wuute: We had two films of his- tory and one reel of geographies. —Atlanta Constitution. ProFEssor CARMICHAEL says that the man who smokes is a fool. Professor Carmichael talks like a man who smokes.—Boston Transcript. Parmist: Tell your fortune? Passersy: No, thanks. I know how quch it is—Nashville Tennessean. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U.. Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied, The text and illustrations in Lie are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apely to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. The Vanishing West A_woman who had been visiting in the West and who had seen many in. teresting Indians bought some Indian dolls for her little New York friends, The dolls were dressed in Indian fashion—shawl, colored handkerchief about head; moccasins, patchwork skirt and hand-made stockings. When she got home she looked to-see what kind of underwear the Indians had made for the Indian dolls, and every one of them wore a georgette chemise! +New York Sun, Assurance Doubly Sure Master (to cook): You haven't for- gotten to put a silver quarter in with the mushrooms to make sure they aren't poisonous? Coox: To make absolutely sure, I put in fifty cents—L’/Ilustration (Paris). Uses of the Dictionary The dictionary is a comforting book. One always can find how to spell a word if one knows how to spell it in the first place so one can find it in the dictionary.—Seattle Times. “Draws darn smooth, don’t it?” “Sure—ball-bearings in the stem.” —Kasper (Stockholm). Tue collection of German. marks asa hobby is another form of Zero wor- ship—Punch. The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. _ Canadian distributor, ‘The \mericas News Company, 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped oxd addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss ot non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prio to the date of issue to be affected. TTA The Greatest Travel Fleet Ever Organized TWO CRUISES ROUND-THE-WORLD Sailing January 9 and 16 respectively S.S. “Resolute” and S.S. “Volendam” Eighteen weeks of fascinating, Travel. The wonderful twin itineraries in- clude Havana, Panama, Hawaii, two weeks in Japan, China, the Philip- ines, Java, Malaya, Burma, three weeks in India (optional trips to Darjee- ing, Cashmere, Jaipur and so on), Ceylon, Egypt, the Suez Canal, Italy and the Riviera These Raymond-Whitcomb twin Cruises will be the two outstanding, travel events of 1923. We urge you to apply for your reservations while there is opportunity to secure the reservations you prefer THE SOUTH AMERICA CRUISE Sailing February 3, 1923 S.S, “Reliance” 45 days from New York to New York. The ideal short winter vacation. The only specially chartered cruise-ship that enables you to visit the preat Centennial Exposition at Rio de Janeiro and to make a cruise of the West Indies, Itinerary includes Havana, Panama, Venezuela Trinidad, Brazil, Barbados, Martinique, Virgin Islands and Porto Rico. Now is the time to secure your reservations THE MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE Sailing February 10, 1923 S.S. “Rotterdam” Exceptional opportunity to visit Portugal and Spain; the Azores, and Madeira, not visited on any other Mediterranean Cruise. Aliers, fasci- natingly Oriental; Corsica, the home of the Bonapartes; Naples, whence you may visit Rome and Pompeii, ancient Sorrento and glorious Capri RAYMOND & WHITCOMB CO. Park and Beacon Streets, Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles sssssueeee'The world Bives its ad- miration not to those who do what nobody else attempts, but to those who do Best what multitudes do well.” —Macaulay The Raymond & Whitcomb Company is the oldest Ameri- can Travel Company; has served the discriminating, Am- erican traveler for forty-four years and from its inception has offered “The Best in Travel” Let us send you the Booklet so that you may see pictures and descriptions of the places you willsee on the cruise you select RAY Or irr it Se fh NN comicbooks.com