Life — March 1, 1923 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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sAUT SCISSORS AvT NULLus In Reply A young man with a pretty but notoriously flirtatious fiancée wrote to a supposed rival, “I’ve been told that you have been seen kissing my girl. Come to my office at 11 on Friday, I want to have this matter out.” The rival answered, “I’ve received a copy of your circular letter and will be present at the meeting.” —Argonaut (San Francisco.) Travel Note It is said that most of Tokio’s crimi- nals belong to the intellectual classes. When in Tokio, therefore, beware of the stranger who begins to quote Homer to you.—Boston Transcript. A Love Sermon THE Jeatous Lover (passionately) : Lie to me if you wish, but swear that you have been true to me! -—Le Rire (Paris). “Wuat’s good for a cold?” “Florida.” Husband: Frock’s a bit thin for a night ike this—what? Wife: How do I look in it? Husband: Oh, pipping! Then it’s perfectly comfortable, thanks. Wite: —Reproduced from Punch (London) by arrangement with the proprietors. “Seventeen” A kind neighbor had offered Tom his dress suit for the youth’s first for- mal dance. On the night of the party Tom timidly rang the bell and was admitted to his benefactor’s presence. “Tom,” said the man, who _remem- bered his own boyhood days distinctly, “have you a white shirt and studs, to “No, sir,” blurted Tom; “to tell you the truth, I haven't anything but a bath!”—Washington Star. A Coming Family “Call on Mrs. Canberra Villa? My dear! Why, her husband goes to town by the 7:55!” “That’s where you're mistaken. goes by the 8:30 now, and next yea he'll be going by the 9:15, m: says—and then we'll simply have on her.”—Bulletin (Sydney). Modern Menu Waiter: What! Don’t you like the “daily special,” sir? It’s very good. Patron: It may well be, but you forget to mention for what particular day it’s special. —Le Journal Amusant (Paris). “How did you ever get your husband to give up golf?” —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “T~played with him every day.” —New York Sun. Lire_is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Briiain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U. S. Patent Office.- $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countriés in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied. The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Re eprint Rights in Great Britain, apply to Lire, Rolls Howse, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. The foreign trade si plied. from Lirr's London Office, Rolls House, Breams_ Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, The American News Company, Ltd., 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 G, unsolicited contributions: Notice of change of address sane reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue ic be affected. During a Rigid Observance of Lent Life should be read regularly as a relief from the strain. When dispensing with trivial and unim- portant things, LIFE becomes an essen- tial, the one bright spot in our existence. Send in a six months’ subscription, or, Obey That Impulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed fing Gad Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.4C). Send Lire for the next ten weeks 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 $6.60 102) And She Wondered Why He Never oe Again She: When Father said he positively would not buy it for me, I just lay down on the floor and kicked and screame: until he finally gave in. comicbooks.com