Life — March 15, 1923 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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¥ ning LI FE CWould Giles Like to Know HAT country was to blame for all the political troubles of Europe before America was discovered. ‘ee Whether February seemed like a short month to the La Montagnes. *e* Why Babe Ruth’s choice of- ten books for his desert island didn’t in- \ clude Homer. *e* How long before Niagara Falls will be known as the beautiful and dammed. **e* Who is the “somebody” who gets the difference between the low prices paid the farmer for his crops and the high prices paid by the consumer. xe If the loss of Secretary Fall and Governor Reily has convinced Mr. Harding of the necessity of putting an embargo on outgoing freight. * eK Why, since the income of the average farmer and his family is about $700 a year, there isn’t a rush from the cities back to the land. xk Whether Mr. Edison’s grasp of electricity explains his peculiar atti- tude toward current eyents. x If the rise of the German mark is due to the fact that it had no place to go but up. eK Whether the slogan of Hilaire Belloc’s lecture tour is “Hot dogma.” *** What is the actual value of Tut- ankh-Amen’s treasure in terms of anthracite. KK If Mayor Hylan’s conversion to golf puts him in the running for the Presidency. *e* Whether the French haven’t gone far enough to shock der Kaiser. eee If Gen. Goethals is getting ready to toss a Panama hat in the ring. . *e* What American will be the first to obtain the radio broadcasting con- cession on the pyramids. **e* How soon astute realtors will es- tablish an abandoned farm bloc in Congress. ** Whether Republicans look upon Mr. Borah as the life of the party. KK Whether the Eighteenth Dynasty is much deader than the Eighteenth Amendment. If Spring Must Come— I ’VE got to find out the names of those bushes on Simpson’s lawn that he explained to me so many times last summer. I wonder what's the latest I dare go without looking them up? I must get a Boy Scout or some- body to help me recognize two or three birds. Between my house and the car line are three women who are always out front admiring the birds on a spring morning. It prob- ably would be easier to learn a couple of bird calls while I am : it; then I could get past them « How am I going to get my wife to decide not to have the house painted without letting her know I don't want it done? It is rather dangerous since she has just concluded that I want a new car and has set her foot down and said we don’t need it. I was afraid for a while I would have to get one. I must remember to line up five or six fellows to go and apply at my house for a job making gar- den. The trouble is, it’s hard to find them intelligent enough to say what I tell them. McC. H. “Thrift” Purr thrifty Jock a saxpence spied A-lying in the gutter, He rinned tae grab it strecht awa’, His hairt strings a’ aflutter ; A motorbus crushed puir Jock doon, Ma pen wi’ horror pauses— The Coroner his verdict gave As “Deith frae Natural Causes.” RC. Irate Motorist: I thought you told me this car would last a lifetime! Motorist: Whose lifetime, for Heaven’s sake? ealer: Ah—er—it will, sir. Dealer: Er—its own, sir. comicbooks.com