Life — March 29, 1923 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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15 The Turning Worm I always have wanted to see a story about a man who slavishly obeyed all laws and heeded all instructions until one day he disregarded the sign “Pas- sengers Not Allowed to Stand on the Platform,” was neither arrested nor di- vinely damned, and became a violent individualist. —F, P. A., in New York World. No Biblical Remarks When the Rev. Percy Grant said that he refuses “to be a parrot and merely repeat what is in the Bible,” he must have had in mind a very different kind of parrot from ours. —Boston Transcript. Tut-ankh-Amen How a cynic in the Star hits off the situation in Egypt as it strikes the looker-on :— B. C. 1100—Funeral rites. A. D. 1923-—Cinema rights. —Glasgow Bulletin. ORS. DIETARY “I am happy to know that my establish- ment was recommended to you by one ‘of my former boarders.” “Yes, indeed, madam; I’m trying to get No Sense of Humor Love laughs at locksmiths? True: And prison bars; Parents and portents too, And hostile stars. From Love, fate’s sharpest sting A smile provokes. Love laughs at everything But jokes. Love seeks the moon for this— Her smile effused All sympathetic is, She’s not amused. Love laughs at all discerned Below, above, Except the joke that’s turned On love. To wit that subtly jeers Young Love is blind; All passions else he shares With humankind. Weep, and your tears he'll quaff, Echo your moan; But laugh at Love—you'll laugh Alone! —Columbia (S. C.) State. Adaptation An interesting device—that motor truck which “walks like a man,” N for a pedestrian who can run like a Heaven help those who help others to thin, help themselves rgus (Seattle). you see, and he advised’ me to come here.” —Buen Humor (Madrid). motor truck. —New Orleans Times-Picayune. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U. S 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 Lire are co; in Great Britain apply to Lire, Rolls Hous Lane, London, E. C., England. ighted. For Reprint Rights Breams Buildings, Fetter The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls Breams Buildings, London, E, C. Canadian distributor, ‘The A\ News Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stampe addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or noi-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. Jd eguard Your Kin! ON’T be too busy to take proper care of your skin! Neglect now will mean clogged pores, blotches, sallowness, roughness, etc., later on. Why risk it when regular cleansing with soap and water is usually all that is required to build a healthy, glowing complexion? The soap you use, however, must be a good soap. That means one that is well made from pure, clean ingredients, contains no free alkali, lathers freely and rinses easily. RESINOL SOAP meets all these re- quirements and more. It soothes the skin while cleans- ing it. BUY IT BY THE BOX FROM YOUR DRUG- GIST OR TOILET GOODS DEALER. Resinol Write Dept. 1-S Resinol, Balti- more, Md. & TAMU LIA ED. PINAUD’S LILAC TALC ge Bp. Oted ant fez of The ch Creation Latest Fre Here is talcum powder superb, fragrant. with ED. PINAUD’S ex-* quisite Lilac perfume. Parfumerie ED. PINAUD ka Bs comicbooks.com