Life — May 3, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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28 OUR, FOOLISA CONTEMPORAR! In Her Element Here’s a swimming story from Ma- oriland. The small girl had been beaten in the school swimming carnival, her rival winning by about a yard. The small girl, to her family’s surprise, took the beating nonchalantly. “You see,” she explained gravely at the family tea- table “Eugenia Gropher should swim better’n anybody else. Her father keeps a fishshop!”—Bulletin (Sydney). Fisherman’s Luck A year ago you couldn’t get any lob- ster Newburgh because you couldn't get any sherry. But recently a Long Island friend of ours went out in his boat and came back with two lobsters and a case of sherry that he had caught in the same trap—New York Tribune. Unhealthy gums denoted by tenderness and bleeding NHEALTHY soilkills the best of wheat. Unhealthy gums kill the best of teeth. To keep the teeth sound beep she gums well. Watch for tender bleeding gums. This is a symp- tom of Pyorrhea which afflicts four out of five people over forty. Pyorrhea menaces the body as well as the teeth. Not only do the gums recede and cause the teeth to decay, loosen and fallout, but the infecting | Pyorrhea germs lower the body's | vitality and cause many serious ills. / To avoid Pyorrhea, visit your dentist frequently for teeth and inspection. And use Forhan's { ‘or the Gums. Forhan’s For the Gums will prevent Pyorrhea— or check its Brogressif'used in, time and consistently. Ordinary den- tifrices cannot do this. Forhan’s will keep the gums firm and healthy, the teeth white and clean. Start using it today. If pom shrinkage has set in, use “orhan’s according to direc- pi tions, and consult a dentist immediately for special treat- ‘ment. 35, and 60c tubes in U. S. and Canada, Formule o RJ. Forbane D:D. 8. FORHAN CO. Now fork” Forgan’, Led. \. o San Trantiscos lace of fine Arts With its massive sculptured columns reflected in a mystic pool, the Palace of Fine Arts suggests an ancient Greek temple. No visitor to San Francisco should fail to visit this unique treasure house of art, which regularly displays col- lections of international fame. And all within a few minutes’ ride of the THE PALACE HOTEL—the center of San Francisco’s business and shopping districts. In San Francisco Its The Palace THE PALACE HOTEL Management Halsey €. Manwaring, Market at New Montgomery St San Francisco. sleep. jor $2.00 NIGHT MFG. CO. 6 Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass. Avuncular With amusement John Drew still re- calls a letter that he once received from his nephew, John Barrymore, telling how he had been thrown out of bed in- to a bathtub by the San Francisco earthquake and had been put to work piling rocks by the army when he reached the street. “Yes,” Mr. Drew is wont to add, “it took a convulsion of nature to get him into the bathtub and the United States Army to make him work.” —Boston Transcript. Everything Lovely First Fiapper: I'm refurnishing our guest room, Seconp Ditto: How lovely! Tue First: An old school friend is coming to visit me. The sweetest girl. I’m dying to see her again. THE Seconp: How lovely! Tue First: She’s in deep mourning. A rich young widow. Tue Seconp: How lovely! —Columbia (S. C.) State. Never Can Keep Track An old colored woman had stopped on the street corner to chat with an- other member of her race. Suddenly, as the town clock struck five, she started and exclaimed : “Mah goodness, tempus suttinly am fugitin’. Guess Ah’d bettah go on home and count dem chillern.” —American Legion Weekly. That Havana Wrapper MorHer: Have you a small piece of brown paper, dear? I want to wrap a parcel. Fatuer: Well, I can unroll one of those cigars you gave me. —Windsor Magazine (London). “Way was I born?”—Dr. Crane in “The Pall Mall Gasette.” It is supposed that the Storks had a grudge against the Cranes.—Punch. TRADE wane Rte U Beat oF Time to Re-tire? Buy NEW GARTER CROOKED LEGS (Patented) gla itt do the stri clu doe ing ing comicbooks.com