Life — May 31, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Secret Diplomacy On a glorious sunny afternoon the old palace at Versailles gazed drow- sily with its thousand glass eyes on the humans who wandered around it. Makes a Noise in Your Mind One of our favorite describers is the Gould correspondent of the Lin- coln (Ark.) Ledger, who records that Mr. Creed Ringo of there shot a horned owl measuring “four feet two inches from tip to tip across its wings. It was the most owl that I ever saw in one piece.”—Collier’s. His Defiance When a Grand Rapids man was suddenly confronted by an armed burglar, he fainted. But not, we un- derstand, before he had time to cry out, “You can’t scare me.” —Detroit News. Virtuosity Fair Frienp (as band strikes up a waltz): What's that out of? DistincuisHep Musician: Tune! —London Mail. We kin allus tell a pedestrian when he sits down in a café ’cause he de- cides so quickly—Abe Martin, in Indianapolis News. humiliating! Mrs, Tut-ankh-Amen: My hat is so dreadfully out of style! as —Lustige Blatter (Berlin). At a small table sat, strange to say, a man and a girl. “Say, Harry,” quoth the lady, “we haven't kept up that diary for a week, Let’s have a look at it.” “Here you are,” said Harry. “I hope you got a better memory than have.” “Say, Harry.” feos? “Where were we on Monday?” “Oh, lemme see—at the Louvre, I guess. “How about Wednesday?” “Oh, put down Fontainebleau “Shall I say we did the Petit non?” “Sure, take a chance—mother will never know.” —Washington Star, The Outcome “What happens when an irresistible woman meets an immovable ma “She goes through his pocketbo —Princeton Tiger Heavens, | bow Tue only two creatures referred to “so human” are a great man and a monkey.—Detroit Free Press. 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 countries in the Postal numbers cannot be suppli ar in advance. Additional postage to foreign ion, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents, Back The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. The forcign trade supplied. from Lire's London, Offce,, 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 of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two wecks prior to the date of issue to be affected, ESTABLISHED 1818 rvs Lethon. CUS e6xe IL LOTHIN INGS Gentlemens Furnishing NEW YORK Telephone Murray Hill 8800 Yachting, Riding, etc. Exclusive Shirts, Neckwear & Hosiery Trunks, Bags & Leather Novelties Liveries for Stable, Garage or Club Send for “Comparisons” BOSTON ‘TREMONTCOR. BOYLSTON ods, MADISON AVENUE COR. FORTY-FOURTH STREET Clothing for Summer Sport Ready made & to Measure Special Garments for Polo, Golf, Tennis in light-weight Woolens, Crash and Shantung Silk Straw & Panama Hats, English & Domestic Shoes Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, Mackintoshes, etc. NEWPORT 220 BELLEVUE AVENUE BROOKS BROTHERS’ Building, convenient to Grand Central, Subway and to many of the leading Hotels and Clubs comicbooks.com