Life — July 5, 1923 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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Impressions of a Bridegroom-to-Be Fiowers! What a dense odor! And more flowers! They're stifling me. Why don’t they start the organ? There, they have. Ye gods! Why don't they put some life into it? Can’t they go any faster than that? Who jt that set “Lohengrin” to drag- time? Sounds more like “Danny Dee- ver. And look at the ushers. Will they never get here? What are they grin- ning about? If they'd paid for the ca sticks I’m giving them I'll ager they'd look the way I feel, Ah, they're getting nearer. I can see them now. Wonder what Ben Thorne is so solemn about? It isn’t his funer—I an wedding. Maybe he’s grouchy those white-gold studs I've got im. I suppose I should have platinum ones. A best man to be treated with some con- ion, I presume. Anyhow, it’s too late now. That organ...will it never get out of that crippled step? And more flowers. Even the family in the front pews look like a group of mourners. Why won't Aunt Mildred and Cousin Grace ever dab a bit of rouge on their cheeks at a time like this? They both look on the verge of a breakdown and I...I'm the only calm person in the church, If J don’t mind it I don’t see everyone else should be so bowled over and excited. Just like a woman, isn’t it? Great scott! Look at the minister. Draped in gloom from head to foot. Hope he doesn’t mix up the marriage service with the requiem, That would be a fine bone, wouldn’t it? You never can tell about these nervous persons. Well, here they are.... The ring? Why—er...I had it a moment ago. What's that? Oh, of course, It was in my hand all the time, wasn’t it? I knew I had it only a moment ago. Nothing like keeping your head at a time like this.... Eh? ‘Do I?? Do I what?... Oh, of course...how stupid...of course, I do...what do you suppose I’m here for? You bet I'll kiss her.... Whew! Thank heaven...it’s over! And I kept my head all the time, didn’t I? L. A. M. Lire’s Title Contest More than 150,000 titles were sub- mitted in Lire’s Missing Title Con- test, which closed on June 12th. Lire takes this opportunity to thank the contestants and to bespeak their pati- ence while the work of judging the replies goes forward. Announcement of the winners of the $1,000.00 in prizes will be made in the near future. Ginger Ale Sarsaparilla Birch Beer Root Beer Here it comes! What a welcome the smiling Eskimo kid and his delightful drink always get from every- body! Whenever people are thirsty, they always call for Clicquot Club. Its tingling taste and gin- gery fragrance are popular with just about everybody— old or young or in between, men and women and kids. They all like it. Clicquot Club is pure. Spring water, real Jamaica ginger, excellent fruit flavors —all these good things are in the happy blend that’s been a favorite for thirty-eight years, Try the other Clicquot Club drinks— Sarsaparilla, Root Beer, Birch Beer. Order them by the case from your grocer or druggist. The Clicquot Club Co.,' Millis, Mass., U.S. A. NWCA Vrornowaced Onde GINGER ALE comicbooks.com