Life — August 16, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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A Flying Visit A member of Wichita’s traffic squad was directing the cross streams of Ou havethen motor cars at a busy corner in that . J enterprising city one day recently, when in your home here came a big powerful car from the E —put ‘hen on east, cutting through the line at a high j - rate of speed. Quicker than thought, yur car. E , the traffic cop leaped on the big car's running board, and ordered the driver to hit it up to police headquarters, The driver, without slowing down, yelled back over his shoulder, “Say, officer, were you ever in Oklahoma?” “No,” thundered the cop, “but that's all right—you drive right on to police headquarters!” “Well,” remarked the driver, “hang on tight then, officer, ‘cause you’ going to Oklahoma right now.” —Kansas City Star, Winding Up WV His one relaxation was chess by cor. respondence, but he was rather sur- prised one morning to get a letter from a firm of solicitors. ‘Dear sir,” they wrote, “we regret to inform you that since your. last move our client has passed away. Would you be kind enough to sign and return to us the enclosed form, declaring a stalemate?” —London Daily Express, R-R-Revenge “The Richleighs are going to camp out and take their servants along.” “Yes; Mrs. Richleigh told me she A GENE RA L E LE CT RIC PRODUCT | vanted to get even with them for all — = the discomforts they caused her.” OUR_LW FOOLISH —Boston Transcript. co MPO ca “You are now leaving Anyburg. Thank you,” the sign says. “Ah,” says the scornful motorist, “the pleasure is all mine.” —New York World. Edison MAZDA Auto Lamps are dependable. And for safety’s sake, carry akitofsparelamps as you carry a spare tire. Her First The street-car conductor's change running short. A young mother with cher baby in her lap handed him a_half-dollar. Conpuctor: Is that the smallest you've got? Younc Moruer: Well, I've only been married a year! “wot’s ’E PLAYIN’ NA “oe? - WOT'S (E BLAYIN NAH, BI —Kasper (Stockholm). “ye AIN'T PLAYIN’ NOTHIN’, ’E’s SEMAPHORIN’.”” —Humorist (London). No Arrest _— — He bumped into her car. “T had my hand out,” declared the The Green Apple Season girl indignantly. “Such a tiny hand,” murmured the Two boys coming from opposite di- , emt the rections met in the street. One boy young man. “No wonder I didn’t see it had his mouth and hands full of green Then the traffic cop waved them both j apples. The other boy, looking up as along.—Kansas City Journal. reset nei they passed, exclaimed : veer “Are the green apples ripe already!” Commercial Candor —Indianapolis News. From a German trade-circular :— Time to Re-tire‘ Bf idvolinig, inventions” B uy FOR SALE —Punch (London). ‘The oldest resort in the South. One day's drive from Gulf Coast. On trunk line of tinuous operation for 31 years and is now “I'll be late getting home.” There was J doing a National Business in Mineral Water. eu Will'sell for cash on basis of present earnings. a pause while the head of the house Address, ‘Advertising Director” c/o LiFe, spoke, and then he answered, “Oh, five 598 Madison Ave., New York. or six minutes.’—Great Bend Tribune. comicbooks.com