Life — November 29, 1923 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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Smith’s Prayer O LOOMING future, through whose gate My errant soul must drift, One boon alone | ask of Fate, One sole and single gift If, as Pythagoreans claim, We re-created be, Please, when you next select my name, Don’t pick out Smith for me. Make me a Snodgrass if you will, And I'll revere my kith, But do not roll another pill Of bitterness like Smith. For Smiths are as the purple sand That lies beside the sea. And none but Smiths can understand Life's anonymity Not that it greatly casts me down To be not known apart, But oh, the sneers of Jones and Brown It is that breaks my heart. Make me a Snodgrass, | repeat In most emphatic tone: That I, when next we chance to meet, May sneer at Brown and Jones. George S. Chappell. LIFE * What to Talk About REMARKABLE book with the above title has just been published to help people over the rough spots when they first meet each other. It tells how to draw people out by adroit questions, and it very rightly states that “there is no surer permanent passport to worthwhile friendship, to the companionship of cultivated people, and to success in life than the ability to converse readily and intelligently.” For instance, if you meet.an architect you can immediately make him interested in you by these tactful inquiries : Is it an extravagance for the builder of a home to hire an architeet ? Doesn't a good bricklayer take the place of an architec Should a tea-room be decorated rococo? Where should a cellar be in the average sized home? The splendid opening you'd secure with any architect is too obvious to need elaboration. “What to Talk About” tells you exactly how to start the ball rolling with Accountants, Hired Men, Brokers, Commission Agents, Florists, Waiters, Taxi Drivers, Retailers, Osteo- paths, Trolley Officials and many others whom you are likely to meet at any moment without warning. It covers almost every conceivable emergency, but truth compels me to state that there are one or two rather important omissions, which I take pleasure in supplying out of my own personal experiences. For instance, on meeting an Official of the Liquor Association, any one of the follow- ing would make a good opening : Is Prohibition good for your busines: What's become of all the old bartenders? Do you believe in light fines or year: When presented to a Police Commissioner for the first time a lasting impression can be made upon him by the following queries Is graft increasing in your Department? Why are Burglary Insurance Rates rising so rapidly? Is a murderer safer here than in the Balkans? With any of these questions you will immediately elicit replies completely proving that you have interested your audience. And you can alw use the running shoes that are given with each copy of the book. Perey Waxman. Advertisements of the Future 'HREE generations of America have discussed politics over Mayer’s OLD-FASHIONED Sars. ee * We keep a full supply of GranpMotHer’s Favorite Branp rouge, lip-sticks, paint and mascaro. ee * 711 Tosacco—the kind your mother used to smoke. ‘+e * See a quiet, thoughtful burlesque show at the Apollyon, the way your granddad used to do. te # Be a typical American. Live in one of our regular American homes; two rooms and kitchenette (with sink). comicbooks.com