Life — September 11, 1924 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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On Passing a Mile Post livee I am thirty and over, A rebel, coffer at heart, \ rager, a ranger, a rover— But when am I going to start? Here IT am thirty and past it; A message, a challenge, a dare { have to deliver—but, dast it! Just how shall I do it, and where? Jere IT am youth with a mission, But youth that is slipping to age hh may substitute soon contrition For what now is placarded “Rage.” Ilere I am youth nearly graying, Short-winded and putting on weight, Vith much of importance for saying— And most of it even now late. lere I am seeking the battle And no one is willing to fight. Jankir is contented as cattle, Ignores me. I ask, “Is it right?” ifere Lam young, but the hero Inclines to return to the fold Vith nothing accomplished, I fear. Oh! I guess I'll just go and grow old. J.KLM. Old Man Gunbusta on Boarders “Boarvers is the queerest things ever sot eyes on,” began Old Man Gunbusta, of Plunk Hollow. They'll climb five thousand feet up a ountain an’ then grumble because cy have got to walk up three flights f stairs to their room; they'll squat e they kin hear the brook bab- ble for hours an’ then grumble ecause the faucet is leaking in’ the bathroom; they'll listen to the drone { the sawmill all day an’ yet grow! cause a mosquito is buzzing around their room. They just git pleased all ver when they see a butterfly go from flower to flower, but have hysterics eAlmond Roca —the West has “gone wild” over it / ‘Are you a favored one? Surent poof is that some 5 you with a bor of Almoed Roca. Neher chocolate nor hard candy ! Unusual? —Most! Different? —Decidediy! The West has gone wild over itl May aswellattempe descr of a Grand Canyon Sunset as Oca. Both defy ct Bat, for « dollar and a haf, youcan a package. you east of the Rockies, you may have fo addres us Girect—but the reward, will more justify the afore: "And, when you ed- » include your dealer’s name, for we want to catet to your future wishes through him * ©" * Brown & Hatzy, ‘Confectioners tothe Elect, Tacoma, Wash. Almond Roca "An Extraordinary Confection” Help wanted? You can surely get it This monogram on any electrical device meansthatitisa prod- uct of the General Electric Company— an organization of engineers, artisans, and business men and women engaged in ex- tending electricity’s service to American industries and homes. Somewhere near you is an employment office for domes- tic servants, though you may never have thought of it as such. The sign over the door reads “Electrical Supplies.” It can supply the best ser- vants you ever engaged—elec- trical appliances that never need an afternoon off but work untiringly for an aver- age wage of 3 cents an hour. GENERAL ELECTRIC when a tiny, innocent fly flits from pie to pudding. An’ last year I had to throw out one of them parlor comedians you'll always find among new crop of boarders because he made the flippant remark that if vegetables made board- ers dance, the vegetarians in my house would do the can-can. “I tell you, boarders is strange crit- ters indeed.” Brevity is the soul FP. P. of wit. The shorter the one-piece bathing suit, the more jokes about it. LINES FROM THE GREEK comicbooks.com