Life — September 25, 1924 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Knocking-Off Time A Cockney workman was taking home with him some pieces of timber which he had wrapped up in newspaper. Another workman hailed him with. “"Ullo, ‘Bill, takin’ ‘ome your ‘ome * work ?"—Sketch (London). The Shock Absorbers A circus features a strong man who can stop a motor-car traveling at fifty miles an hour, Many pedestrians have been known to do this, but it wears them out in time.—Punch, Alone with the Car “Why don’t men have ‘dens’ any more?” “Because they have to spend all their spare time in the garage, and like it better."—St. Louis G Democrat. A Jutes Verne of to-day would have to write a prophetic romance entitled, “Around the World on Eighty Gallons.” —Brooklyn Eagle. SEE MERE, CYPRIAN, WHEN YoU GO OUT WITIT ME, DON’T ASSUME THAT RAPFISI AIK OF A CHEAP BOHEMIAN.” —Le Journal Amusant (Paris). Our Black Watch During the war a Colonel came to a crossroads guarded by a Negro soldier. “Where does this road go?” he asked. “I don’t know, Cunnel.” “And where does this other road lead ?” “Don't know, Cunnel.” “Where is your Captain?” “Ain't no use asking him, Cunnel, He's just a nigger like me and don't know nothing eithe —Corey, in Louisville Courier-Journal, Divan Reading “He's a student of Ottoman literature.” “Oh; I suppose he reads Yahya Beg. and Prince Jem, and Nejati, and Shemsi Pasha, and all those ‘0. He reads Snappy Stories and the Cosmopolitan.”—Akron Times. Littte Girt (as resplendent young woman passes): Just look, Mummy, there's an escaped mannequin! —Humorist (London). Wuat we wish to know is whether officers who direct the death ray will wear spurs.—Detroit Free Press. Lire is published Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Patent. Office. countries in the Postal Union, numbers cannot be supplied. The text and illustrations in Lave are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights Live, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter in Great Britain apply to Lane, London, E. C., England. every Thursday, simultancously in the United St Title registered in. L $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign 60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back addressed envelope. non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be offected. he foreign trade sy Buildings, Lon¢ News Company, Li polied. from Live's London, Office, Rolls House, fon, E. Canadian distributor, "The American td., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and Lire docs not hold itself responsible for the loss or $ CA Laas ta fm asda as aaa nec The joy of traveling in winter — and finding spring! To revel in the sun-brightened gardens of the Mediterranean — or the Caribbean. You meet leisurely voyagers who find the little-known beauties — and avoid the beaten tracks. Mediterrancan — White Star liner sie, Jan. 74 Feb, 26. Red Sear liner Lapla: jan. 17; March 8. Duration 47 days. planned itinerary. _—————— ee “ Dome of the Rock,” Jerusalem, believed to have been erect- ed by Caliph Omar, A. D, 69 i “Ty lly rugred hillside, Martine ique. W, West Indies—White Star liner Megan- tic, 30-day cruise among islands of Caribbean, Panama Canal, Havana. Sailing Jan. 22; Feb. 25, 1925. For detailed information address Grube. Depertment, No. Eccedwar, ‘ork, the company’s offices el where or any author steamship agent. WHITE STAR LINE RED STAR LINE Next Week— CHICAGO NUMBER (Dedicated t'o all Chicagoans, whether they happen to live in New York, N. Y., New Orlea Los Angeles, Calif., or even in Chi Ring Lardner, the famous local boy, is represented in this number; so is Frank- lin P. Adams. The cover is by John Held, Jr. Ellison Hoover has done an impresston of Chicago from the viewpoint of one who has never been there. Ralph Barton has designed an old print of the city in pre-Columbian days, with explanatory text by Robert Benchley. Percy L. Crosby's “Skippy” is happily present. Gluyas Williams has pictured the sufferings of a self-conscious man in the diner on the 20th Century Limited. There are plenty more included: Baron Ireland, Oscar Fred Howard, Dorothy Parker, Don Herold, James K. McGuin- ness, T. S. Sullivant, Baird Leonard, Alice Harvey and Bertram Bloch—to name @ heaping teaspoonful. It will bea GREAT NUMBER. OBEY THAT IMPULSE at any newsstand comicbooks.com