Life — January 29, 1925 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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“he Lost Books of Livy that the Lost Books of Livy ve been found at last and it cer- y is a load off my mind. For a . L thought that they were prob- gone forever, and knowing how less Livy was I felt sure that he neglected to take out insurance y must have been one of those near- ted, absent-minded scholars who are tantly mislaying things From the iption in the newspapers, the books large and bulky and any man who lose them would lose a grand » or a ferryboat. Still, I am re- ed that they. are found. It must a great satisfaction to his iamily. (here are other episodes in history are even stranger and more incom- sensible; for instance, there is the raordinary case of the Lost Tribes Israel. I can understand how Livy ht have left those books on a rail- d train; I have done the same thing quently myself, and IT am not un- al. But how on earth any one could careless enough to lose ten tribes of is beyond me, Just plain mb carelessness, T call it. brews sap FAMOUS BOOBS OF HISTORY LANGLEY—THE CRANK WHO CLAIMED THAT HEAVIER-THAN-AIR MACHINES COULD FLY I have often wondered why they didn’t advertise in the Lost and Found columns of the Palestine newspapers “Lost; Ten tribes of Israel. Liberal reward offered for their return. No questions asked.” I can hardly im- agine myself or any of my friends los- ing ten tribes, or even six, for that matter, without making a vigorous effort to locate them. I remember reading somewhere about the lost continent of aan “OFFICER, ARREST THAT MAN FOR CARELI UE DELIBERATELY WALKED INTO MY CAR A FENDERS AND A MUDGUARD.” Atlantis. For sheer in- excusable negligence, there is a case that is in a class with the Ten Tribes. Just im- agine losing a conti- nent; it is incredible! Still, if people insist upon leaving their continents lying around carelessly they must expect something to happen to them. I can picture the scene when the fellow who owned that con- tinent came home. “Mama,” I can hear him say, “have you seen that continent of mine anywhere around?” “Well, where did you leave it Mama, looking up from the oil stove where she is cooking the dinner. “TL left it in back of the house—hehind the garage.” says S$ WALKING— ND BENT ROTH “Well, you're always losing things I never knew such a man. You'd lose your head if it wasn’t fastened on your neck. Did you look upstairs in your bureau drawer? “Now how in blazes would upstairs in’my bureau drawer? it get I told you, didn’t I, that I left it outside be- hind the garage. Some crook has just come along and walked off with that And I could there continent of mine. have sold it only last wee! “All right,” says Mama with asperity. “You can't say that I didn’t warn you If I told you once I told you a hundred times that you ought to fasten up that continent and not leave it out there so careless. But no! I might just as well have been talking to the four walls. 1 don't believe it's stolen at all. I'll bet you just put it somewhere and forgot where you left it. If you look upstairs in your bureau or in the hall closet, you'll probably find it right where you left it. You're always mislaying things. If I told you once I told you a hundred times. “All right! All right! Let it go. I'll buy a new continent. Bat I sure do hate to lose that there Atlantis...” From the latest reports Atlantis is still lost. I suppose the Lost Tribes of Israel are living upon it somewhere. Newman Levy. Easy Money IRST BOOB: Bet you I can tell what you're thinking about Seconp Boos: Bet you can't. what have you got to say? First Boos: Nothing. Srconp Boos: You win. Now, comicbooks.com