Life — February 19, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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‘DER the partial payment plan, France is learning the sensation we all experienced years ago when we bought a set of Stevenson for a dollar a week, LL It will be a typical Cootrpce inaugural, dispatch from Washington. Does that mean the President will walk in the parade to save gas? JL From a news story in the New York Bulletin: “A Klansman asked permission to conduct a Klan service. He read passages from the 13th chapter of the Book of Hebrews.” We hope that the Klansman t skip the first two verses of that chapter, which are: “Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained says a Crossing the Atlantic by air will be a common thing in ten years, according to Brig.-Gen. C. W. Tompson of the British Air Service. After that, the exclusive traveler will have to be con- tent with crossing by radio. Anticipating this, the President has re- cently issued an executive order relating to aliens entering the United States in airships. “In case of airships coming to the United States from foreign coun- tries,” so runs the order, “the Secretary of State should be informed in advance of the date and place of expected ar- rival.” Aviators failing to obey this order will probably be given the air. a The Welsh mountain Troedryhiffuwch has begun to move. Breaking up into syllables, probably. LL “The members of the French Parlia- ment,” says Apert GueRarD, “are rather better educated than our average Congressman and are rather more brilliant than the average British M. P.” Unani- mously chosen as the season's most successful attempt at damn- ing with faint praise. Sed . It takes forty-eight million years for light to travel to the earth from a certain star, which . ought to insure inhabitants of a IL pees certain star reasonable protection from being bummed for matches. angels unaware The ice-cream soda is reported to have established itself in the -L . Professor Cartes S. Loncacre Argentine Republic. That makes rofessor Cita S. Loncacre . , Fi told a meeting of the Anti- us quits with those Argentines c Cigarette League that “men for sending us ue tango a should not be allowed to smoke in the presence of ladies." He may be right, but it does seem sort of foolish just to sit and watch them, and strike matches, and bring them ash-trays. A Universal Peace Day, which has lately been proposed, should give the inhabitants of Herrin, ill, a chance to catch up on their sleep. Extracts from Famous Baby Books Basy WitutaM Jennincs Bryan Born March 19, 1860. aL MARCH 21, 1860—Baby starts talking. The average citizen talks of law- DECEMBER 24, 1860—To-day Baby invoked Santa lessness and violence as menaces Claus in @ four-hour oration asking for a sileer coin that are distantly removed from for Christmas. 2 i ra . AUGUST 30, 1861—Beby gets his first teething ring are looking for a place to estab- us) owa. private solar/aystem ee dipped in grape-julce. lish one of their abodes of if one is to judge by the number | sucusT 31, 1861—Baby cuts his first tooth and snaps | silence. They might try Demo- of impassioned murders, sudden at brewery horse. cratic Headquarters: and “I-didn’t-know-it- JANUARY 3, 1862—On this dey Baby was in great was-loaded” tragedies that are glee at his first sight of a donkey. reported daily, there is a little bit JANUARY 4, 1862—Baby tries to ride the donkey, but of Herrin in every home. falls off. L JANUARY 5, 1862—Donkey dies of annoyance. SEPTEMBER 17, 1862—Baby talks his way through three teething rings and is placed in sound-proof cage. FEBRUARY 2. 1863—Baby weeps bitterly ot sight of orgcn grinder's monkey. APRIL 28, 1853—Baby has mumps, can't talk, and grows despondent. MAT, The Trappist order of monks, driven away from their monas- tery at Banz, Bavaria, by tourists, suicides. And by the ead joan W. Davis has retired to private practice with almost as many law partners as he had votes in the last cam- paign. The Marquis pe LA Faatse DE La Couprag, known publicly as Gloria Swanson’s new husband, is one of the heirs to the Hen- nessy brandy fortunes. Well—they have another star in the family now. Suggestion to istinguished for- eign visitors: Why not lay a wreath on the grave of the Un- known Soldier? It would be a wonderful publicity stunt. comicbooks.com