Life — March 26, 1925 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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ELL, the postal pay increase has been approved, and in gratitude the letter carricrs will hump themselves now to get our income tax duns to us ahead of time. LL The postmen are now free to concen- trate on their next great reform: the abolition of Christmas. JL President Cootince should have refused to sign the bill to raise the pay of Con- M’sievr, je Suis Compete. ment at a loss d’expriner Ton admiration pour votre Sublime odeve delicat, 31 Svggestive du demier mot de absolvte Swell refinenent filet mignon, mon Diev, Allons enfants de la Pa-tree gressmen, in the hope that some of them, emulating the ball-players, would hold out. LL Congress, as we understand it, is strong for economy, and economy it is going to have if it takes every cent in the Treasury to get it. -L “For every 100,000 local calls dealt with we receive only four written com plaints,” said the controller of the Lon A Hovbigant. M. Pinavd ‘ M Kerkeft Mr. Colgate da COTY AND HIS STAFF OF CAPABLE FXPERTS PERFECT A NEW FACE POWDER FOR THE BLOND ESKIMOS. don telephone service recently. Which shows how extremely difficult it is ts express oneself suitably in writing. x The Breese expedition to the Sargasso Sea reports the finding of a fish that has hands in place of fins. This ney edible, when brought to market, is ex pected to relieve the American wa of the ancient duty of putting his thum! in the chowder, JL WituaM Beene, though he has already dredged up a lot of things from the bx tom of the sea, has not yet gone deep enough to find the Democratic Party, LL Speaking bitterly of the current wave of pacifism, Rear-Admiral PLus key Nothing but a rotten press keep remains of th says, this word before the public... teed freedom under our C is a question in my mind if some da in order to preserve our liberties, won't have to muzzle them.” So far as we ow, the same con stitutional law which allows newspap< editors to pompous admirals to do which proves that even speech has its drawbacks. aL suppress press criticism of mil what the militarist always seeks,” says Dr. Jous Havses Hotares, in answer to Admiral PLunxett. * time powers in peacetime, and will do anything to get them.” If the Admiral wants permanent war time powers he should consult his local Kleagle (there are plenty of them in Washington, we understand), who, for the purely about unmuzzled permits likewise freedom oi and = muzz! ism shows “His desire to Je wants war nominal fee of ten dollars, will furnish him with a knightly robe and all the feeling of self-importance that goes with it aL The gigantic star, Mira, is said to be moving away from the earth at the rate of a hundred miles a second. Within a few weeks, it should catch up with the late crossword puzzle craze. comicbooks.com