Life — October 8, 1925 — page 39: what you’re looking at

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air {t, Clark’s Famous Cruises By Cunard line, new oll-burners Jan. 20, Around the World Cruise westward. 128 days, $1250 to $3,000. Jan. 30, Mediterranean Cruise 62 days, $600 to ee, June 30, 1926, N and Western Mediterranean; 53 days, $550 to 0. Rates include hotels, drives, guides, fees. Longest experienced cruise management. Extablished 30 years F.C. CLARK, Times Bidg., New York — Ee Lire’s Encyclopedia Pakkinc Space (obsolete) —An area, usually contiguous to the side- walk of a street, in which an au- tomobile may be left unattended. While it is still permitted, by law, to there has been no report of any one’s having found a parking space ¢ 1912, In that year Elmer Weeks, merican Parker, is said actually to have “parked” on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, though many assert that he left his car in front of a hydrant and in consequence is not en- titled to a clean “park.” Other claims of “parking” have been made by New York business men who left their cars and completed the trip to the office by train. These claims could not, of course, be allowed; for under the rules cars must be “parked” within United St territorial limits to score a “park.’ Sib. Three Times and | a Friend for Life Try Barbasol just three times—accord- ing to directions. You’ll never use any- thing else forshaving. No brush. No rub-in. No after-smart. 35c and 65c tubes. 7 The / Barbasol r // Begone / Please mail me Z your Free Trial (fi Tube of Barbasol. For Modern Shaving In the Land art acsiat Oe other end of “the longest gangplank in the world” 'AMELS graze. Solemn storks stand on stilt-like legs. Nomads pitch their striped tents. Overall....avivid Sahara sky. Itison the edge of the desert. And Biskra faces the great ocean of sand. It flaunts the glorious beauty of the garden of the VilladeBenévent. Where tall palms rustle their fronds and soft shades beckon. Inthe native quarter....dingy mudhouses. Withcrazy balconiesfantastically clutching them. Here live theOuled Nail: dancing girlsfromthe desert. Their heavy dow- ties of gold clasping throats, ankles and arms. In a Renault car of the North African Tours you have motored down fromConstantine.... that ivory citadel perched on a thousand foot tock, the Bou-Regreg cascading below it. And you are making for the heart of the desert along the macadam highways. To Laghouat, the emerald oasis. With the sand storms be- yond. And the devil dances of the mirage. Well equipped caravans go off the beaten path, You strike camp under the low hang- ing desert moon, Or if you preferthe luxuries of a modern hotel, you can always stop at one of the 27 Transatlantique-hotels. Ie is the end of the rainbow .... and twenty-six hours from Europe. And Europe is six days from America . . . . on the luxurious Paris or France. You are under French Line management during the entire trip... with everything arranged here, in any French Line local office, before starting. Trench Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 19 State Street, New York Offices and Agencies tm principal Cities of Europe and the United States Recent Developments (The Regular Silent Drama department is omitted this week) The Merry Wido A. picture which may best be described with the overworked — adjective, enchanting.” Superbly directed by E von Stro- heim and played by John Gilbert. he Coast of Folly. Gloria Swan- son oe ited this one and then dashed home to France. Siegfried. A gorgeous and impres- sive transcription of the old Norse saga. The Gold Rush. Typical Chaplin laughter and typical Chaplin tears. Sally of the Sawdust. D. W. Griffith used to be_a great director. Shore Leave. Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill in a pleasant, unpretentious love story. The Phantom of the Opera. An- ether grand and glorious thriller co- starring Carl Laemmle's bank-roll and Lon Chaney's make-up box. The Wanderer. By all odds the best of the Biblical pictures. The Trouble with Wives. Excel- lent light comedy, directed by Malcolm St. Clair. A Slave of Fashion, Norma Shearer and Lew Cody do much with little. Don Q. This marvelous Fairbanks picture is now out of the two-dollar theatres and within the reach of all The Unholy Three. A trio of cir- cus freaks are swept up inthe crime wave. R. B.S. comicbooks.com