Life — December 31, 1925 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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OHN D. ROCKEFELLER recently J threw a shower of dimes to some caddies at Ormond Beach. This is said to be the first real money that has changed hands in Florida this season. JL A toy specialist reports that the chil- dren of to-day are interested only in bobbed-hair dolls. And a precocious child of our acquaintance was overheard to remark, “So's your old man.” LL English railroads are advancing their commutation rates and, next to us, the one man on earth least interested in this bit of is the Prince oF Wates. news aL The new sneezing gas adopted by the U. S. Army is called diphenylamine- chlororasine. We can just hear the top sergeant teach- ing his men how to defend themselves against that. Seventy-five members of the Yale School of Dramatic Arts attended a performance of “Abie’s Irish Rose” during the holidays. Well, we suppose even students of the drama have to break training once in a while. LL , The Maine hunting season cost a total of fourteen lives, proving, as if it were necessary to prove it, that being a hunter in Maine is far safer than being a pedestrian anywhere else. The Mitcuett court-martial case has come to an end with both sides, as usual, claiming a moral victory and the public, also as usual, thinking about something else. JL And, speaking of trials, our readers will be interested to hear that a decree has been filed in the Supreme Court of Tennessee allowing an appeal by coun- sel for Joun Tuomas Scores. “AND DON’T FORGET—THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS MILITARISM:-IN AMERICA!” Among the things against which war has been declared by the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals for 1926 are prizefight- ing, betting on the races, and all kinds of books and plays that it doesn’t like. With such a program it is considered unlikely that the Methodist Board will have much time to go in for religion this season. = The year of grace, 1926, and National Laugh Month will be inaugurated this week. Happy New Year! Ha, ha, ha! Motoring Musings ‘TP. better slow up. There's the traffic cop that I got that awful bawling out from last Sunday. Believe me, I'm going to get his job if it’s the last thing I ever do.” “Gee, those Lightning Sixes are dandy. Wish I had one. Wonder how much I could get on this old boat.” “Darn women drivers! None of them’s got brains enough to run a car Why don’t they stay home?” “There's that knocking again. A fine bunch of incompetent bandits they've got in that garage.” “I'd like to smash all those Fords.” “Hey! How much room do you want? You ought to call that wreck of yours a Sty.” “Gosh. I’ve got to make another pay- ment on the car next week.” “Dang it! I'll bet Myrtle has stripped the gears again.” “If I ever get pinched for murder the deceased will be a taxi chauffeur.” “Out of gas agair Oh, well, if I ask for five gallons I'll get three, I sup- “Guess I'll start for home. I don’t understand how any one can get any fun out of driving these days.” Robert Hage. Prophecy MILLION years from next Tues- day, an archeologist is going to dig up the bones of an animal. He will call it a Disourzsaphitdse. It will be a cat. comicbooks.com