Life — July 8, 1926 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Life “My DAUGHTER IS TOO YOUNG TO MARRY—SO ARE “WE ARE WILLING TO OVERLOOK EACH OTHER'S PAILINGS, SIR.” June “t the coiffeur's by ten o'clock to have a perma- nent wave put in my hair, having succumbed 16th 1, vanity once more, and the agony so great whilst they were putting on the papicr-maché cylinders that I was at some pains to restrain myself from reach- ing up and wh. g my tormentors, for Lord! when I closed my eyes it did seem as if they were chinning themselves by hanging to the roots of my hair. But when the painful process was over I was glad to have endured it, feeling in effect like that legend on the front of our post office in regard to its couriers—nor wind, nor rain, ete, can halt me now....To luncheon at an inn with Meg Perkins and heard all about the Hawleys, who are pre- paring for a divorce. I do well remember when they were married a few years ago how they were wont to con- tend as to which should dic first, so great was their mutual affection, and now one of them is setting off for Paris to break the bonds. Much talk of many things, Meg confessing that she is like me in giving larger tips to taxicab drivers with gray hair, and being just as be- wildered about the proverbial chip-on-the-shoulder which seems to go with domestic serv In what other call of life, for instance, would a laborer be so contemptuous of his employers and so little (Continued on page 32) Mother: THANK BASKETBALL AND TAKEN Nancy (just back from college): AND, MAMMA, I MADE THE SCRUB TEAM! GOODNESS Life HE International Dental Conference is to be held | in Philadelphia late in August, and we trust the toastmaster will introduce the round of speechmak- ing with the remark: “Now, this is going to hurt just a little bit.” JL “Twenty-seven Hurt When Cars Coolidge on Bridge,” says a headline in the Pittsburgh Sun. The accident occurred, probably, while both cars were attempting to dodge an issue. LL Proposed campaign song for President Cootipce: “That Uncertain Party of Mine.” The police of Cincinnati will hereafter be equipped with pocket cameras as a means of detecting crime. Citizens are urged to codperate by looking pleasant when caught in the act of being held mB Add to the list of successful Americans the retired voter who made all his money in the Pennsylvania primaries. JL Bavaria has advanced its voting age from twenty-one to twenty-five years. If Pennsylvania were to do a thing like that it would cause untold suffering to thousands of young voters who have no other means of support. LL “L, W. Pryor, formerly with Peoples Undertaking Co. Inca wishes to announce to the pub- lice that he is now connected with L. W. Pryor & Co., funeral directors and embalmers, 919 Fifth Street. He will be pleased to mect any of his old friends.” —Lynchburg (Va.) Advance. Not, however, if L. W.’s old friends happen to see him first. LL Amu ~ and Byrp proved conclusively that they could fly over the Pole in less time than it takes them to tell about it. Little Things ITTY: Who was the last Democratic _ candidate for the presidency? Betty: Oh, did they have one? HE world’s best example of people who don’t know whether they're coming or going lies in the membership list of the French Premiers’ Rotary Club. You’vVE DROPPED UP SOMETHING USEFUL! comicbooks.com