Life — November 25, 1926 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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SHAKESPEARE ON THE RADIO AND THOSE MUSICIANS THAT SHALL HANG PLAY TO YOU IN THE AIR A THOUSAND LEAGUES FROM HENCE, Henry IV. YET NOW—NO MATTER. AH, STAND BY. This morning the pub- November j:4° prints black with 3rd headlines proclaiming the great victory of Governor Smith and Justice Wagner at the polls, which did seem a strange, strange thing to me, who was born in a dis- trict where little children would point at a tall man passing in the street and say, There gocs Judge Tilton; he’s a Democrat! as though an eighth wonder of the world were in their midst. In fact, in looking back over my life I must set down ‘ that one of its most sorrowful moments was when I did learn that Uncle Joe Cannon had been deposed from the Speakership of the House, even though my being a fellow- townsman of his had caused Pro- fessor Everett Kimball of Smith Col- ledge to address most of the ques- tions in Civil Government to me. But Lord! what comprehensible dif- ference will it make to me which party be in power? Republicans or Democrats, Monsicur le Clairville will still avoid my gaze and sa Forty dollars, or Thirty-five, when Task the price of a hat, and I doubt if the greengrocers take much note of what political sparrows fall. I am amused, too, by the different photographs which the rival journals publish of the victors, the Demo- cratic press presenting men of noble mien and courageous profile, who seem, in similar reproductions in the Republican dailies, to be stamped with lines of felony and dissipation, and sadly in need of dental atten- tion....Off before noon to get my hair trimmed and waved, being strongly minded to have it shaved off entirely that I might wear a wig Antony and Cleopatra. throughout the season, for I am bored with the color of my own locks, and should thoroughly enjoy flaunting a flame-colored mop, but I did forbear the innovation forasmuch as my husband had threatened me with divorce should I perpetrate it. He does not alarm me in that con- nection as much as he did formerly, however, for I have recently en- countered several persons who are anxious to sever their matrimonial bonds and find the project exceeding hard on both their emotions and pocketbooks, so that they do not un- derstand how divorce is considered (Continued on page 30) " A Radio Fan’s Cycle very pleasant resul| from stations WABC and WDEF. B two-tube sect and loud- spea Stations WABC and WDEF come in fine (on the ear- phones). Buys five-tube set for the sake of the loudspeaker. Gets several more local stations, including WABC and WDE Buys cight-tube superheterodyne. Gets a whole lot of stations, all at once. Gets all the static. Gets des- perate. Moves out the living-room couch and the table and buys a ten-tube super-everything, operated directly from the house current, and the last word in radio. Gets all there is— and what of it? The landlord raises the rent. decides to move. Pays off movers with the ten-tube set. Buys new crystal set and blows the dust off the earphones. WABC and WDEF broadcast about all the stuff worth listening to, any- way. H.W. H. Wife Origins Jit : Her father kept a saloon. Jack: Is her family as old as that? GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY ! YOU ARK NOW GLIDING TO YOUR VARIOUS DESTINATIONS ON ONE OF THE FASTEST AMD MOST PALATIAL ‘TRAINS Rum BY THE B.U.& Dik. RAILROAD COMPANY. © YOU ARE PLEASED WITH THE SERVICE A NOTE TO "THAT EFFECT WouLD BE APPRECIATED BY TRE COMPANY, WHICH MAY BE ADDRESSED IN CARE OF YOUR, LOCAL STATION « THE NEXY STOP 1$ NORTH CoBoconK— NORTH COBOCONK GEORGE DEWEY LINKLATER ANNOUNCING. PLEASE STAND By FOR THE THE TRAIN ANNOUNCER AND THE RADIO ANNOUNCER CHANGE PLACES comicbooks.com