Life — December 9, 1926 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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29 What Is a Unit? Revenge ‘Tur teacher was explaining the mean- a magazine editor having been let ing of the word “unit.” Picking up vari- out, it was a question whether to retain ects, she asked what they were him for a month while he looked around, h time received the answer, “A or give him a month's pay and let him go. et him go, by all means,” directed Finally, she took from her desk an ¥ the publisher. “I once retained an editor “And what is this?” she asked. i in that way for a month and he ac- *A unit,” was the answer, cepted $5,000 worth of bum poetry.” ‘aking her knife, the teacher peeled HD —Louisville Courier-Journal. orange, and holding the peeling in f «l, she inquired: “What is this? i a Abbott's Bitters, a stomachic, meets every require 1¢ class looked confused, but thought- } ment of 8 tonte. Kample by mail, 25 cus. in stampa, ful. .\fter a time, a hand went up. *What is it, James?” asked the teacher. “That is the skin of a unit,” asserted Janes.—Indianapolis News. Her Narrow Escape s your husband fond of golf “Fond of it? He told me the other ; day that [ could consider myself lucky First Night t he married me before he was intro- ‘Tue author of the new play sat quietly Hien SS Ske wHRKE duced 6 the game.” in his box until just before the curtain d ne ee ils fell in the last act, when suddenly be iui auras deceeelipnabienkaldamaiin exclaimed: “Ah, there it is “What?” inquired his friend. “Why, the line of mine they've left in.” —London Evening News. —Boston Transcript. “THAT's JUST WIL) “L've been thrown off of better trains ING Anout.” than this,” announced the belligerent —Tribuna Illustrata (Milan), passenger to the hard brakeman, “I went on tour once with a royal party. con't —Detroit News, Sour women who deny belief in n cles expect to see results when they pass Tutene’s nothing like an earthquake to a beauty parlor for treatment. take people out in the open air. ‘Tue modern version ought to read that —Newcastle Courier. —Detroit Free Press. i miss is as good ay a male,—Ideas, ablished every y Thursday, simultaneously in the United The foreign trade “pele, ied_from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered i 3! Breams Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, The American $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign News Company, Ltd., 386- See Se James Street, Montreal,’ Canada. i the pomal Unies, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped und SARASE: De: SUppIS addressed envelope, Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or t and illustrations in Lire ere copyrighted. For Reprint Rights non-return of unsolicited contributions. to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior ingland. to the dete of § issue to be ofc: Wetzel Eorabtished 1874 2and + E Forty-Fourth Street NEW YORK ETZEL en- joys national |) Patronage — evi- | dence of the pres- tige of their crafts- | manship. “That Good Pittsburgh Candy y ZA Socoy wen a onoTuens INCORPORATED. PITTSBURGH, PA-BINCE 1848 Copyright by Wetzel comicbooks.com