Life — February 3, 1927 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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The High Hatters “BENE R read any of the comic strips?” Naw; they're just for women and kids.” u're right; but I happened to see one the other day in which Skippy was bawling out a funny little shaver because he was always belittling something.” “Yeah, [saw that, too. It was rich, And just a look at Andy Gump's face hands me a laugh every time.” “J enjoy the Bungle Family es lly. That couple reins: me of some neighbor: » here. My wife always wonders why at that, one, She thinks Mutt and Jeff are good.” “Oh,well, women never did know anything about humor, anyway. For a real kick, Katzen- jammer Kids.” “T prefer Jiggs and Ma I sure sympathiz with that guy. “Why? Doesn't your wife let you go ont at Le . what are you ‘eying do —slam me “Why the humor?” “Yes—and I didn’t get it from those infantile comic strips, either.” “T yon mean to insinuate- “Yes, I do.” I roar me the Big Laughs of the Past CLEOPATRA ENCOUNTERS ONE PARLOR SNAKE TOO MANY. hysterics? Maven’t you got a sense of 50 Cuarter II “Two hundred dollars and costs for both of you.” Robert Hage. Neo-Shavian ONORARY membership in the Just- to-Be-Different Club is hereby con- ferred upon George Bernard Shaw. While it has long been understood that an Eng- lishman is a good loser, it remained for Mr. Shaw to demonstrate, with the help of the Nobel Prize commit- tee, that it takes an Irish- man to be a bad winner. Answered Cc} UBWOMAN (deliver- ing speech): What is home without a mother? Voice 1x Gatiery: Her kid. A COMIC STRIP SALESMAN VISITS THE NEW yorK Times. NeTLY A NEWSPAPER Y dear, I've got a new beau! ACtus he’s the SWEETest thing you've ever § Nand FRIGHT fully intelligent. Because I mean he has the MOST tremendous CAR you ever SAW, my dear, and he sends me the MOST he: flowers the time. I mean the house has been simply FILLED with orchids since the first MINute I met him, my dear. Did you ever HEAR of hing so PERfectly SCREAMING? Honestly, my dear, I've never had such a_ thrilling RUSH in my WHOLE young life... .Yes, comes from a FRIGHT fully RICH family and her says they're simply ROTten with money and FRIGHT fully fast and everything and Father says I shouldn't have ANYthing to do with him. Can you BEAR it, my dear? Aren't parents simply the LIMit, though? Well, I'm simply MAD about him because he’s so sort of soPHISticated and everything and he wears the smartest CLOTHES, my dear. I mean you sort of like to be S ‘places with him because he's so FRIGHT fully good-looking in that kind of man-of-the-WORLD sort of w my dear, because I mean he carries himself with an AIR, sort of. vs, Father's simply FURIous about it, my ful man I've ev r KN Ww Ne my dear, and: T'm going to keep right on NG him no matter WHAT Father says—don’t you think I'm ABsolutely right, my dear—I mean don't you HONestly think so?” Lloyd Mayer. Merely History ACCHUS, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of B. Wheeler as 2 across this passage in the w orks of John Milton. erything is fine now! We've found a precedent.” HY don't the ball players start a con- fessional magazine? comicbooks.com