Life — February 17, 1927 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Verified A youxe University undergraduate had to present himself for an examina- tion in which he was expected to read a short thesis on Greek tragedy, Knowing nothing of the subject, he BY asked the help of a friend, who was an expert. This gentleman wrote out and gave him a masterly little treatise, of which the only fault lay in the penmanship. At the examination all went well until the young man startled his audience with the sentence, “We now come to the tragedies of Bophocles.” “The tragedies of whom?” gasped one of the examiners. “You mean Sophocles!” exclaimed an- other. For some moments the young man gazed earnestly at the manuscript. Then he looked up with a reassured smile, and “No, it is distinctly Bophocles —Passing Show (London), from “A Play-goer'’s Wanderings,” by H. M. Walbrook, . Archaic Tu disrepute into which corsets have fallen was well illustrated at a recent college dance. Speaking of the one girl in the y who wore ‘em, one young man t “Well, I'm going over and dance with Old Ironsides now.” —New York Evening World. Advice to a Rookie Tue veteran catcher waddled out to the box for a conference with the wild recruit. “See here, bimbo,” he said, “vou pitch a few more bad ones and Landis will be wanting to look over your mail.” —Detroit News. “U.S. Hen stxo.”"—Headline 4 face that launched a thousand chips—Chicago Daily News. ss’ Poker Fact Tuatts Ca- “Wir is your town's motto?” “Shoot to kill.” —Lonisville Courier-Journal. IT WOULD BE MORE PRACTICAL TO CARRY LICENSE NUMBERS ON THE TIRES INSTEAD OF ON THE CAR ITSELF. —Séndagsnisse-Striz (Stockholm). ‘Aut Scissors aut Nullus' The More Deadly Species —Fit:, in An Example to Others Tue treatment of prisoners in one South Australian jail is remarkably humane. A regular visitor inquired re- y regarding an old offender. “What's wrong with Bill? He seems to have a grouch.” “No wonder,” said one of his mates. “He threatened the warden with a shovel to-day and now they won't let him go to choir practice."—Smith’s Weekly (Sydney). Oxe Mororist (fo an- other): Where do you park your pedestrians after you have run them down —Kansas City Star. “Ane you in favor of drinking?” So, I'm against Pro- hibition.” —Virginia Reel. Sporting and Dramatic News (London). Casualty “Mas, Lew Stixson has returned from th’ funeral of her brother, who wuz killed in action in Chicago.” ~—Abe Martin, in Indianapolis News. Most men play golf for love of the game, says a well-known professional. Some of the men we have gone round with seem to play it for spite—Punch. “wutat! you've cut orr your MOST BEAUTIFUL ATTRIBUTE—YoUR Lona main?” “WELL, | CAN TELL You Now— IT WASN'T MINE.” —L'Ilustration (Paris). comicbooks.com