Life — February 17, 1927 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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Mr. Underhill: ris 1s OUR LATEST ACHIEVEMENT—A TYPEWRITER FOR THE CHINESE TRADE. Journalistic Portraits Charles G. Dawes HE is a scrious-looking C! cagoan who as Vice-Presi- dent with the proviso that he does not have to like the Senate. He is a world benef: he arranged that poor could not afford luxuries like would be permitted to pay for them with a small deposit down and so much a month. He knows as much about the bud- get system as the editors of Good Housekeeping. He is an amateur musician, but he has so many good qualities that people do not avoid him. He is popularly supposed to have more expert knowledge in reserve than any other American, except, of course, Herbert Hoover. He is thought to have joined the Coolidge Administration with reser- vations. McC. H. Thriving ERKINS (handing over pay en- velope to wife): You got a nice little raise this week, my d GOING DOWN To M EET DADDY Fifteen Minutes To-Day! Some libraries and courses require fifteen minutes a day to give you the equivalent of a college education— but in fifteen minutes one day you can memorize the following and step right up with any average college graduate a year out of college. ATHEMATICS—Let x equal the unknown quantity. All right, Ict it! Latin—All Gaul is divided into three parts—poor thing. Greek—Well, lessee — “When Greck mects Greek, they something or other.” Biology—The descent of man— er—well, it has been pretty fast. Chemistry—Well, it ms there is a periodic law. . . but it’s probably been broken. Physics—If you heat iron, it ex- pands; ‘ou heat water, it boils; if you heat iron and water in the same vessel, it’s very foolish. Literature—"To be or not to be, that is the question,” ete. German—‘Die Wacht am Rhein.” that means. low tr and sell Philosophy—The grass on the other side of, the fence is always greener. English—It's a crime to ever split your infinitives. General Culture—When in Rome, do as you please, Appreciation of Finer Things— Any good method of testing liquor. W. G.I. But No Horse Laughs 2WALK lined w i pedestrians. y grins, while his sedate, ed passenger is genuinely ed Plain, ordinary _ flivver drivers shake with mirth; truck and taxi drivers laugh _ boisterously. Motormen openly exhibit their glee; impudent newsboys jeer at the em- barrassed victim. horns of a dozen or more cars blocked by the green driver have a sardonic tone. A traffic officer looks on and roars. The comedy is being furnished by a brother traffic cop learning to drive. Bill: Sykes. THE Scotchman was taking » drink of American liquor. “And wh he asked, “do they pay you for drink- ing this? No telep! Th WI M comicbooks.com