Life — February 24, 1927 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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Life and Letters (Continued from page 24) “TILL,” by E. M. Delafield (Harper), one of my favori! arn-spinners, is by no means another) t Nymph,” but its heroine has qualities very much akin to those of Miss Kennedy’s now cele: brated character, and that rare blend of ingenuousness and sophistication which, when a loyal heart beats be neath it, gives its possessor an ine: able charm, Jill, 7 moreover, is a thoroughly plausib! 4 that awful moment when Cathie Galbraith is obliged to suggest that it is a good idea for young girls to send_ their slips to the laundry at fairly regular intervals. The story is one of post-war London, and Jack and © Doreen Galbraith are, to date, the outstanding fictional representatives of the type that is supposed to have got 4 When you do want a good lawn mower that that way because of what the international struggle did” will really Jast,ask for it by name - - any to its morale. Submerged in debt, on the qui vive for Pennsylvania Quality brand-and be sure free meals, not knowing where the next headwaiter's ] tip is coming from, yct always smartly and faultlessly of it by seeing the Staytite Handle ~ ~ gowned and avid for revelry and excitement. It is into | ‘Writ interesting booklet the whirlpool of their night life that Jill, the child of a 3 brite Sor interesting bookie demi-mondaine, is first thrust because of the financial lift PENNSYLVANIA LAWN MOWER WORKS 1625 N. 23rd Street Philadelphia, Pa. The New STAYTITE HANDLE y to the respectable and safety of their home that her pers y so delight- fully. Oliver aud Cathie are as good characterizations e as Jack and Doreen—wore difficult ones, too, because | SYLV. they are subtler. I fell for Oliver at once when I learned that he shared a pet conviction of my own, namely, that 4 Quality “low: curiosity is in reality a blessing to its possessors.” LAWN MOWERS An unpretentious and readable book, this, and herewith highly commended. NCLE JOE CANNON once said that if he wanted to settle most effe: y with an enemy, he would get him a departmental job in Washington at $1,800 a year. That his idea of vengeance was sound is evidenced in “The Painted City,” by Mary Badger Wilson — (Stokes), a group of stories built around the young | people who come full of high hope to the capital from small towns and learn only too soon the deadliness of routine existence and the futility of its outlook. After reading them, you will be more contented with your lot as a policeman, a sales manager, or even as a book reviewer. Baird Leonard. The Barber Goes Crazy ES, sir, now if I was Coolidge I'd tell the Senate clippers only on the back not on the sides because Italy’s gonna declare war on Bulgaria and there's a y little blonde comes in here regular to get her hair med because a fellow like me working for a salary can't hardly get by any more you ought to have our special hot kerosene face massage so when she told her husband never came home before midnight do you want a little more off the top genuine old pre-war stuff just call Spring 7639 and ask for k I'd let Germany © settle for about a hundred billion in cash then let her borrow some money from Russia and your scalp is in terrible condition you better have an egg shampoo didja ever hear the joke about the two coons who went ice The Insult skating and got Hawaii with a one-tube set my wife’s A WELL-MEANING FRIEND SENDS A PAIR OF COTTON- uncle made Babe Ruth ain't near the player a fellow is I : To THE “ALL-WOOL KING.” used to know who played center field for Moline Illinois you better lemme fix that scalp or you'll get bald.” Robert Lord. (BUSH TERMINAL PRINTING CORPORATION, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK comicbooks.com