Life — April 14, 1927 — page 37: what you’re looking at

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Don’t Ask Me Another! (Here are the answers to the ques- tions propounded by Inquisitive Clara in this issue.) N°: 1—"Look, my dear, she’s as white as a sheet!” No. 2—The taxi-meter. No. S—A room, or suite, where business is transacted. No. 1—A somewhat lawless town in IHlinvis. No. 5—To defend themselves against persons who mistake them for Confederate soldiers. Deeper Purple A micit-scnoot student in Illinois dyed his tan black and his face turned purple, according to a news story. Well, that’s not so bad. We dyed our tan shoes black and the shoes turned purple. —New Orleans Times-Picayune. AUTOMATIC MOTION PICTURE CAMERA AND PROJECTOR Ke complete Motion Picture Outfit at a lower cost / “| iE PATHEX outfit provides all you need for perfect m_ motion pic- ture photography and projection at least cxpense and with absolute safety—for all Parhex film is non-inflammable. The CAMERA is simple and automatic—just a few econds to load, then aim and press the but- ton—that's all! All Pathex films are devel- ped free at Pathe Laboratories The PROJECTOR, motor-driven, enables you to show your own and Pathex Library films just as easily and conveniently as they are taken. Operates from ordinary lighting current The LIBRARY of Pathex films puts at your dis- posal a vast range of motion picture sub- jects for use with your own films for ever- ready, up-to-date entertainment of young and old, PATHEX, Inc. 35 West 45th Street New York, N. Y. Demonstration at Your Dealer’s or Write Direct to Us for Iluse trated Booklet. ——————————————————— Communication for a Growing Nation An Advertisement of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company Tue first telephone call was made from one room to another in the same building. The first advance in telephony made possible conver- sations from one point to another in the same town or community. The dream of the founders of the Bell Telephone System, however, was that through it, all the sepa- rate communities might some day be interconnected to form a nation-wide community. Such a community for speech by telephone has now become a reality and the year-by-year growth in the number of long distance telephone calls shows how rapidly it is developing. This super-neighborhood, ex- tending from town to town and state to state, has grown as the means of communi- cation have been provided to serve its business and social needs, This growth is strikingly shown by the extension of long distance telephone facilities. In 1925, for additions to the long distance tele- phone lines, there was expended thirty-seven million dollars. In 1926 sixty-one million dollars. During 1927 and the three follow- ing years, extensions are planned ona still greater scale, including each year about two thousand miles of long distance cable. These millions will be expended on long distance telephone lines to meet thenation’s growthand their use will help to further growth. Line Against Line BVERY cloud has a silver lining. The burnt child dreads the fire. Open confession is good for the soul. Coming events cast their shadows be- fore. In union is strength. There are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught. The pen is mightier than the sword. Consistency, thou art a jewel! Think twice before you act. It never rains but it pours. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Least said, soonest mended. It's the unexpected that happens. Every tub should stand on its own bottom. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Actions speak louder than words. Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Obey that impulse! comicbooks.com