Life — June 9, 1927 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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The Unkindest Cut Arter months of careful nurturing, the fledgling mustache was just begin- ning to be noticeable on the lip of its ‘oung possessor, who walked man- fully into the barber shop and demanded a shave. ‘The hot towels were soothing and he half napped as the conscientious Lurber scraped off fuzz and lather with practiced strokes, The process com- pleted, the youth roused himself and glunced into the mirror at his clean- shaven » Consternation flushed be- neath the talcum, “Where is) my claimed, “L haven't seen it,” replied the puzzled barber.—Indéanapolis News. mustache?” he ex- In a Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT EASE Cause for Alarm A 1ocat. pareht has become suddenly concerned over the Younger Generation, Last night his five-year-old boy said: pa, give me a thousand dollars. —Detroit News. 27 Domestic (hazily delivering mes- sage to undesirable caller): sissvs ’$ SORRY BUT SHE DorsN’T FEEL AT ‘OME WITH You. We like a girl with a little clopement in her blood, even if she never uses it. —Ohio State Journal. —Humorist (London). The Man Who Made Good We learn with interest of an elderly gentleman whose life has been spent in the service of a large business house, where, without appreciable promotion, he has toiled at the mailing desk for some forty-odd dollars a week. Possibly be- cause of unfulfilled desires, he has grown to look like a captain of industry, and lately has discovered that he can pick up extra money posing for illustrations of success advertisements. During the noon hour he often slips over to the studio of a commercial photographer, sits down splendidly at a large mahog- any desk, poses as a business executive who is saying to one of his men: “Sim- mons, I want you to take charge of our Argentine branch,” and gets back to his mail desk by two o'clock. ‘The president of his company, we are told, looks like a little old Western Union messenger.—New Yorker. Nothing better for sluggish appetite than Abbott's Hitters. Sample by mall, 25 cts. C. W. Abbott & Co, Baltimore, Md. Time's Changes The Gay Nineties—*Shall we drive out to the park?” The Vicious Twenties— out on the drive?” hall we park —Penn State Froth, ive is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in U. S. atent, Office. $5.00 a year in advance, Additional postage to foreign couritries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents, Back nambers cannot be supplied. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter . C., England. Lane, Loudon, The foreign trade su Dreams. Buildings, London, E.G plied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, *. Canadian distributor,’ The American News Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal,’ Canada, No contributions twill be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions, Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. Sevd toe in stamp or cot for our “Cuda te Waterway ravela”’—outlining over $0 charted water tripe throug] the United States and Canada, Cosalog orn bees! 3 Eorablished 1876 2and 4 E Forty-Fourth Street NEW YORK tional patronage —evidence of the prestige of their craftsmanship. ETZEL enjoya na- comicbooks.com