Life — June 16, 1927 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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Life OF INTEREST TO TRAVELERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD When ROOSEVELT went to SOUTH AMERICA He Carried A-B-A Certified~Cheques NE of the first to appreciate the safety and convenience of cer- tified cheques for travelers was Theodore Roosevelt. On his famous South Americanexpeditionin1913-14 he carried A-B-A Certified Cheques. Wherever you go you, too, can guard against loss or inconvenience by carry- ing these official travelers VA, cheques of the American Bankers Association. A:B-A Cheques are rec- hotels, shops and ticket offices in all parts of the world. They are better than gold because they afford com- plete protection against loss or theft. U.S. Government customs officials accept them at all ports. A:B-A Cheques are the only certified travel if cheques that enjoy uni- versal acceptance. Yet they cost no more than or- dinary travel funds, 11,000 banks advise their use. ognized and accepted at This $1.00 book free to -You can get them from favorable rates in banks, urchasers of ABA wes for use abroad. your bank. Better Than Gold Life and Letters HYRA SAMTER WINSLOW continues to write about grubby and inconsequential characters in her latest book of short stories, “People Round the Corner” (Knopf), but in art technique is more important than substance, and Mrs. Winslow's method brings the reader so close to reality that sympathy blinds him to the insignificance of her dramatis persona. It was all I could do to finish “Her Own Room,” the most poignant tale in the collection, b- cause it was inevitable that Isabel and her spineless husband would come home from their honeymoon to live with her parents and drive Grandma back to the dining-room davenport on which she had slept for twelve years. “On a Pleasant Sun- day Afternoon in August,” the most dramatic chronicle, reveals a woman slipping poison into a man's coffee with a facile unconcern worthy of the Borgias, and, what is more, get- ting away with it. “With Nice People” taxes credulity; it is hardly probable that a climbing couple could progress from the slums of Greenwich Village to a Rolls-Royce and the Sixties without knowing bet- ter than to pick up strangers in a night club. Mrs. Winslow is at her best with the small-town Ellas and Millies who yearn for something be- yond what their immediate environ- ment offers in the way of suitors and diversion, and three of their chapters are unfolded in “Other Good Fish,” “Ambition” and “The Beautiful Blonde.” There are four- teen stories altogether, and I think you will find them good reading. INCE the date of the advance copy’s arrival, I have been the hit of every party I have attended by quoting from H. I. Phillips's “The Foolish Question Book” (Clode). Here are some of my favorites: Q.—What did C. C. Pyle exclaim when he first saw Red Grange make 65-yard run for a touchdown? A.—“Thar’s gold in them heels!” Q.—What did Abraham Lincoln say to the report that Grant was drinking heavily? A—"See what the generals in the backwoods will have.” Q.—What was William Collier's reply to the man who complained, “I really don't know what to do with my week- end”? A.—“Why not put on your hat?” Q.—What orders do managing edi- tors of metropolitan newspapers give their photographers before sending them to get pictures of actresses returning 00 transatlantic liners? A.—“Don’t shoot till you see the This cheque is certified by BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, NEW YORK, Agent for the issuing) whites of their thighs.” banks, and is the only authorized travel cheque of the American Bankers Association. (Continued on page 30) comicbooks.com