Life — November 3, 1927 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Viewed in Perspective TANDING transfixed, a man watched Expansivery Mr. Elmer Davis, the the antics of two tiny toy wres- writer, entered a bookstore the other d. tlers which a street fakir was operating y 1 and picking up one of his own novels by means of a black thread in a door- : from a counter slyly wrote his name way. q on the flyleaf. He thereupon called the ‘ome on!” his wife exclaimed. saleslady and asked the price “Didn't you ever see those things be- A > hat’s a two-dollar book,” said the fore?” i ) Wait a minute, Mary,” the man re- Ni “Only two dollars—with the auth plied. “They look to me just. exactly / autograph in i the way Tunney and Dempsey did from | “Ah, a damaged copy,” said the clerk. where I sat in my six-dollar seat.” ; " “That will be a dollar-fifty.” —Youngstown Telegram, 1 —New saleslady, 's rsued the author. vorker. Cutting In Wing fey when tarore nt Tur effect of the movies on church- 3 et 4 W. Abbe going is shown in this Sunday morning conversation: i Precautionary Morien: Hurry dressing, Ethel, dear, Hy Since reading that a young Southerner Services start at eight sharp. B | knocked a man down Seventh Av- Erne. (a eight): 1 can’t: hurry, j enue the other day because he didn’t like Mother. Let's go to a temple that is Mrs. Jones (to husband who has } continuous.—Chicago Daily News. tentured to assert himself): xow, as GrORGE, UNDERSTAND — ONCE AND A menctar recently broke into a sub- FOR ALL—JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN urban bungalow and shaved himself with ON A TEN-DAYS TOUR IN ITALY, Fortunes of War in China the householder’s safety-razor. The own- DON'T OFT THE IDEA YOU'RE A SEC- Tur widow of a Chinese general has er has informed the police that the crime OND, MUMOLI NT . marrie nother Chinese general, Or- was committed with a blunt instrument. —London Opinion, dinarily, it’s the Chinese generals who ~-Humorist (London). change sides.—Detroit News. looks we have decided to have our face boarded up for the winter. —New York Evening Post. The text aud ill ns in Live are copyri 4 f Britain Lire, Rolls House, s Buildings, B.C. ‘Baggage loss doesnt mean financial loss [#200 carry dependabl insurance on your bag- What thousands of users know of Kermath performance and what they say in praise of that performance is the solid bed rock upon which the good name of Kermath is founded. It is an enduring and time-tried reputation that has been built around Kermath through its many years of North America Tourist Bag- manufacture gage Insurance is readily ob Let us help you in the selection of the proper tainable and costs very little power plant for your craft. Our advice is free. x Any North America Agent Illustrated catalog will be sent on request. Ny will tell you how to use it to best advantage. Or the at- 3 to 150 H. P.—$135 to $2300 }]} tached coupon will bring yo full information, without obli- gation. gage and contents you are protected against the high cost of replacement in such events as transportation accidents, fire, or theft Kermath Manufacturing Company 5870 Commonwealth Ave., Detroit, Mich. 90 King St. W., Toronto, Ontario. New York Display Rooms — $0 W. 17th St, New York City “A Kermath Always Runs’* North America s je Parkway “The Oldest American piled . Pa, Dept. L-11 Fire and Marine Insurance Company” Founded 1792 Wants in comicbooks.com