Life — February 9, 1928 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 13) adjacent building which had shot up since they moved in, whereupon ] did advise her to purchase a miner's cap with a light on it in order to save on the electricity bills, but we did both conclude that the two things in the world on which a civilized citizen could never think of economizing are lights and laundry. Dinner alone with Sam, of a ham casserole, very fine, and so to read- ing in a book called “The Pallid Giant,” by P. B. Noyes, in which the mystery theme is cosmic, and di- verting enough, albeit I had liefer have one old man dead on his library floor. January By the first post this morning a brochure en- 19th titled, “Bridge Jingles,” wrote by Milly Baird of Watertown, New York, and full of such sense that I do have high hopes of making a better player out of Sam by the rhyming principle, and one of the first things I shall quote him is: “When partner's first bid's three or more Keep off, though cards look tempting; He wants to shut out all the bids. It’s what they call pre-empting,” forasmuch as his chivalrous efforts to rescue me on such occasions is so Quixotic as to run into money, Quixotic, as Agnes Smith once re- marked, being Spanish for “a damn fool.” And another quatrain which I do think is good for almost any- body is: “Don't think because you've made your bid Your partner smiles at you with pride; He may have seen some tricks you lost, And smile because you're satisfied.” A-talking with my servant Florence about this and that, I did discover that she is seriously disturbed by the lack of intelligence displayed by Mr. Warbucks, a character in our favorite comic strip, “Little Orphan Annie,” and she did enjoin me to write to Harold Gray about it, feel- ing that his attention should be called to the inconsistency of allow- ing a man whom he depicts as mak- ing millions and swaying empires to leave, repeatedly, a little child in circumstances so precarious that they might well eventuate in tragedy. To the playhouse this evening to see “The Royal Family,” as satisfactory a piece as I have. seen in many months, and Ann Andrews so good in her part that I did whisper to Sam that it must have been written in heaven for her, whereupon he hastened to reassure me that it was probably only in Atlantic City. Baird Leonard. 31 Life * Ds s i peor BROADMOOR Golf : Tntrigues the Master and Thrills the Beginner REENS and traps and fairways planned by Donald J. Ross, r z+ the celebrated golf architect. Kept ‘= Lf-in the pink of condition by daily * Sexpert attention. With a scenic back- ‘ogi Bround that is above description. ® Thirty-six-hole climate. And luxuri- -Ous metropolitan service to provide every indoors comfort. Try it out this Spring! pi Complete information on request ee Sen A DMOO COLORADO SPRINGS Radclife Comers, Oxford University Tue reason why England is a land of pipe-smokers is no mystery to the man who has once tried CRAVEN MIX- TURE—the discriminating Britisher’s favorite tobacco. Costs a little more than the domestic brands—but the first pipeful will make you glad you paid the difference. CRAVEN MIXTURE—a truly fine imported tobacco, first blended at the command of the Third Earl of Craven in 1867—can now be had at the better tobacconists in America and Canada, too. For a liberal sample tin, send 1o¢ in stamps to Carreras, Ltd., Dept. 30, 220 Fifth Ave., New York THE ROOSEVELT affords an abode whose gracious hospi- tality, distinguished cuisine and thoughtful service make itthe preferred stopping place of those who wish to be “at home” when travel draws them away from fireside comforts. 1100 Rooms ~ Single or En Suites BEN BERNIE and his Roosevelt Orchestra ing anecdotes ts ie from the life of the great American, The ROOSEVELT Madison Avenue at 45th Street NEW YORK EpwarD CuNnToN Focc Managing Director ep comicbooks.com