Life — March 8, 1928 — page 39: what you’re looking at

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A modern watch deserves a chain in character PERHAPS the chain you are wear- ing now was given to you. Or per- haps you picked it at random, with no thought of the watch to which it would be attached. ... Whatever the design of your watch, there is a Simmons Chain that will seem to you expressly made for it... . A new chain costs very little. Simmons Chains, made of seam- less gold-filled wire, manufactured under our own patents in our own factory, may be obtained in nat- ural gold, green gold or white gold. Priced from $4 to $15. The chain shown here is a Waldemar, No. 29587. Price, $11.25. Your jew- eler will be glad to show you his complete assortment. R. F. Sim- mons Company, Attleboro, Mass. SIMMONS TRADE MARK Rhymed Reviews The Ugly Duchess The Viking Press HE nose was flat, her hair was roan, Her mouth might hold a pippin snugly ; Of all the duchesses I've known No other rated half so ugly. By Lion Feuchtwanger. And yet she married now and then And sundry lovers claimed her bounty; But far beyond the love of men She loved her snow-peaked Alpine county. Four princes vied to add her land To other conquered fiefs and duchies, And still she fenced them off and planned To keep her Tyrol from their clutches. While Duchess Margarete toiled And fostered trade in town and city, Her best designs were ever spoiled By Countess Agnes, mean but pretty. The Duchess saw her work undone, Her subjects lured away from duty, Her husband, son Annexed by that vindictive beauty. lovers, friends and Her game was played, her cake was dough, Her hill-girt country’s end was fated: The Duchess killed her lovely foe And circumspectly abdicated. But as she left, the mountain gnomes Whose faces matched her own in wryness Appeared from out their homes cavern So, Queen Elizabeth, you wot When diplomatic broth is cooking Your force and wisdom matter not— To reign, you have to be good- looking. Arthur Guiterman. Weather Report I ian occasion to make a trip to Mil- waukee and I told my eight-year-old daughter to be sure to write me. A cou- ple of days later I received a letter from her which started off like this: “Dear Daddy: It is awfully cold to-day. The wind is blowing hard, with snow attached."—Chicago Tribune. for Easter.... To go to Biarritz for Easter is to declare oneself ‘of the world’... the time chosen by the world’s most popular Prince in which to drop down to the Cote des Basques ... where the Polo Club flies pennants in honor of a visiting King who swings an expert mallet... Of course you know the doings at the Chiberta Golf Club ... and at the Bar Basque ...and about the teas on the most exclusive of polo grounds... in between chukkers the Great and Spec- tacular of five capitals stroll against the backdrop of the Pyrenees... And the Casino... and that convenient feeling of being near to the hunting at Pau... Now is the time to sail for one of the smartest of ‘little seasons’ .. . Those who know their ‘crossings’ will, of course, sail in the BERENGARIA (March 2nd) with enough time to shop in Paris... or in the AQUITANIA (March 21st) which has a special understanding with the ‘Biarritz Easter Sunday is April 8h this year, The Cunard offices have full informa- tion on the smart Biarrits Season, and will be glad to send a booklet which is by way of being a social revelation, CUNARD LINE See Your Local Agent 1840-E1GHTY-EICHT-YEARS-OF SERVICE-1928 comicbooks.com