Life — March 15, 1928 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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Good Dog! Hear is a new dog story: A tradesman owns a small dog which he has trained to carry his letters from the door to the bedroom, ‘The other morning the dog arrived with three letters, one of which had been chewed to a pulp. The man nervously opened the two, and found they contained cheques. What had the other contained? The poor man had 27 Not Responsible Aw old resident of Jackson County tells a true tale about a woman who lived in Fort Ritner many years ago. Her hus- band, a stone-cutter, died and left a hun- dred-dollar groc bill unsettled. Upon his death, she with the family moved to St. Louis, Three years later, while she was visiting back in the little town, her husband's creditor asked her for a sub- stantial Payment on the debt. a great fright until he found one corner F ith, sir,” said she, “and I'm not of the destroyed letter intact. ‘ } business for Pat now.” On it were the words—“Income Tax, —Indianapolis News. Private."—Tit-Bite (London). Nothing better for sug Bitters “Sample by mail, Baltimore, Ma. Abbott's & Go, ih anyetite than Ab In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE The Rest Is History ‘Tue eighth grade examination paper demanded an instance of how the phi cal features of our country had affected our development or history. One bright 1 scored perfect with the following: “If it hadn't been for the Delaware River, Washington couldn't have crossed “—Spokane Spokesman-Review, Another Sort of Static Wert, the first test of television across the sea was partially successful but everything looked terribly blurred and we understand that Queen Mary's hat was scarcely distinguishable from a new modcl.—Ohio State Journal. A NEW PATIENT TRAP FOR DENTISTS’ it. DOORWAYS, THE PORTCULLIS FALLS IM- MEDIATELY THE PATIENT TREADS ON THE “I woxper where our guide got his dia- MAT. lect.” accused | of | selling, intoxic Tiquor te permitted hours. was fin —Locel Peper, Yes; stout fellow, —Humorist (London). “Out of a novel, I take it.” —Lonisville Courier-Journal. addressed envelope. Lae docs not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions, ublished every Thursday, simultaneously in the United State Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in U. S. Patent Office The tert and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter in Great Britain apply to Lene, L . E. Coa England.” The foreign ‘trade supplied from Liva's London, fouse, Breams Buildings, Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. All communications should be addressed to LIFE, $98 Madison Avenue, New York. Yearly Subscription Rate, $5.00 (Canadian, $5.80; Foreign, $6.60) vill be returned unless accompanied oF stoapen and The Amateur Incendiary It's bad form to get excited When a cigarette still lighted Leaves the finish on the baby grand a wreck. But it's eminently proper To take the fag and drop her Nonchalantly down the guilty party's neck. If you don’t find Nevasmox at your favorite smoke shop just send us $2.50 and we will send you one postpaid. JO one, more than ourselves, appreciates that hospitality which bids a guest feel 4N at home. But really there is no reason why guests should amuse themselves by leaving lighted cigarettes on real Colonial mantelpieces or concealing them in hand-painted waste baskets, To discourage this barbarous practice we invented the Nevaswox. This little device, with more than human intelligence (which isn't saying much) smothers a glowing cigarette cod without giving it a chance, And Listen! Nevasmok is guaranteed smokeless and odorless—and girls wedon't mean maybe- Furthermore, Nevasmox never spills a flake of ash. It can't tip over and it’s absolutely odorless. And, furthermore than that, it’s terribly good looking. YANKEE METAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION, 507 W. soth St. NewYork Specialists im artistic smoke accessories za NEVASMOK Smokeless and Odorless Ash Receiver Chicago Showroom: American Furniture Mart 666 LakeShore Drive Vkecatee Space 6 comicbooks.com