Life — April 19, 1928 — page 40: what you’re looking at

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Life how to fasten. a soit collar without acollarpin MILLIONS of men who wear soft collars wear them unevenly, un- tidily—unfastened. . . . But the collar pin, which fastened collars trimly and securely, had its short- comings. It needed to be im- proved. And it has been! Collar pins wore out shirts. They jabbed necks and fingers. They were merely glorified safety pins. Now comes Swank, which holds the softest collar smartly and accurately. And it does this without making a single hole or spearing a single neck. It may be adjusted without removing. See Swank at your jeweler’s or men’s shop! A clever, usable article of jewelry. Priced from 50 cents to $5 in gold-filled qualities and solid gold, plain and en- graved. The Baer and Wilde Co., Attleboro, Mass, SWAN K looks like a pin but isn’t Kum-a-part Cuff Buttons are helping 10,000,000 men to dress smartly as well as informally. They're the neatest, quickest, most convenient euff buttons there are! VOI History of Censorship GREECE Whey playwrights in the day of Pericles Began to make too personal a wheeze, They found they had to mind their Q's and P's, ROME When Nero played a part in classic Rome, An audience with wisdom in its dome Would clap like hell or else remain at home. ENGLAND Will Shakespeare even must have had a dread Of writing lines that might have cost his head, For when he slandered kings, he picked “em dead, U.S. A. would and what would never go, The old producers always used to know, But here they don't until cops close the show, —Fairfax Downey, in New York Sun. What never, Scientific Fish Story Wituiam Brew, the big Science and Arcturus man, tells it. He had been fish- ing for hours in a tempting Southern stream, and for all his patience and per- not a nibble did he get. About ready to call it a day, he turned disgustedly away —to notice a little Negro lad standing on the bank, watching him interestedly. Noting Mr. Beebe’s disgust, the lad piped up that he could tell him how to catch some fish. severance soak that worm in a little whisky befoh you puts it on yoh hook,” spake the colored one, “and jest yoh see if yoh don’ catch somethin’ !” With a fairly hopeless gesture Beebe, willing to try anything once, did as he was bid. He selected a worm, soaked it in a little whisky that he had with him for purely cough purposes, baited his hook, threw it over, and waited. But let him tell “I chucked my line over, and it wasn’t two minutes before there was a tremen- This little colored kid knew something, T thought, and T reel in, And there it was, a sixteen-inc trout—not on the hook, but dead, with the worm having a strangle-hold around its neck!"—Brooklyn Eagle. “You-all jest dous tug. began to But Not for Long Usually “Tue complaint that woman's new- found freedom is leaving her with nothing that is exclusive to woman is slightly ex- zgerated,” remarked the Cynic; “she still has her husband.”—Detroit News. Teacuen: ignorance? Witte: It’s when you don't: know something, but some one finds it out. —Milwaukee Sentinel. Willie, how do you define After you have shot your sixth con. secutive ball into the water hazard —the proper procedure is to grasp your bags and clubs in either the right or the left hand, or vice versa, and nonchalantly throw them to join the balls, after whic it is customary to purchase a set of Wilsa Inter-related irons and a new box of balls from your pro or dealer. The Hol-Hi—a real golf ball f GOLF EQUIPMENT WILSON -WESTERN SPORTING GOODS CO. New York Chicago San Francisco SWOT OE WHI DWH 0! Belmont Hospitality Toray ConveNIEeNT Bestpes enjoying a superla- tive cuisine and a flawless personal service that antici- pates and meets their every want, Belmont guests are so conveniently located they save time and expe in reaching any part of New York City. tral Terminal, with which is connected by interior cor- ridors, by which arrangement are enabled to avoid the street crowds in ps to and from the hotel. These inside pa alsoconnect with the by which one can speed north or south, east or west, to all points of Manhattan, in fraction of the time needed by surface modes of travel. Hotel Belmont Park Ave. and 42nd St. At Grand Central Terminal New York City A Bowman Bitrmore Horet cee SEETE Bbsstie 3 ial roerwes CDN ICDWAI CIWS comicbooks.com r t ! ’