Life — April 26, 1928 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 8) a misfortune it would be to stopped by an inquiring photog rapher when not wearing one’s mo becoming hat, a circumstance whid befell my hairdresser, Emilie Fog geront, only the other day. Theg discoursing with Sam on the brig spring weather, and he confided me that the arrival of shad meant more in his life than the ti of the singing of birds. He did len me the briquet, too, which Dutd Bonfoey brought him from Londou one of my life’s ambitions. being tp achieve a light with a single dex terous gesture, but methinks I shall! be thwarted therein, having so g a fear of both fire and machinery, A letter from my mother by the first) post asking if I can use an e collar which she is removing fro one of her wraps, and I do mean to reply in the affirmative, even thou I turn out to look like the chorus peers in “Iolanthe,” albeit I dare sa my parent has had the spots exor cised in accordance with modern) fashion. In this connection I shall) never forget C. Percy's story of the) woman who complained to her tailor because the summer ermine collar o1 her coat did not turn white when th first snow flew. Lunched alone home on one of my favorite menus) tinned corned beef, for which m liking dates from childhood and] shocks the civilized gentry, and en dive with Roquefort dressing, and then out to buy some curtain stuff and an ice-cream freezer, wonderin the while how professional humor ists attribute to women a love of} shopping, which is really a ghastly experience. Marge Boothby and Bib Truxton to dinner, during course of which I did remark I am not yet ever quite certain the difference between “ingenuous” EMBARRASSING MOMENTS When you forget that it is your wedding anniversary . . . . be nonchalant .... light a MURAD Cigarette. Reading from Left to Right Davia, the composer of “Souvenir,” hasn't won a very great place in music, a news item says. With a name like that, however, he should go over big in our eye-testing charts—Detroit News. The Dream and the Awakening Scnootsoy Howzer: “A somnambulist is a man who writes a poem, but is frightencd to send it up because they might say nasty things about it.” —London Morning Post. Reddy Tees are the original and genuine. Always first in golfers’ favor. Always first in sales. Sold everywhere. Red or yellow. 18 for 25c. The creererry Be sure you get the original and genuine THE DEVINNE-MALLENBECK COMPANY, INC PRINTERS, NEW YORK and “ingenious” without stopping t think, which did set Sam into such a gale that I should not have beet astonished had he slapped thighs, but he did finish off by marking that nothing is equal to the humor of life itself, not even bother ing to give H. L. Mencken an assis Baird Leonard. ~ F you are one of those peo- ple who believe that imita- | tion is always the sincerest form of flattery — read the | Burlesque Number of Lire. It goes on the newsstands nest | Friday. comicbooks.com