Life — May 24, 1928 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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New Model PocketGen The new model Pocket Ben watch has won universal good will. You'll find it as good looking as it is dependable. Millions of men carry it with pride and confidence. Sold everywhere for $1.50. Built by the makers of Big Ben and other Westclox WESTERN CLOCK | COMPANY La Salle, Illinois ] New Westclox Auto Clock Attractive, convenient, re- Hable, Fits any car.Quickly attached on dash of above wind-sbield, | so on up to 39, and stopped. | “I Mount Mbjoa, Wednesday, April RHYMED REVIEWS Home to Harlem By Claude McKay. Harper & Brothers. His final name and hue were Brown, This Jake who, quitting soldier-duty, Escapes from Brest and London town To Harlem, gin and jazz and beauty. Warmhearted, honest, blithe and sweet, A handsome boy in high condition, He finds a girl in every street, Which seems to be his one ambition. He loves them all; they love him, too, No matter what their tint or shade is; | Peruse the book and saunter through A gallery of colored ladies: His London woman, Congo Rose, A Pittsburgh damsel, one in Philly, Petite Felice, and goodness knows What others, none of whom are chilly. And here are hectic nights and days With Pullman crews and other ram- blers And saxophonic cabarets And _razor-fighting toughs and gam- blers. And apelike Zed, our hero’s chum, Who always manages to bungle. The author paints a fetid slum Not clean enough to be a jungle. For, ruled by instinct raw and red With sudden loves and sudden quar- rels, There’s none that thinks an hour ahead, And no one even dreams of morals. It’s art, and may be life, no less, This tale of children gay and lustful That's sure to prove a great success Because it’s thoroughly disgustful. Arthur Guiterman. A SLAVE DRIVER | Murpren, who is just learning to count, be- gan quite proudly counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and Her father, thinking she needed prompting, suggested 40. On she went to 49 and stopped again. “Fifty,” prompted her father. Wearily. she counted on to 39 and, with a long sigh, said, “I want to stop!” “Well, why don’t you, then?” smiled her | mother. “I can't,” she wailed. “Daddy won't let me."—Liberty. N MeMoniam—I will be loading hogs, at '—Charlotte- town (P. 1.) Patriot. Just a memory.—New Yorker. GRAY HAIRS LABORATORIES, €48N. Michigan Are.,Oept. 88, Chicas® To PARIS & ITALY Marseilles, Vienna, Trieste, Italy and Central Europe For a change—try this de luxe Southern Service to Paris, via Mar- seilles. World's fastest motor-ships to Paris, Vienna, Trieste. Rome, the Riviera and Central Europe. The last word in luxurious accom. modations and cuisine. Motor terry service—drive on here, drive off at destination—no crating or packing: surprisingly economical rates. Send for brochure of interiors, descrip. tions, rates, and sailing dates. Any Steamship Agent, or Direct to PHELPS & CO., General Agents Cosulich Line 19 Battery Place, New York Sail on World's Fastest Motor Ships SATURNIA VULCANIA 34000 Gross Tons— 24000 Gross Tons— No Smoke or Cinders No Smoke or Cinders PRESIDENTE WILSON Pamous for Her Superior Service to Italy Go. 8; es U star’ Passenger Trafic Manager inion Stat hicago, Hl me_information on tours. PAR are as given t druggis ding ar never | told w though foibles has the One for his after t set wit As ne comicbooks.com