Life — June 21, 1928 — page 37: what you’re looking at

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‘ f : 3 Brought from across theSea— . world’s most deliciously healthful spring. Itis the choice of connoisseurs. The Finest Sparkling Table Water in the World Gole Importers: Apollinaris Agency Ce. Fifth Avenne at 42nd Street, New York Fat Does Depart Without Starving Slender people all about you can tell you howto lose fat easily and pleasantly. They have done it,and without abnormal exercise or diet. They used Marmola rescription tablets, the scientific method. They them to cor- tect a gland deficiency which makes many over-stout. Just as modern doctors do. . _ Marmola has been used for 20 years—mil- lions of boxes of it. The use has grown to enormous proportions, because of results seen inevery circle. People who have lost fat and gained new vitality are in every community telling others the way. They will tell you if you ask them. There is no secret about it. The formula of Marmola comes in every box, with the scien- fic reasons for results. You know what you are taking, and why. _ Go get it if you are over-fat. Read the book in the box, then watch the effects. Do this for beauty’s sake, for health’s sake, for greater in living. Don’t envy the slender. Go do wi t they aid. Marmola I] druggists at who is out ® MARMOLA he Pleasant Way toReduce tablets are sold by per box. Any druggist order from his jobber. LIFeE Glossary of Punctuation Terms « A Srop Sicnar. In modern literature, many people not only stop, but throw the book away at the first one they come to. Often misused for the » A period with a tail, signifying that it has not advanced very highly in the scale of evolution, used by the author to indicate that he has stopped to think 2 A mark placed after dubious state- ments such as the above, frequently fol- lowed by the ??Symbol used in modern novels to fool the prospective purchaser into be- lieving that the characters have life enough to talk, often accompanied by an ! Mark placed after any word or group of words in the misbelief that the statement is thereby rendered more ef- fective, especially if preceded by a —Called a dash, substituted by squeamish writers for cuss words; also used to indicate a lapse, like the ? Uselessly put into such good old words as “aint,” “cant,” and “runnin,” on account of the author’s silly fear that the public will think him uneducated and incapable of producing really fine litera- ture such as that which bristles with the 3 A clever mechanical device for flab- bergasting the reader by joining several sentences into one, almost as irritating as the z A sign that more is to follow (more’s the pity), very little used in mod- ern literature, popular writers nearly all having forsaken such antiquated methods of punctuation in favor of that unmis- takable mark of the literary masterpiece, the * Usually appearing in group forma- tion, and meaning: “We have now placed the couple in such a position that it is extremely unlikely that they will not violate the seventh commandment. The reader can look at the stars and let his (or more probably her) imagination do the work.” Asia Kagowan. THE PRINCE AS GOLFER Dvaixc the British Open Championship golf yarns old and new were “swopped” by many of the leading contestants. Here's one. One morning early two London newspaper men were enjoying a walk over a celebrated golf-course, when they espied in the distance a famous professional giving lessons to a dis- tinguished personage. Scenting copy, the re- porters made a furtive detour, and crept behind a bunker to overhear the conversation. What they heard was not the interesting backchat they expected, but the following terse speech from the pro.: “Will your Highness kindly endeavor to keep your Highness's stomach in?” —Sporting and Dramatic News GET DOWN TO CASES “‘Wnar is your opinion of the Chinese situa- tion?"* “What is the situation?"’—Detroit News. f Photographed on ¢.s, Aquitania DUCK ANG your clothes on a hickory limb «+» the duck that can’t go near the water..."Oh, ho,” rumbled the Southern Colonel, in the rich, throaty bass so redolent of good living, "I know a right smart lot about ducks... I raise em... and I've shot’em... from Jacksonville to Jekyll Island ... but I'm frank to say, sir, 'm not familiar with this species ... Nantaise duck, the steward tells me... product of French intensive farming... not allowed to run about... kept on dry land... oil glands not stimulated, to climinate grease... I’m grateful to the Cunard Line for the introduction... Very fine eating sir, very fine eating.” Besides the Nantaise duck the Cunard Line serves celery-fed Long Island duckling... Aylsbury duckling, famous forits delicate texture, obtainable in the spring... Canetons de Rouen — the breast has the sweet, red meat some epicures prefer... ‘The Cunard’swild duck season... itopens when the frost begins . . . is contributed to by France, Yorkshire, Norfolk and the English West coast ... Order Canard Sauvage 4 la Presse . . . Red hot oven for ten minutes... then prepared by the headwaiter before you... he slices the breast and lays it aside... legs go on the grill... carcass in the press... the sanguinary extract in a chafing dish with liver, sweet butter and a few other ingredients ... Pour over filets of duck and light... CUNARD ® See Your Local Agent 1840-EIGHTY-EICHT-YEARS-OF-SERVICE-1928, comicbooks.com