Life — August 30, 1928 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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LIFE — of the weather business over there, so we won't have to take a back seat for any- body wher it comes to weather. e**Captain J. Russel Pickering, who owns a big circus in England, was in town Tuesday looking .for some clowns. Un- fortunately, the White Sox were not at home. Asia Kagowan. Los Angeles Jevce Bex B. Linvsey, now of here, has selected “Companionate Marriage” as the subject for his next lecture tour. ‘The city council has created a new municipal office: “Official Gift-Receiver for Los Angeles.” And to show that you can't beat the council when it comes to civic loyalty, they made it a full-time job. **The Chamber of Commerce has come out with a cordial invitation to tourists to make a visit here. "The fellow who names the Pullman ars is in Hollywood labeling the different talking films. He’s thought up Movietone, Vitaphone, Firnatone, Photophone, Pic- ture-phone and Vocafilm so tar. & Statistics are sometimes startling. For instance, there are more ex-lowans in Long Beach than Russian Counts in Hollywood. Wm. J. Pringle, Jr. Detroit Tue crime commission, formed to study and cure crime, has now settled down to work, Harvey Campbell says. Any- one hearing of a crime in Detroit or vicinity is asked to notify Harvey at once. **°The taxicab drivers here are at war, and the situation grows more and more gloomy as day follows day and there are no casualties. **°P. S. Lovejoy who is starting wild- life sanctuaries out in the state was telling us to day that the English sparrow is dying off hereabouts. NeicHBorHoop News has always advocated this, but didn’t expect success so soon. u% Dr. Carleton Fox, the ski-jumping D.D.S., pulled a tooth yesterday. ***Judge Jeffries came back from the lake, today showing a four-pound bass. It sure was a noble looking animal, the same being quite free from marks around the mouth. Did you catch it with a silver hook, Judge? Elmer C. Adams. Cincinnati A numssr of citizens have returned from Eur. Some say they suffered from sea- sickness en route, some from mal de mer. «* Central Parkway will be dedicated soon and maybe renamed, some folks holding it should be named The Tow- path, for auld lang syne, and other ones Exhaust Boulevard or Monoxide Mall. *°°On dit Father Francis Finn, D.D., our popular author of boys’ books, in- tends to vote Democratic. **°Capt. Chris Greene has won a set of ilded antlers, his S. S. “Chris Greene” ating the S. S. “Betsy Ann” of Pitts- burgh (Pa.) in a race from here to New Richmond (O.). Chris is the same Chris Greene who kicked the goal that gave ye ‘3 be? Sue: Oh, I'm crazy to learn how to play polo. Won't you let me caddy for you? NE A Pioneer “Yes, sir—my grandfather started boot- legging in this State when Prohibition was still in its infancy.” scribe’s high school, Woodward, a victory over Hughes High back in 1918, which, y the way, was the year of the World War, only he has a mustache now. Con- grats, Chris! Tupper Greenwald. A Simple Man He was a simple man. He had simple tastes. He wanted a simple garden with a few simple flowers. So he got a garden catalogue and or- dered the following seeds: 2 pkts. Dimorprotueca 3 pkts. Nasturtium i pkt. Cremantuus ALLIoNt 1 pkt. Scrizanruus 1 pkt. HUNNEMANNIA FOLIA 1 pkt. Ipostea Serosa 4 pkts. EscriscHotrzia 2 pkts. LarHyrus Oporatus 1 pkt. Cerastium Tomentosum tpkt. Campanuca Persictrotta. H. F, Mueller. Fumarie- THE ELECTION BET “My husband wants to bet me three to one that Hoover will be elected—what does that mean?” “That means, dear, if Smith is elected, Hubby has to give you $300.00, but if Hoover is elected, he only gives you $100.00. It’s all very simple.” comicbooks.com