Life — October 19, 1928 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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ing’s sleep reminds us of that other Boule. Miche., in Paris, the French capital, where cats are pro- pelled exclusively by horn-power. «> With Mrs. John Hertz’s likely nag, Reigh Count, running to form at the county fairs, it looks like an easy fall for Jno. ***Now that Paul Ash has come back to the Loop without, it seems, breaking the heart of Broadway. Ernie Byfield wants to retract that retraction he made after saying New York wasn't sappy enough to accept Paul Ash. Ashton Stevens. DETROIT Mayor Lopce promises us a real elegant river-front boulevard and civic center, but we once were promised a subway, too, and nobody is holding his or her breath till we get it. « Franklin P. Adams, M. A. (U. of Mich.) who forged to the front as a Gotham writer is to be congratulated again, he having, like ourself and Webb Waldron, been invited to. subscribe for The Inlander, student magazine at the alma mater. ***Mr, Lemon,” said Judge Christopher Stein to a prisoner of that name, “what makes you look so sour?’ The prisoner thought he would almost die laughing. *Our little city is getting into the lime- light again, Candidates Hoover and Smith having spoken here several times of late from other places by radio. Pres. Little has invited two federal agents to enter Michigan, without examinations. ***Clarence E. (Dope) Eldridge has ac- cepted a lucrative position at breaking down sales resistance for an auto company. Those who know “Dope’’ from of old predict that before a month resistance will break right down and cry. « Ty Cobb, mainstay of the Tigers for twenty” years, bade a final adiew to old friends at Navin Field on his last visit with the Athletics. Many an eye was wet, and a little bird that flew over told us some throats weren't so awful dry, either. The genial Captain Niederpruen from Ft. Wayne near here was a welcome caller yes terday. The Major set his subscription forward a year and left an ad. Thanks, General! Elmer C, Adams. PHILADELPHIA So many of our, police have been fired as a result of the grand jury investigation of alleged protection for speakeasies that a real unemploy- ment situation is looming. *Now that Miss Isabel Stone, daughter of our late Governor and Mrs, W. A. Stone, has become engaged to wed Henry Harrison, New York publisher, following her tenanting of a barge in one of the New York City creeks, many of our young ladies here are planning barge careers. «> Again Philadelphia leads the country. This time it's an operatic school to teach opera in English. Mrs. Edwin A. Watrous and Mrs. John J. McDevitt, Jr., are back of this worthy enter- prise. ***Debutantes and heavy underwear are making their bow, though independently, here- abouts. ***Watch these columns for accurate results ofthe election, as your, correspondent is covering all polling places and hospitals, John Forbes. PORTLAND, OREGON THE oyster season is with us again with its juicy bivalves and cheery church socials. Jones's Market carries a nice line of assorted oysters of church social size.—Adet. u* Mayor Baker is a little too rigorously enforcing the curfew and_cows-on-the-sidewalk ordinances. This is all right for the cows, and other similar-like cattle, but it’s rather hard on our night clubs. ***Hawley Hoffman, our well known contractor, says our fair city is in for a long spell of prosperity no mater who's elected. Now to see it Hawley’s predictions stand up as well as his bldgs do ch Hawley? ‘On Mon. at the Chamber of Com, Rogers MacVeagh made a nice speech on te Constitution saying it was an immortal that would ever stand shoulder with shoulder t the glorious Stars and Stripes. ue Alfred Smith, who summered ig Europe, is autumning in our midst and wil winter in California, thereafter springing in Port. land. Mr. Smith is not related to the Democras, candidate of the same name. ***Political write-ups intended for lication as editorials will be charged for oa a Hugh Hume, strictly cash basis. SAN FRANCISCO Mrs. Crauncey Tramutoco has got back from Monterey, Calif., where she was one o the guests at a reception thrown on the decks o the cruiser H. M. S. ‘*Durban,"’ a British war. ship, by one of the crew, Licut. George Windsr, who is a son of King and Mrs. George Windst of Gt. Britain, Eng. > Robert I. Bentleys had W. W. Camp bells to the opening of the opera, the Bendy: having a swell box that cost $600, and all wee wearing evening clothes that were immaculze and they scemed very much at case although hundreds of eyes wore eynosuring them. *On the same night Ted Klein and lady friend, Miss Pike, were the cynosure of a select crowd when they almost fell backwards from the top row of reserved seats at the Sels Floto circus owing to it appearing that Mr. Poodles Hannaford was about to be stepped oa by a large horse which, however, scemed o sense the danger and what might have been at least a wiple tragedy was averted. ***Lucas E. Kilkenny, Stanley Burke and Al Wollenburg have got themselves named ast U, S. dist. att’ys and are familiarizing then- selves with the latest types of padlocks. «* Herb Fleishhacker and Stan Doll are going to sell the Mission Baseball Club fr $250,000, The team has a fine future ahead of they only losing about $25,000 a year now. *Due, we hear, to the electric light in their puppet theater in Bohemia having burned Che Observation Ward —Deparement of Rumpled Mentality— f= aate cont )\———) see text ING FERDINAND stood on the front corner of his throne, one knee angled forward, his left hand plun- ged into the bosom of his roy. al camisa, his right knuckled out under brows that beetled as they had never beetled be Ve WE ee fore —and they could bectle with che best. "Well, Isabella?” The Queen paled, as well she might. She was a good pa- ler but she could not pale as well as the King could bee- tle and the Queen 4new she| was every inch a Queen and could not pale as well as the|she stood four foot two and against his right royal kid-| King could beetle. Not near.|a half from the crown of her ney, his sullen eyes gleaming | For all her internal agita-| bean to the souls of her roy tion, her paling was a bum |a) dogs. second to the King5 beetling, which is not surprising, for, as we have remarked, the King was bectling as he had never beetled before. But the Queen was game and gave him pale for beetle, every time. She ch three excellent. bies a beetling. ; : Spaniaeds measur Tobelia to eee bows Early pair of royal, (Loud applause, followed bya “campode as the butler leaves the eats unguarded Ser &@ moment.) comicbooks.com