Life — May 31, 1929 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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New York Life Soup to Nuts However if they are going to pro- mote nutty stunts at these affairs .. . flagpole sitters, rocking chair artists, etc, why not go further? ... why not gum-chewing endurance contests ... wisecracking meets... why not endurance contests in egg poaching ..+ “Talking About Yourself” (ac- tors barred)... Lap sitting... Cocktail shaking . . . Electric horse riding . . . Bridge playing . . . Back- slapping (columnists _ barred) ... Telephoning (in booths) . . . One- arm lunching .. . Bottle opening . Radio listening . . . Street cross- ing... kissing ... Walking floor with Baby... Strap hanging... Jumping up and Down .. . Talking back to Wife... Finger snapping ... Face lifting . . . Teeth brushing «+. just think of all these attractions going on at the same time! . . . Madi- son Square Garden would be packed ) to the doors . . . better yet, why not interest capital and erect a huge audi- | torium just for the purpose and call it the Bughouse! v i il < Manna-About-Town The Dancing Marathon (Aw Nerts!) .. . Dawn Golf... the idea being to stay up all night and tee off at dawn ...the lady hack driver ++ new cocktail—Gin, strawberry juice and lemon ... sign seen on Movie theatre—Admission Free and You'll see Paul Ash . . . the advertis- ing bird dressed as a Frenchman who stops you in the street and insults you, then hands you his card which bears an advertisement «+. the new racket in Grand Cextral Station—the gent who has just cleaned out a jewelry store and has to get out of town quick—will give you one of the rings if you'll slip him carfare . .. the theme song for the Flea Circus—"Sometimes I'm Hoppy” ... the shipwrecked _ sailor demonstrating the dancing dolls... the new traffic jam game—playing poker with the license plates of the cars around you . .. the story of the bird who met a girl in the car next to him in traffic at Twenty-third street— by the time they got to Fifty-seventh they were engaged—they stopped at a church on upper Fifth ave. and were married . . . I don’t believe it, either! «.. the Country Night Clubs are do- ing big business ... watch for list next week (advt.) ... Pent house parties very popular—the sky's the limit... new parking stunt—lcave your key with man‘who has charge of block—he moves your car every hour for fifty cents a day. Pa 19 For Book Worms The Library is a very nice speak- easy in the fifties . . . it consists of two rooms with walls lined with books which you may read at your leisure whilst sipping a “Shakespeare,” “Du Maupassant” or “Burns” cocktail . . . a neat bar runs along one side and all through the rooms are easy chairs and floor lamps ...a large SILENCE sign hangs in cach room... if you desire you may take a book home with you by paying a deposit and so much a day ... it is indeed a hang- out of the literati and also a swell circulating library! Around The Town 100 Years Ago Edward Coates, sexton of Trinity church has startled the town with ad- vertisements of cut rates on coffins and easy payment funerals . . . City Hos- pital authorities are considering the purchase of lots at Henry and Mont- gomery streets because of the healthy locality ... Mr. Bradhurst has let his country residence in Harlem for the summer season... fashion experts point out that tortoise shell glasses for young ladies are not stylish... for the benefit of our more obtuse readers (oh, yeah!) the editor has asked me to state that these items are clipped from the newspapers of one hundred years ago—we thank you. comicbooks.com