Passing Show

NZ Truth, Issue 1143, 27 October 1927, Page 1

Passing Show

SiiiiiiniuiiHiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiimmnnmmmimmHimiS POATES is trying- to be the Par m Parliament. ## • # TT was stated m Parliament that a member couldn't get a New Zealand lemon m Bellamy's. Who goes to Bellamy's for lemons, anyway? \* * ♦ TP all women were as old as they thought they looked there would be no old age pensions. * • • COONER or later the debt collector will find you out. • # # THERE is an Archer m Christchurch . who wants to put arrows all over dancing youth. • • # "POLITICIANS m Sport," says a daily paper. "We understand a lot of Reform members are going for a skate next year. # * * /\ bottle is not always all that it is cracked up to be. * * # YOUTH of to-day can easily have his head turned by a flapper. Depends on the hose. * » ♦ A SOUTHERN farmer nearly choked when his false teeth stuck m his throat. We can very well imagine him feeling down m the mouth. * # # THE drink question. "Well, what is It, 1 boys?" * * * WHEN a.man tells his wife he is dining out, he sometimes does. • * * QOME Taranaki farmers are going to v ignore the Summer Time Act. They want an hour to themselves. • ♦ # THERE Is no such thing as suffering m silence — for a woman. * # * A MIXED foursome is often likely to produce its bogey. # * • "QOLF is good exercise." Yes, but our throats are not the only things we want to exercise. * * • STATISTICS show that very few married men go m for loud speakers. •# • , J7MPTY vessels make a lot of sound until they are filled up again. • • * "QURGICAL instrument to work on v heart," says paper. That's nothing; the confidence man has been working effectively on man's heart for years. • • * A WINNING smile often makes a man come out the loser. * * • THIS new political party promises 1 -well. • • • CTATE lottery. Next election. v • • • THERE are a lot of politicians who want to give their Coates a brush and clean up, next election. # * ♦ - BUSINESS m the House is often strained. It could be strained more. • • # pHRISTCHURCH MAYOR ARCHER doesn't like, the girls and boys to have a stunning time at a dance. Quite right. * # # "MATUREs ways are best for health" says the' Christchurch "Star." It is nature's way to drink, of course. # # * I/IANY a man who thinks he is a topnotcher, gets taken down a peg. * * * TT'S the bare idea of some of these summer dresses that shocks us. * # * . THINGS look All Black for South *• African football next year. • • # TT'S up to the All Blacks to take all the spring out of the Springboks. # * * Jt isn't so much to ask a modern girl to dress for dinner. • • # A LOT of people look upon Parliament as a common gaming-house. • # * pERMANY seems to be Hinden'sburg. * . • • THE German President is eighty. Precise' mathematical calculation, taken m conjunction with his horoscope and birth certificate, go to showthat he is older than he used to be. ■# # # THERE is one female creature In New Zealand "laying a double," yet the police are powerless to interfere. The "Ohakune Times" reports a hen m that district to have laid twenty double yoke eggs m succession. • * « PRANDPA says there's nothing new m j girl having a "roll" m her stocking. * * # THE lady doctor who was supposed ■*■ to have swum the channel did not take enough water with it. # * # I OOKS as if there wijl be a petting 1-1 party m the House; # * * A CHRISTCHURCH minister strongly objected to the sale of petrol on Sundays. TKe spirit did not move him. * * * A MEMORIAL to writers has been unveiled. There are . many who would gladly subscribe to a tombstone for some writers.