The Critic

NZ Truth, Issue 1182, 26 July 1928, Page 1

The Critic

UEENEY and Tunney are not the only big figures connected with to-day's fight. y * * * ISIVORCE is usually a. question of , ' Alibi or Alimony. 'CRISCO' "Examiner" claims that "a '■*. married woman who was dunib for two years recovered her speech through reading its comic supplement." Which strengthens the case against the comic strip. / * . * . * ... r\UKE OF YORK says: "Miarry a *^ Scotswoman!" Yet they talk about the hard school of ' experience.

*>ii'.-r..f_'ji, k*> ;•-'■' :'■;*'■'•'■ *"J ''>_'■: ''."•' ■ '■ ■' ■_' . COND mother calls him "King Baby." I*y Neighbors reckon- he. is the "Prince of Wails." ; . '- ...... .-.. ' *•' ..■•"' ..'..,*■■■{'■' •■■■ ••''*•• ■■ ■ AyAITORS Kingsford Smith and Ulm are having a chequered career. "DUBLIC-HOUSES are gold mines." . . Golden quirts. V •'••■;■#■ ■•':'#■ ■:#•■■■■. VfEVER judge a member^ of Parlia- . ment by the company his position makes him keep. * ' * . .• PABLED that "the young eXrEmperor V of China has lost his capital." Now we know what it feels like to be an Emperor. "jyjUSICAL thief steals ay saxophone." . Encore that turn. / .#:••:* * "CHOTJLD racecourse punters pray?" Well, prayers for the dead are permissible.' ; . • •■ ' , ' • * ' * ' # A DUNEDIN paper says: "The pen is . mightier than the sward." Must be a sheep-pen."

f\F course, it was of a plumber that they first used the phrase, "hasn't dohe a tap all day." ,_.■'.♦, * ,' » pBRMANY'S finances are • closely watched by France. The watch on the rhino. *■' . * # DUBLICANS hope to keep up the best * ' of spirits after the vote on Prohibition. "DAD spirits are all consigned to •. everlasting hell." — "Too " right, and perdition seize the- imps who ring m, such rotten stuff," say the King Country drinkers; - # « ■'. » '■ A SCIENTIST" claims that jewels have sex. '"Critic" suggests that the cat's eye is feminine. Illllllllllllllllllltlllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllll