Passing Show

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 6

Passing Show

aiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiirniniiiuiniinnuiiiiiiiiMiiniiiiiniiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimS ;.. THE dance-hall "wall-flpwey' is alone 1 m the* whirled. '■■ " ■' ■ ■ ■:;>.:••';?■•. .:.;. ■":••■• -•_ • ;■# . - ■ .■;.. "DRIDE Siiys /No' at" Altar." Some fellows have all the luck. - '■■ ■ ■■'•■•*•• , •-■•"•■ -.'■ :..- *■■ -• ■- '-. • ; : ; ' . :i "W^AKE' up Workers!". exHpr^ts . .the ' : "Maoriland Worker." Since when has the"M.W." been the official .organ of the public service? . ■ .-. < ~ ■■■'■, : * -.■■ ■■■•.-■■■ „■ * : -. .-■>' ' PHINA has asked U;S.A. to . admit • "photo picture-brides"- to the States; Naturally, the reply, was ,a negative. . • . ' ... * ■ ■•'■■..'. #< ' ....■ • . ■'■ '•■ •■v ~ y ; ■-,■••■' • ' "TELL, us where one can find- that schoolgirl complexion .ribwad.ays." < Usually, madam, •on a man's, coat col-^ lar. ■ ■'■ • ■■ ' : . ' ■ '•• •: ■■•*•■ v ."■-•. ' *' ' '■.'•-. * ;■'.*- '■' ."" ■ ■ ■■ TN the race for up-to-dateness "our ; girls are determined to '.outstrip - one Mother. • -* ' .^ . , „#.;■. # ; ;■■"'• ■.' ■." ■■. ".. ■ TF Prohibition comes we will put. the temptation to drink behind us,. and \ -, keep it behind us-^ih our hip-pocket. : ' ' . ■■..#.-.•■■■■#-■ • *■■ '•;■ .-. " I MISS MAUD HOYDEN: ''I don't 'ob-' ject x .to kissing, although much of it is deceitful." Kissing is- naturally.- a*-: : two-faced affair? Maud. . ; l-; ' • * * ;■■-.# . ■;•• v. •" .•■• ■ "CCALES of Justice."— Legal charges./:' -..•-■■ : -' # .' ■ # ' v - v'-; ; # ■', ■■':':■- •■'.'■■■- ■■• DEV. T. E. RUTH : ; "Does thinking a 1X ■, thing bring it to pass?" It won't- : > pass you into a theatre.' :■ . * a : .-•.■'#• ' • PHRISTCHURCH man stole a n«wß.paper. Must have been as hard up aa the men who wrote it : • . * .•■,.■■• CHILDREN should be taught evolu- ■ tion, says i Professor Griffith-Taylor. Surely they are up to enough monkey . tricks already? . ■■■ ' \* " ; * ■ • ' ' \7ERY often the politician, who aay» v he has an open mind should close > it,- for /repair's. - .

THE horns of a dilemma. .... .'#.,.•*.. * COME cynic tells us that "Efficiency • has only succeeded m giving , us motbr-hearses." And, we may add, pedestrians to ride m them. • ; -;■• *, • MOW* what we want is a thought;- ' l * reading censor who will put peopje.v . out of picture-shows for imagining thtf -* bits the other censor cut out. ■:<..■■":•'■■ - # ■ :• I "MISS AMERICA married." The m United State. < "- ■ ' *. * ' * ( DEV. T, E. RUTH: "Should we pray f> for rain?"-. Let us spray! p "VV7OMEN talk too much .to make good \" /golfers." .Ought to hear men golfers gossiping r,ound the tea. caddie. ,?: ' ■■■■.-■f'^'V '•■; "*..\ * THAT country' deaf and dumb couple 1 I who married last, week are unspeakably happy. ' : ■<; . #•..•- * , ALIMONY is the triumph of cupidity . over Cupid. i ■.«.■#. * ■■ "jV/TARRIAGE is a lottery," they say. V 1 And, judging by the falling birthrate statistics, children are regarded as the booby prizes.' W7ILLIAM ANDERSON, m divorce, "" complained that his wife split an apple on his head. That's what made William ' Tell! / * * * MEWSPAPER caption: "Gelignite m tea-room!" T.N.T.! MOTHERS-IN-JAW! * ■ . ■-..■• : * * . • * " ' THE flapper's idea of showing her clothes "off" suits the average man. '■-.''"•.*■ ■ * '" * THAT fashions Eve set, A Remain with vs 1 yet; Is a- fact which no woman perceives — '- Yet women to-day, • Have "figures" they say, And from "figure," well, "Fig" never, "leaves!" . , • ■■■■'•■ •

AGRICULTURE, Bays Sir John Rua-i ■ "sell, is the conversion of sunshine . : into food production. Yes,. and moon- ■..,-, shine is' the conversion of agriculture,-, into drink production. ,' .; ;^-"" ; , vj -. - ■" ■ ' *■ ■ •'. ■ :.'"■'■:'* ■■■,-■ ■•■■■ ';•••'• i ANTI-PROHIBITIONIST campaign- ; ™ ers are making their work nippy. . ..•• . : '.-. #„■#; ■*.'■' ..■..■■■• pABI/ED that German "postal brides'* are being shipped to Afriqa; " As usual, they are going throughv-the '• males. . ,- >'■ ' ■■ _ •' ■'■>-' .-/: ■■-■'■ #■"."••* ■••: * \\. THE rumor that broadcasting station "IYA," ■. Auckland, is to be rechrlstened "IOU," has not been con- - firmed. • "'.- r .'•^"', .'• f-i TT is the hero that takes to flight *- - '- „ ' . \., ■ "T BTTERS of Credit"— l.O.U. . *. : I OVE makes the world go round. V \*-t Taking out some girls ceVtainly '. f does make'' one feel giddy. , , . *,■■■■• ,' *■•.' ' ■ -r* ■ ■ ' - ■■-■'. CITY Council's. ; S.O.S."— Splashing i Our Sugar. - ' . •".", [• . ■• .-..- ■#• -„- . . ■:#.;v . > •-. ... -..,-•■ ■■•; [•THE evolution of *: language-HDadda;, 'A. * daddy, dad, pater, father, the old man, the old pot, the old blighter,ziff . . . v Next,. please! •■■-■' MEXICAN play is promised shortly. "*■ — Gun play? , • ' * .■' ■ ♦. .;' - ; •.-• . ;■ '.': -. ' VJEWSPA^ER ■- heading: "Racehor«a ■"■.: pead."' Is this news? , • ■■'■■.>. •■'■ ° ■'->■ ■'■'.■ ■■-' DEPORTED that a man backed a I *V horse: and died with excitement as" it came in 4 first. We'd die, too, if some' nags we know really won on thtir l^neritit '