The Critic

NZ Truth, Issue 1187, 30 August 1928, Page 1

The Critic

THE .poker -player says the dearest A spot m the world is Jack's pot. pERMAN wine growers complain that their product doesn't get a fair show m Britain. Whine ; of the Rhine. - *' *■ * ' OEADLINE: "A thousand seamen m j ll port." A bit quieter than if the port were m a thousand seamen! '*• , * "THE marriage ring as the oldest 1 monopoly." That's^ why -6ver^ woman wants to get a finger^fh*l&;^" * #„■#.

PHILS' dresses are getting shorter. That explains the adage, "The longer we live the more we see." # * 4 DERNARD Shaw is crusading against women smoking. Why interfere with anything that keeps a woman's mouth shut? »• ' * TN the Divorce Court a woman's ■"- marriage lines, are written m her face! # * # ' W/OMEN m New York have been " carrying drugs m their garters. A shot above the "snow" line. . *. ._ * * TOURING a row m New York, a Fascist was thrown .through a window, the throwers being fined for damaging the glass, people who live m glass houses shouldn't throw Fascists! » # V' * * WHILE children of miners were starving, a London millionaire gave a party to 20 rich children costing £2500. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the dirt! # ■ * ■ ... * AN American mob, joining* m a hunt for a murderer, lynched the wrohg man. For them the limb of the law is a branch of the nearest tree. #*• * . ' ALL the world's a stage — and flappers are its chorus girls. # * * . "MANY candidates for Parliamentary *'*■ elections." — Some men will stand for anything. # * #

TF dressmakers were paid by results ■*■ they would be cut very short. *" * * WORKMEN m Belfast found bombs, rifles, and cartridges packed m flannel. Someone wanting to h&ve a quiet little blow-out? * ' * * "TURF Sensation." — Horse ran true •*• to form! * * * "P OAT Racing."— Man running to back a horse. * # ■ * .: THE woman pays, it is said. But she collects every night. *•# * . - "PRISIS m Greece."— The fat must be m the fire. * * # ERRATIC movement m brewery shares."— The same with brewery consumers. * . • *# * @ "pONFUSION." — Typical City Coun- ■ cil debate. * ' ,#. ■' * W/OMAN complains . that her hus- " band growled at her like a dog. Possibly as a bark of respect! * # # COCIAL Interests.— Often cdnfused with "I'm detained at the Office, dear." .* # # LIOME ~ and Housecraft. — A study peculiar to the women of old. * # , * ' "DOUND m 67." — Tailor measuring a *> politician's waist, i ,