The Critic

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 1

The Critic

IVTAN was knocked down by train". "l How did it catch him up? '■'#:'. ■'■■■}. ■ '#■ ; ■■' * MEWS caption: "Drapery Shop Rob--11 bed." A case of the biter bit, what?, # • # * A CERTAIN Christchurch retail house has now, apparently, adopted a plan, of picking its customers from those whose : morals . are, beyond reproach. A ticket m the window reads: Pure Women's Silk Camisoles, 2/11/' # * *

"MARRIED Love.;l—"Wherel—"Where the devil have you been all night?" # * *' •I OCX of Napoleon's hair sold by auc- *"* tion. A snip for somebody. # # * "TTHE fiat of to-day is the slum of tomorrow," declares a town-planning expert. We , had always: ■ thought he was the husband of to-morrow. #• # * "DRAINS wanted m football," sug- ° gests a daily paper. But not the kicked-out variety. # * *» ' ; COMEONE has been arguing that the' tote "puts a premium on vice." Repeated^ investments have convinced us, however,,that,this premium is hard , to collect. ' '# ■ . ■ ■■/♦■ * PABLE: "Miss Daisy Curtis, the Adelaide policewoman, - has been shocked at the. very common spectacle i of young children sitting outside public- ' houses while their mothers are inside drinking." Well, we still-'don't think they should be taken inside. ■ ' '*■■ ■' >•■• . #

lITHY the sea is most dangerous when the weather is fine. # * * A SKS a doctor: "Is it any wonder that ■ 15,000 people find tennis . . . recreation for the mind, eye,..and body?" — Especially the eye, m some cases! # * , * "CTERN Chase—Five Shots, Fired." — Apparently the burglars didn't show a united front to the police, i * *" # HAILiT paper headline: "Traffic Jam." We saw a poor pedestrian being made into that the other, day. # /*» # EXPLORER states that Solomon was .• a horse-dealer. Well,, with three hundred wives; • he should have known about nags. < % #• • # "CNDURANCE dancers, writes a *■"* psychologist, "are aptto be afflicted with strange delusions." Such; for instance,, as the notion that the public" gives a d . . #, c * CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN, an anony- . nious householder sent £1. to the Water Board, on the ground that he once used an unlicensed hose. Now everything m the garden is lovely.