PEEPS AT THE PASSING SHOW

NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 4

PEEPS AT THE PASSING SHOW

"YJjVORLD'S NEWS" says fair women W are more apt. to be bitten by mosquitoes than dark ones. Even mosquitoes prefer blondes! * * * THE latest example of economy: A A man got married m his backyard so that the chickens could get the rice. * ' ■ • » ARISE m the price of feather dusters is mooted. They're busy dusting Ministerial pigeon holes. * # * pRIMINOLOGY m " nautical terms: V Crime waves and law breakers. * * * A GREAT house's business motto is: "Truth m Advertising." Of course, that means advertising m "Truth." * * DANGEROUS pro*J paganda if something you object to. A POLITICIAN'S ** paradise — the Treasury benches. # * , SOME stone figures of gorillas -„,'., have been found m Yucatan, and a daily paper says: "No tale remains to explain them." Gorillas are not tailbearers! . . * * * DEPORTED that on acquittal a man m court kissed his lawyer/and then fainted. He will be more careful next time. . m *. •■■*.'. THE most persuasive man is an insurance agent who can talk his inspector into taking out a; policy m his own company. *' * * MELBOURNE bombers seem to be keen on Italian settlement. * •*■■'• SLOGAN Of Yankee tourists: See New Zealand "Fast. * .#■■•# POWARDS— Some people who sing over the radio. *. ■• * DAILY paper heading: "Neighbors' Gossip.'' Broadcast service!

; SCIENTISTS say that it is the female *" mosquito that hums her love-song. The only good kind of mosquito is the one that is mashed on something. * « # A DON JUAN recently hit his ladye fayre on the head with a. hammer. A real lady killer. * * * A FASHION journal says flat hats /will be .the vogue. Only levelheaded girls will be able to wear 'em. * * • COME banks are stuffy. "Critic's" is over-drafty! v« * • PROCTORS had to operate to set some money out of a suburban kid. '* • -' They get it out of aauits the s a nr. s way. • * «■ fO -GETTERS are still getting chequed at every turn. *. ■. * MEW rocket ear iN has 27 cylinders and no brakes. Seems to be just the thing New Zealand sheikhs have been -waiting for. * * •'. . * A£OLF coach . says there is a vast difference between learning to drive a car and playing golf. In the first instance you hit nearly everything and m the latter you generally miss. ! ■ # 5* * A WEL L ' KN^^N illusionist is going ™ to marry his , assistant. Precautions are being taken to prevent her from disappearing at the altar. ** ■ • "DURGL.AR charged with breaking *^ into mother-in-law's house." Looking for trouble. ■■# ' * * A WAITER recently reprimanded two *"* lovers for kissing. Keeping an eye on the spoons. * * * WHAT is a sailor's harvest after he has ploughed the sea? * # * MIGHT flying. (Note: Kingsford n Smith is not m the picture),