Critic's Wink

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 1

Critic 's Wink

TO tipplers: A Snappy Screw Year. ' 1 • # . ■ # '.'•.#• •., MEWS item: A Mr. Winn won a case of champagne. Putting the win m wine and' the wine m- Winn. ■;■*■''' '.-■»' ' ' ."■■*' ■ ' : ■ A BUSINESS man advertises for ; a ** sleeping partner. He should try the civil service. .■ -■' :•■ * * * ■' ' "WHAT is. the best' timber for a. ' vv cricket bat?" asks an inquirer. I There is nothing to beat Lar-wopd so tar. • " ; ■." ■. - . , - • ,' '■ '• * #. • . A COUNpiLLOR told his colleagues ! "When Daniel was cast into the I Den of Lions, he said, 'Thank goodness , I*ll not be called upon to respond at j this banquet. 1 " And; let us add, '"The remark was received with a roar of j approval — from the lions." - ' ' ■ ' ..'.-■ * •.-'.'..'* " • •■ "JS marriage becoming more popular?" asks a morning paper. Well, the records* show that divorce is on the decrees! 4 ; ( ■■ ■ . " ".»■' ■■" »,•#■.. JOHN BARRYMORE weds Dolores Costello." Two stars on a-honey-moon. ••■•"..•■;.. • '*■■*' •' EWORLD'S NEWS" : "Work is NaVY ture's physician." But the Civil servant prefers some other doctor! ' ■ .. ' •■ . -..# '.-.- •.-#;• . . * '■■■■ : - DOISE is that -quality m a girl pre-, venting her from being embarrassed on the windiest day. ■•■#•'..■■■■# * THERE is an epidemic of ' twins m • Sydney. Two .bad! • #. '• • #. # THERE ought not be very many lunatics m Arabia! They're mostly, nomads. CURPRISING how many folk like to boast they're working long hours. The ordinary sixty-minute ones are quite sufficient for most people. * ; ■•■ •'.•••' . *■ ' . WHEN a girl says you're different, Vv' you know she's not #' '■#■■' * pNGjLlSH. feudal slaves -used to live m 1-1 a terrible mano t r. : , ■ ■•■•'■.■'■'•'■ • . •' . ' ' . "MOTHING doing" is the lazy man's ■^ excuse for doing nothing. . * .# ..'•- '.-. .« CTRIKING seamen often have the ■ wind taken out\ of their sails. '. .''- '»•■-. # '■ ..# ■'.■'• POBOT men will be very cranky **■ creaturea.