-The Critic's Wink

NZ Truth, Issue 1209, 31 January 1929, Page 4

-The Critic's Wink-

A CAPITAL letter— £. * *'' * * pOMPANIONATE marriage is just a halter witn a loose slip-knot. CRITIC wonders if cave women forced husbands to give up their clubs? * * 4> . "THE Weather In Brief". . . No; ■*■ perhaps we'd better not say it. The fine might be too heavy. "A REGULAR hanger on." A Well- "■ ington tram patron. * * # JUDGING them from their attire, some girls have a neck to go about the Avay they do. DAILY paper heading: "Stick m hand, schoolmaster says." The average

schoolboy has an infinite capacity for taking pains. * * . MAN named Mustard wa_/ found m an hotel after hours. Must have been a pretty hot spot- » ' , ■ * * \ THERE are lots --■ - of promising"

young men to-day; Too many, say jilted girls. * • #" #•; SOME divorce witnesses: Lie and let lie. * ."«■■■• THE old pay more for their pleasures than the young. ■'.«':'- ;.#'■• * COME revue actresses don't care a ° wrap. ■'-.;'" ' .*-.*. * SUGGESTED that many thousands of . England's unemployed be sent to Australia! They should feel quite at home there. RUMORED that tte YA stations had X a "record" year. The programmes show that ' *-.** ADELAIDE Zoo elephant swallows A a lady's handbag and £11. A trunk line call.

DENITED Mussolini. '.'*-'' . * * * MINERS' daughters should have a wealth of natural resources. IyFOST wives lead two lives—Their own and their husbands'. * * * CYDNEY burglars stole 11 bottles of beer. Another one and the police would certainly make a "case" of it. "WORLD'S NEWS": ' "The princess " flushed prettily." We hate to see anyone else with. a royal flush. • * » * TNCOME tax is one thing the law of gravitation does not affect. DAPER states that many racegoers ■ were unable . to pronounce the

name of a recent winner. The paper %voul<an't be game to Print some of the Pronunciations after the outsider beat tne favorite. * * '"^HAT sort of _ _. <; ime English cricketer& ha£ ng m Au,:tlv.Ha?" asks an ap-

prehehsive correspondent. If they are all like Larwood they will be pretty fast.-. * * * PAWNBROKER'S sign:. Two to one *•. you won't get it back. #. # THERE'S always a hole m a golfer's argument. # * * pEOPLE who undertook buggy drives r m the old days were thrown together a good deal.. * , * » . QTS Qf Mg are tQO good to be true. JL c #, * . RUMORED the Cuiiavd Line contem1V P^tes action aßMl^^Xm Yt» Shipping Board. Cunardly believe it! * - * ft 'T>RIZES awarded' daily": To the gol getter who can get th© countryman nibbling.