TOPICAL TITBITS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)

TOPICAL TITBITS

Only time a horse gets scared nowadays is when he meets another horse. —Wall Street Journal. Signor Mussolini has paid a visit to Mount Vesuvius. Now perhaps the volcano will stop its nonsense. —Punch. Because; he did not enter a plea of insanity a murderer charged in America has been remanded for the state of his mind to be inquired into. —Punch. The New Turkish Government has forbidden the ancient Anatolian custom of male guests beating the bridegroom. The Turks prefer to let marriage take its course. —EI Paso Times. Now it turns out that King Emmanuel of Italy is a fancier of old ami rare coins. We knew he was bound to have some way of taking up his time. —Nashville Banner. Another interesting speculation is whether the girls will continue to be satisfied with their present finish or whether in time they will take to wallpapering themselves. —Ohio State Journal. Dr. Edward Grant Conklin alleges that we have not found a more perfect woman than the Venus de Milo or a more perfect man than A polk. Obviously Dr. Conklin never reads movie publicity. —South Bend Tribune. • • • A Frenchman has invented an automobile tha 1 will leap from the ground and travel through the air for a considerable c istance. Pedestrians hail just as well give it up and lie down in the midule of the road. • —Nashville Banner, r r'r f rr -r rr rr y ~r -F rr rr rr_