TOPICAL TITBITS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 23

TOPICAL TITBITS

Yes, son. the stork is the bird with j the big bill. —“Council Bluffs Nonpareil.” ■* * * Tho inferiority complex would be a fine thing if the right people had it.— “Fountain Inn (S.C.> Tribune.” * * * War by machinery won’t be so terrible if somebody will invent a machine to do all of the saluting.—" Toronto Star.” The American who has not seen an automobile is now hard to find but not the man who has not seen one in time.-—“ Boston Herald.” When the meek inherit tie earth, it is going to be worth walking across town to see the unmeek take it away from them.—" Macon Telegraph.” Twenty-two noted gangsters have just been run out of Chicago. That is fine for the whence, but not so good for the whither. —“San Diego Union.” * * * A prehistoric skeleton has been found, its legs wrapped around its neck. This would seem to indicate that the dickey seat is older than we had supposed.—“ Greenville Piedmont.” i A woman’s clothes are her senti- ! ments expressed in fabrics, says one of our leading novelists—and, as you ; often hear, there is very little senti- j ment these days.—“ New York Evening j Post.”