TOPICAL TITBITS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6851, 5 March 1929, Page 4

TOPICAL TITBITS

Yes, son, the stork is the bird with the big bill.—“ Council Bluffs Nonpareil.” * * * The 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 the 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." * * * A woman’s clothes are her sentiments expressed in fabrics, says one of our leading novelists —and, as you often hear, there is very little sentiment these days.—“ New York Evening Post.”