THE CRITIC

NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 1

THE CRITIC

| Who can undaunted brave the § i Critic's rage, i : Or note unmoved his mention = | m the Critic's page; jj | Parade his errors m the public § I eye, § s And Mother! Grundy's rage = "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiimiiiihiimihiii" EASTER LEGS ! : ■■• ■ # * * A Sage has said that beauty is only skin deep; the modern woman's dress makes it very transparent! "Tha Dominion": "Priqe of Gas.' Politician, £600 p.a.; Cabinet Minister, £1000 p.a. #* * . . New Zealand's constables are arresting figures! • * * ' . Many a drunk gets taken m by the police on April the first Kerbside Pumps: Detectives. ♦ ■ , ■ ♦■' ■ .. . ♦ ■" Oh, Percy, don't be rash to-day And break the Golden Rule; If you propose she'll say, "Of course"; Then call you "April Fool." '. : ■ - »■■■■■■■#.■• "N.Z. Herald": "Electricity Charges." Shocking! . * * • •'♦ . . McOOMES BACK! -* ■ * . • Flappers flvho accept proposals of marriage to-day will have no qualms about breaking them off to-morrow. ■. , ■ * ..-*:• / . "Otago Daily Times": "Trotsky 1 *: New Role." Has a lot more butter on it probably! l #' # # Nqtbing is taken seriously on April Fool's Day. Will . our creditors please note' \' -. New Zealand has a rare Rose of the runner variety ! ' .. .'".' '*' • ■ ■ *' •'• ••'■.■ ' J "Is the modern housewife, slacking?" asks the "Lyttelton Times." Well, most of them are certainly a shingle short. * '#■'•#■■ Said James as^was to James to be: "You're honored by selection, Reform you'll grace, You've just the face To win a by-election." Said James to be to James as was: "There'll be some opposition: My civic square Has put me queer; It looks a proposition." ■ • . # ■ ' # On? is often forced to appreciate the force of an argument. i n 1 1 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii i m 1 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 m r 1 1 1 1 1 r ( 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 1 rrti m j 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii rllr 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 j i Out Contemporaries lIIIimiMIIIIIIIIIMIWIItIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII "Auckland Herald": "Great Eaters Suit Offer." This does not savor of Lent. "Otago Daily Times": "The Hon. Mi\ Hawken also spoke. 'Every time I isit the district I think more of it, 1 he said. 'You have the climate and the sunshine, and we are going to give you the water.' " Mr. Isitt must have been present m the spirit at any rate. "Dunedin Star": "Lady . would like -Working Man Boarder, share room, 30s, washing, mending included." r " There must have been a rush of applicants. , niiiuitiitiiiiiM iini mm inn 1 1 1 rtmt iiiiiKiii 1 1 1 trui i iMiJiriii i rrinit i iiniMMi 1 1 ri iiiiit fmi Many people/ pay premiums just for policy's sake. . ■ ■ ~ ■ # "■- * i; # The redeeming thing about magistrates is that they will give any old thing a trial. FLAPPERNOODLES! ** - • Drunken motorists make the pace a killer. '■■;•. ' # •• , We take the bun just now ! * * * "The Dominion": "Hotel Corridors Ring With Music." A snoring orchestra! .•■■.-• * .• Some girls want a good dressing down. . ''■ ♦ ..'■-.* *■'.-■■ Dentists are a glum lot. They're always looking down m the mouth. '.'■■. ■ ♦> * ■ ♦ ■ • . Most of our Parliamentarians can always raise the wind. * ♦ ■■■•■...• ' ■ Brazil doesn't seem to be dead nuts on Geneva. # ■ • ' ■ • ♦ . "Auckland Star": "Throttle Jams." A pretty sticky business! • * ♦ Some men simply rave over the hats their wives buy! • * ■*: '*' "Price of the Loaf." A floury question! . Eden to London : Parr-adise ! *•• * ♦ ■ An officer on a Home-going liner was overcome by fumes from a cargo of N.Z. cheese. Trouble on the high cheese! . * * # ' " New Zealand 's Rose is not likely to take root abroad 1