The CRITIC

NZ Truth, Issue 1105, 3 February 1927, Page 1

The CRITIC

I Who can undaunted brave the § s Critic's rage, § § Or note unmoved his mention : jj m the Critic's page; § • Parade his errors m the publio I . § ■■■ eye,- '. ... ;.. = ■ -s : § And Mother Grundy'o rage I | defy 7 .; *"•">"••"••""• HiiiiMuiMiiiiiiiuiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiHi,.: „ fRAM'SERVICES I ' V....-- * ' ..*■. ,- ■ » ■; ..■•. ;••_. "E AT sun'fShV advises a. writer. , Under- present conditions there wouldn't be much chance "of a square meal.. ■ ; • . ■■' ■ '■'"•'■. ' * ,-.■■■ * ' ■'.-' * ' ' - ' PROMINENT i London doctor declares that bridge playing makes women fat. He might have added, "and their husbands poor.'.' v ..'.■'• • '. ' J • ' ■*. ... : [N days gone by the form divine was ■ a matter of imagination. Nowadays imagination doesn't enter the matter at all.' ■".'-■■' . *"■-. ■" •■''' ■' „■♦''• ' ENGLISH say" there are creatures beneath the seas which are beyond the greatest stretch: of im^ agination. Reputable fishermen regard Jthis as a direct affront. / ' •*- ■'■■ >'" f' •

TO motorists thf "dangerous curve" is the curve of the elbow m the bar, or around the flapper! . J S. Treasurer Mellon is a strong supV porter, qf- Prohibition. Must be a water-Mellon. - ■■'.' •"'.'.-..- . * '■'■..•' .{';■'■'. m. ■■■■■■■ than; cine pxl can Jell ■$ caran^of algoniesi.^he! caused bimin^thei^tinessHbdx;-: '■"■'■ "■ r ' ■^ ■:' •■ '- :- • ' ■■" ■ '•'.-♦ ,': DEPORTED that the British m China v are "dejfected/' Seems that they are everything but "ejected." -■■■. ..• .■■• • ,;■ . -.# I'THE Dominion: c 'The Human Quest for c Truth." Every city every Thursday. . * .- * ■ ••'" • ■ ■- ■ . «'pEEL. slips aiong at 103 m.p.h. I Newspaper heading. That's nothing. We've seen a peel make a man slip like lightning. ■' ,■■... * *...'.-* THEY seem to be having a hatful of trouble m the Panama. rJmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ I BALMY I SilliiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiniiiiniiiii^ A boat, a rnoon'^ a balmy night, • tA man with features dapper, But pot as balmy as the air, Beside him is a flapper. COME' day» a genius will invent a public call telephone that works. ALL that glitters isn't sold. * * . • AN English girl has just wakened from a trance that lasted over 12 years. Her'record must have created much jealousy so far as Sir James Parr is concerned. *■'"#.. » 7OWLER is going to have his hands full on February 8. ...'...-'. .■•/'#■■•* * PERMANENT waves are most popu- '% lar along the. beaches. .-■\ -.'*..* . ■. * : ' . AFTER all, Eve was only a side issue. * . . '#'. " .-;•'■■'- TT is stated that King George intensely dislikes the shingle, so that shorn ladies find it convenient to wear their tiles m the royal presence. .-■-'..*■ # '- .* A WITNESS: "The scales were gone • when I: arrived." 'Many Wellington scales steal a weigh. *#. ' # A • COUPLE intend being married m ** an ,aeroplarie. A falling-out %vould be fatal. * ■ '' ' ■ ■ - !