The Critic

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 6

The Critic

A WRITER says a political speaker has to put up with a lot of abuse. The first hundred jeers are the hardest! • ' #' # ■ ■ A CORRESPONDENT wants to know why the earth is always regarded as feminine. Because no one is certain of its age. * .* . * MAGNET sweepers for the roads are being suggested.. Small, car. owners are said to be protesting. . *. « # DEOPLE nowadays are said to have no staying, power.- What about those individuals that "pop m on you for ten minutes," and stay all night? # * * OOUSEMAIDS are often chosen for *■ * their nice faces. And often dismissed because of their cheek. ■-• • . * • . . ANTS can raise weights larger than themselves. Bees can raise big Jumps, too. ##■ # ■ A COMEDIAN is said to be a keencollector of antiques. The comedians usually share them with the audiences. : v :. # # * A HEAD LINE: Another book to he suppressed. Life is one banned thing after another. • • • - ■ o • ' ■

A WRITER asks what would be .thebest book for a man about to get married. A cheque-book. * w • .THERE, has .been a decrease m the . number of male bigamists. The short sentences have not been worth the risk. ■ , ■ -, '*' ■•■■-..• . - X A SOCIETY has been formed with the 1 , object of assisting people to help themselves. Leave the front door open, it's more simple. . * . # ' * ".'. ' ; A MAGISTRATE asked if there was any man who had not spoken a hasty word to 'his wife. Only he who stutters. ■■■■■. * # # THERE is no excuse for bachelors to live, states an authoress. So they commit marriage. . ., ■ , * # # PAN you imagine it? runs a" headline; A woman on time for an appointment. .. . #, ' # '"'#"' '" "" A WRITER m a ladies', magazine asks for a remedy to get rid of chaps always on her hands. Eat onions. '* * * CLIM girls .are being weeded out of the choruses.. The survival of the fattest. ' . '.:..'. '„.-',