PRETTY PHIL.

NZ Truth, Issue 1273, 24 April 1930, Page 10

PRETTY PHIL.

Beauty Parlor, Not Poultry Farm

Contrary to general expectations, plaintive Phillip Scott hasn't decided to retire from the ring and devote his time to the pleasure and profit to be derived from a poultry farm. ]^pt. SCOTT, who has built himself up quite a formidable reputation as the ring's most notorious rooster, owing to his habit •of always being among the fouls, has decided to retire from fighting all right. After 14 years of vainly trying to convince the world that the . collar stud should indicate the plimsoll mark, and strongly advocating the policy of "no hitting m the- face," Phillip has decided to run a beauty parlor of all things. Ornate and up-to-date offices are to be taken m the West End, and there he will forget all about his own susceptible stomach, while devoting his attentions to ridding trusting clients of unwanted weight. Since his last lamentable appearance m a boxing ring, when a rough gentleman called Sharkey shoved a prodigious paw into his downstairs department and caused him to curl up and crawl around the ring m the frantic hope of convincing the referee that the "Gabby Gob" had hit him where he shouldn't oughter, Mr. Scott has spent all his time squealing about the injustice of the affair and regaling flapperdom and anyone else interested with pink teas, card parties, and other manly entertainments. The beauty parlor is a new one. It will be o.k\ as long as he doesn't start placing "action statues" around the walls for show. Some of 'em might climb down off their perchand give Mr. Scott a belt m the bingy.