Topics in Brief:

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXX, Issue 20165, 20 July 1935, Page 12

Topics in Brief:

Readers are Invited to furnish for publication in this column, pertinent and witty ex .racts (the briefer the better), from newspaper and magazine articles, such as:

The biologists find a relation between brain-power and chest development. A wrestler who has first thought of something, is a dynamic sight.—" The Richmond Times."

Beauty shops are now being allowed in Russia, and no nation needs them more.—" Dallas Morning News.”

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. Don’t take care of either and the Government will take care of you. — "Judge."

At the rate the "quints" are making money, the Canadian Government may decide that their help can be enlisted to pay the national debt.—" The Humorist."

The difference between shoplifting and taking somebody else’s goods and a real old-style kleptomaniac is the amount of your bank balance." — "Humorist."

That British writer who says no laws are enforced in the United States should come over to our town and leave his automobile parked for a minute beside a fire-plug.—" Safety First." "There are few automobiles in Russia still," says a Russian visitor to the United States. Same here, comrade, day and night.—“ The Washington Post."

The restaurant patron who howls because his plate isn’t hot, is the one who eats in the kitchen at home.—" The Daily Oklahoman." There are 2,500,000 golfers in the United States, unless the census takers have overlooked a few of the deeper ditches.—" The Detroit News."