Life — May 3, 1929 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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4 Life CANADIAN NATIONAL—TO EVERYWHERE IN CANADA | Musings of an Aviator (Waiting for his parachute to open) “Well, I certainly am stepping out! « How blue the sky is today—lovely fall. we're having . . . Let’s see, I'm supposed to count ten before I open this thing—or is it a hundred? Darned if I can remember; I never was any good at figures, I was the youngest of a family of twelve and never counted much . . . Glad they don’t label para- chutes “Not To Be Opened Until Christmas”. . .1 don’t believe I could wait... Guess I'll begin to count now; I’m never happy unless I'm doing something ... Ten, Twenty, Forty, Eighty, One Hundred—Here | come like a bumble bee, no hidies around my goal! ... The next thing is to find that ring—where the heck is it? That can’t be it—nor that—I'll try this thing—no, that isn’t it— . . . Oh my gosh, I’ve gone and undone my sus- penders—there go my pants, they're leaving me behind (wow! that was a hot one!) . . . What I need is a good Do you love belt in the pants... Hope I don't land in a Girls’ School in this condi- tion . . . Headff in the papers: Lakes and Woods Then come to ‘Pilot Barely Escapes Breach Suit. aR I've got to stop this fooling and fii ‘Vy THE HIGHLANDS OF down to earth... Now where do you { | / suppose that ring went to? I bet the GD N TA Ri oO best man stuck it in his vest pocket, the simp . . . Wouldn’t it be droll if Canada there wasn’t any on this parachute? Come to the land of wide-spreading blue lakes, That would certainly be a big joke on silvery streams and cool forests scented with the manufacturers— . . . Aha! Here fume of balsam and e. Spend a it is—now T have to pull a string . . eli Pedant vacation in this Senin: forest I'll just sing a short chantey while I'm wilderness. hauling away at it... Heave ho! Enjoy the luxurious ease and comfort of fine Blow the man downl . . . Woof! . . . resorts with every appointment for invigorat- My but that opened suddenly; wae ing sport—golf, tennis, hiking, fishing, } inet nearly as easy riding as 2 oe swimming, boating, canoeing, dancing and more economical though—I've gone at social diversions—or complete relaxation and least a mile on one drop. .....-- the restful peace of quiet places. Well, now I've got nothing to do but Visit Muskoka Lakes, Kawartha Lakes, Lake FORRES hang around iin something comes of Bays, the 30,000 islands of Georgian Bay Sams up... Ho-hum! It’s a dull life. . . and the beautiful blue shores of Lake Huron. Y —Heman Fay |r. If fishing is your first consideration choose Algonquin Park, Timagami or Nipigon Forest - : Music in the Air Reserves where big f fellows hungry for the fly cruise cool dept! The old songs will soon have to be { revised and brought up to date. For For booklets and Canadian travel and vacation infor- example— ‘mation—consult the nearest Canadian National office. “Parachuteing Nellie Home.” “In the Zooming, Oh, My Darling!” [[ANADIAN NATIONAL “My Bonnie Flys Over the Ocean.” <== = “After the Fall Is Over.” The Largest Railway System in America “Two Little Girls Who Flew.” OFFICES “On a Sky-Cycle Built for Two.” a3 Wencingtse 8, paSigeet eee. RWORE eens, 1 Ts de “The Side-Slips o'er New York.” ages. «= - SIA one RARE, geen “Nobody Knows How High I Am.” : Rerdtcod fg, CERES, ORT AND, 7 “SRATTLS “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly oo PE | UIE | ERRAESY wgmmmmczon gc. © | Field?” OPERATING RAILWAYS - STEAMSHIPS + HOTELS Motor of Mine: TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS SERVICE + RADIO STATIONS “Airily We Roll Along.” ciicAco 108 West Adame Street comicbooks.com