Life — May 24, 1929 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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LOCK HAVEN, Pa.—Robert Mil- ler, ‘seventeen years old, is spending twenty-five days in jail because he went fishing on Sunday in violation of Penn- sylvania’s age-old blue laws. Miller was sentenced under the summary con- viction law. CHICAGO—Mrs. Jane Elizabeth McLaughlin had her hair bobbed and got a “permanent” today to celebrate in the modern manner her ninety-sec- ond birthday. It was a definite ges- ture indorsing her rule of life: “Live with high ideals and go along with the young folks and you'll never grow old.” NEW YORK—According to Dr. Ed- ward E. Free, New York scientist, me- chanics constitute the most intelligent class of the nation. Next come engi- neers and technical men, with business men third. Actors, physicians, minis- ters and professors rank lowest, ex- cluding the large class of morons. CINCINNATI—“There will be no liquor at the meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs,” says Chairman C. T. Greve. “A Harvard man who vio- lates the Volstead act is a betrayer of the Crimson as well as his country, and it is ridiculous to believe that any Harvard man would do it.” HOLLYWOOD—Filmdom has cre- ated a new profession—that of profes- sional insulter. The “insulter” is hired by someone who wants to humiliate a film rival or other person who has given cause for offense, and his hunting ground is ata dinner party or some other so- cial function. Two men, it is stated, are carning excellent fees in the new work. They may be seen, for instance, disguised as waiters correcting the guests’ table manners. WASHINGTON—T he Weather Bureau reports that tornadoes are caused by currents of hot air. If this were really so, the Capitol would have been torn to pieces years ago. DES MOINES, Iowa—After three men had claimed they became intoxi- cated on 5-and-1o-cent store purchases, County Attorney Alfred Adams or- dered confiscated 1,500 dime bottles of bay rum in Des Moines stores. NIAGARA FALLS—Tony Cap- rutti, of Hoboken, N. J., placed a long distance call for the White House, in- tending to ask President Hoover to re- peal the prohibition amendment. The call was never completed, because Caprutti_ was arrested for intoxication. WASHINGTON—Special wiring of the White House to facilitate the pres- entation of sound pictures has been undertaken. RICHMOND, Va.—Motorists have complained to Commissioner Shirley about the so-called religious signs along the state highways. They object to de- pressing sentiments like “Prepare to meet your God,” “Death is on thy track,” ete. KANSAS CITY, Mo.—After 234 starts, a district court in Logan County, Kan., has convicted its first liquor law violator. The result was so unusual that Judge Ruppenthal notified W. A. Smith, attorney general, and Governor Clyde M. Reed. CHICAGO—William Hoke made a good income for two years by slip- ping on banana peels in business houses, and collecting damages rang- ing from $50 to $800. He was not caught until his forty-fifth slip. CHICAGO—Martin Fitzpatrick, the prohibition agent who recently led a righteous drive against bootlegging hotel boys, has been arrested. He is charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated. LOS ANGELES—Louise and Lucy Young, twins, are the wives of Byrl and Earl, also twins. They had a double wedding two months ago and a joint honeymoon. Now the twin wives are secking divorces. NEW YORK—Following an anony- mous tip on the schooner “Ernestine,” prohibition agents used axes and crow- bars in a thorough search, breaking bulkheads and chopping through a con- crete deck. Nothing was found. The agents apologized and withdrew. BOSTON—Dr. Stidger of Copley Church astonished his congregation by saying: “I have always longed to be a burglar. Whenever I read about a robbery, I think what a thrill I could get as a second-story worker, and I long to go out and crack a safe. It is pathetic not to be able to be what your soul desires.” NEW YORK—Hattie Campbell won't start serving her prison sentence for a week because of a permanent wave. When she and her husband were sentenced to from two and a half to five years imprisonment for a re- cent holdup, the judge granted her request for a stay so she could have her hair waved. LYNN—Mayor Bauer put the ban on all billboard posters showing women smoking cigarettes, when he ordered the removal of a big poster on Broad street which pictures a young girl and a sailor both with their heads together, both of them smoking cigarettes and obviously advertising the use of cig- arettes among women. comicbooks.com