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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1946-07-04, Page 7JIM IN FUN 11 Pro'tably He Will Cavalry ' ecruit: "I don't like the look of the horse'' head, sir," Sergeant. "Oh, don't worry. You'll soon get ovet that • He" Do the Same "Mtather: -^-''cJ,gllnuie, dear, 1 was hoping you woulh 'be unselfish enough , , give your little sister the largest pieet of candy. Why, e' en ti at old her, will give all the nicest d inties to her little chicks and talo only a tiny one once in a while for herself." Johnnie (after watching the old ben for a while):: "Well, "mom, I'd do the same thing if it was worms." Dog Collector "What sort of a dog is he?" "An ento:nologist." "But an entrmolugis, is a collec- tor of insects." "Well,, hu Goes tha, all right." Hard Times These saesages you sent me are meat at or end and breadcrumbs at the other," said Mrs. Andrews. ."Yes, n adapt," replied the but- cher; "in these har,l times it is difficult to make both ends meat." Anything New A business man was upset be- cause his new typist was late. Fum- ing, he said, as she finally came in: "You should have been here at nine!" "Why?" she asked. "What hap- pened?" Could be Managed "Oh, porter," exclaimed the fair young thing, "does this train go first or the one on Platform Number Four?" "Number Four, miss," replied the porter; "it's due off in a minute, but if you run you'll catch it." "Yes; but have I got time to run over there and miss it and then come back and catch this one?" Boring "I'm going to kiss you before I go," said the young man whohad outstayed his welcome. "Do it now while I'm still young," replied the girl, wearily. In For Awhile Just after his convictieo the prisoner put up a •trong plea for mercy. "So you can see, your honor, he ended, with a whine, "I'm ,really down and out." But the judge had heard that story so often before. Looking over his spectacles, he replied: "No, you may be down, but you're not out—not for six months anyway." He Was . First Burglar (pointing to a weIl- known millionaire): "How would you like to be in his shoes?" Second Burglar: "I am." A Meddler ' The minister i• the Highland hamlet had no more ardent admirer than old Jean. As he thundered forth denunciations of the sins of immorality, lying, drunkenness, her amens were heartfelt. One day he turned his attention to a habit of pipe smoking among the elder women. OId Jean left tilt meeting firmly clutching her pipe. "I can't do with preachers when meddling," she said. meddlii,g," she aisd. Then Choose A shipwrecked sailor who had spent five ,,ears on a drsert island, was overjoyed one day to see a ship drop anchor in the bay. A small boat came ashore and an of- ficer ha deo the sailor a bundle of newspaper. - "The captain sugg-sts," he told the saikl., "that you read what's going on in the world and then let us know II von wan, to be res- cued." World's Shortest Novel The following, taken from a Petty cashbook, is surely the world's shortest •novel:— Advert. for . typist, 2s; typist's salary, 22; flowers, 5s, chocolates, 7s6d; typist's salary, £3; sweets for wife, 6d; Winnie's salary, 24; dinner and theater for Winnie and self, £10 10s; fur coat for wife, £150; advt, for male typist, 2s. Everything Frozen A sailor on leave was beim; pressed for stories, and at last he told his " ':eners of an adventure in the icy north. "It was that cold up there," he said "that one day I saw some sea birds stis ended in raid-air,frozen stiff and tutable to fly or fall flown." Said one doubting 'fhontas, ' Init what about the law of gravity?" "That was fins(.,, sin trio," said the sailor. THIS CURIOUS WORLD 1,11.0000. By William Ferguson IT TOOK MAN ASour 5200; CDC, CD TO LEARN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COPR. 1494 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. NEC. U. 6. PAT. CFF. t tit "WHEN YOU REPORT SEEING A PLANE PALL, AND YOU'RE WRONG,, YOU'RE STILL RIGHT, "Says ARS..JOSEPHINE JACK, ' F/ore',5' Co%redo GYM MO PERSONS HAVE DIED FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN THE U.S. SINCE= 1933 THAN WERE KILLED OR. DIED OF WdUNDS IN ALL THE WARS THE U.S. HAS FOUGHT: (5 1 U. S. Navy Air Unit a HORIZONTAL VERTICAL 1 Chief god of Memphis 2 Aircraft 3 Camera stand 4 Crimson 5 Overtime (ab.) 6 Native of Latvia Equal ' Nine (Roman) Lord Privy Seal (ab.) Lubricators English street oar Hardens Exclamation Symbol for tellurium 1 Depicted is insigne of — Squadron 33, U. S. naval aviation 7 Its — are always ready for action 13 Rounded. 14 Perish 7 15 Dry 8 16 Carry (coll.) 9 19 Lath • 20 Jump on one 10 foot 11 21'Anesthetics 23 German river lz 24 Possess 26 Sailor 18 28 Helped 30 Stair part 33 Symbol for samarium 34 Morindin dye 35 Part of "be" 36 Rough lava 37 Extra 39 Birds' homes 41 Essence (ab.) 42 Obtain yehicle 45 Rare 50 Winglike part 53 Operatic solo 55 Type of . molding 56 In bed 57 Finisl)'ng tool 59 Dangled 61 Icing's home 62 Victims of 61 leprosy Anwsver to Previouw Puzzle 21 Without end 22 Unusual 25 Has on 27 Girl's name 28 Onager 29 Little demon 31, Dine 32 Abyssinian prince 38 Antenna 40 Horse barn 43 Fish 44 Space 46' Center 47 Symbol for silver 48 Music note 49 Prison room 51 Look askano 52 Addends ' 54 Wine vessel 56 Swiss mountain 58 Out of (prefix) 60 Whirlwind MI1111113z GOTTA GO To li THE SEASHORE To GET '4 me SEA BREEZES AND I'M , BRoI4 ! 0. iG.,M'LovE.i NoW JUST HOLD STILL! — ° - a=µ I` BRINGING THE = SEA BREEZES To You - I'M FANNING you = WITH A HERRING! �E RC1 171/1,,,,, \P - _, o o o, EI ( ° ° ° o 4'36 WHAT ARE YOU , " DOING'? "--1 by ' `v, ```' ` d}{'' .. �J ,�„ ■I o o b° o .111 r A CHANGE! WANTS ME TO GO To THE SEASHORE AND GET I ,' ii�+flu: ry i Illi �, .....� a.- v o.l E THE PRESS Old -Fashioned One nice thing about not being too famous is that you can keep the same wife year after year. --Guelph Mercury, Logical Ever think of it this way? The less food you waste, the less food you buy. The food you don't buy is available for bulk shipment to the hunger zone. —Stratford Beacon -Herald. Discouraging When you think you're over- worked,, just think of the busy bee. In order to make a honey crop, bees from a good colony must visit up to 520,000,000 flowers during the season. —St. Thomas Times -Journal. This Is Drowning Season Reports from various places show the drownir.o season is get- ting well started, People will go out of their depth, will take canoes into dangerous waters or do some other crazy thing. There is not much to be done about it, because every year so many people drow.i. Only . thing to do is make sure the list does not include you. —Windsor Star. Reconversion Hint A mild suggestion: Let's forget all about "reconversion" and just let's go back to work. —Vancouver Province. Britons Still Strong The Empire may be weakened, but not the British people. There are many who believe that the post-war generation will be more enterprising and resourceful than their fathers, Certainly the British are the best risks in the world to- day—and the only strong compe- titors in the business of making the democratic system work. —New York Times. Hooked Either Way If you make out your income tax return wrong, you are in the hands of the law; and if you make it out right, you are in the hands of the receiver, —Drumheller Mail. But It Won't Happen What a revolution there would be if landlords suddenly began ad- vertising "no childless couples need apply." —Edmonton Journal. Danger Ahead We have learned in Canada that this continent, if not the world, is one economic whole. We have felt repercussions from the American economic situation in more ways than one. There is a considerable danger that we may take it for granted that American procedure must always be followed here. Un- less we take warning we may find ourselves drawn into a vortex of inflation we have so far succeeded in avoiding. —Halifax Chronicle. agi yt14-443. By GLUYAS WILL to, Come East, Young Man Remember the old harvest ex- cursions? xcursions? Remember the trains that pulled out for the prairies, to the rolling plains and the wheat fields and the big meals and big talk of the west? That was a long time ago, friend, a long time ago. Now it's in re- verse. This year Ontario has a bumper crop. Our fields are rich with the good things of the earth. They have even called for 25,000 addi- tional men from the west to help gather in the harvest. 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WHICH IS ALARMINGLY FAR AWAY 'STARCH GOES OUTC HIS LESS AS HE SLIPS QUIETLY TO FI,QOf2.FEE' GOOD TO 6ITDOWN AGAIN THE SPORTING THING ANNUAL ccmVEI TION THROAT PECIAL_ ' S "All those in favor say 'Ah'!" THE SPORTING THING "George! Roll over. You've been lying on your hack for the last two months!" POP—The Ham By J. MILLAR WATT T2NC.O RLG 4 _..,(A,,onned by The Gob Gyad,une, lee.) MUTT AND JEFF— HENCE THE EXPRESSION—"THE POOR FISH" By BUD FISHER, rS THE lir WHATM 1 RoUBLE,DEAR?, SAID I'M VERY ILL! HE SAID"I NEEDED GOTTA GO To li THE SEASHORE To GET '4 me SEA BREEZES AND I'M , BRoI4 ! 0. iG.,M'LovE.i NoW JUST HOLD STILL! — ° - a=µ I` BRINGING THE = SEA BREEZES To You - I'M FANNING you = WITH A HERRING! �E RC1 171/1,,,,, \P - _, o o o, EI ( ° ° ° o !tI %I'� r • ' :1,1- i°e... ` o 3:,qe WHAT ARE YOU , " DOING'? "--1 by ' `v, ```' ` d}{'' .. �J ,�„ ' 0 i" o o b° o Y , • r A CHANGE! WANTS ME TO GO To THE SEASHORE AND GET I ,' ii�+flu: ry i Illi �, .....� a.- ° , �� Toou N! 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