The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1931, Page 12

Pe AS ORES THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1931 TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF COMIC $8 NOW YOU TELL ONE COULDN'T BLUFF HIM Biddeford, (Me.) Journal Our police reporter tells one about a Stranger who applied at the police station for a lodging and when asked his name replied that it was Smith. “Give me your real name,” he was commanded by the custodian of the records. “Well,” said the applicant, “put me down as William Shakes- are.” “That's better” the cop told him. “You cant’ bluff me with that ‘Smith’ stuff.” About all you can say for the world 4s that it provided something new to blame and gave old Adam a rest. Maybe they figure the Wickersham report will be mild enough to please poth sides if they age it. Fame: The privilege of eating a cold place lunch in a crowd and listening to much dull oratory. Beach days will soon be here, and then we'll know whether the country is really out of backbone. he merit of a driver is the meas- of his dependence on the breaks the brakes. With fake hotel labels for your luggage and fake labels for your wine, all you need to complete the illusion at, home is a cinder in your) eye. PUSH OVER New York Sun: Grandpa says you can’t make very good time on the road to hell nowadays—the traffic is terrible. About all the layman knows of bugology 1s that if it isn’t a worm or & quadruped, it's a weevil. HEN INTELLIGENCE Open Road: Betty—Black hens are more clever than white ones, aren't they, ma? Ma—What makes you think that, dear? Betty—Well, the black ones can lay white eggs, but the white ones can’t lay black eggs. A scientist is a man who can ex- |amine a steer's thigh bone buried by last year's landslide and reconstruct a million-year-old camel. | AFTER YOU'VE FED THE FISHES | Boston ‘Transcript: Maybe the Jcamera “never lies,” but it antict- |pates. Your passport photograph |looks as you will look when you're a | dozen hours at sea. | Prohibition has at last demon- strated the impossibility of talking anything to death. \ H A SOUR ANSWER Boston Transcriyi: Mr. Close— |How did you come to choose lemon |for your new gown? Wife--I had such a job squeezing it out of you. Too many people seem to think! that self -deterimnation was for in- | dividuals as well as states. | Love is the anesthetic that keeps a! |man from feeding it when he’s hen- | pecked. | Few doughboys remember their! |French, but they know now that] |hors ’oeurvre” doesn't mean some |portion of horse. “In Russia the business man is re- garded as a milch cow and treated just well enough to keep the milk coming,” says Bukharim. Copy cats! 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