OCR Text |
Show 1TAH LKHI FREE PKESS. LKH1. T-.- Year Is With Us Again, m and Here's What Causes OUR COMIC SECTION I1 Humoj in Order, the proponent to Keeps Seasons "wyfe" he could be "nm!,-iGives Fair Maidens one pound or less. Hig was to ie aireaay Chance. Their I It hijj m. ' on!y eug.-i-j- D THE FIRST SPINACH By GLUVAS WILLIAMS WARDROBE They wre the thpitfr. WOKDERS WriA-- f TrlvS NfW FCCD & MCtrirR HAS CrHN" TASfft T tail In toward wi.-- h 1 op. iM 1 1 IT WARILY POWN spring hadn't made me do er " he lezun. Tou -Nons. nse. dear," the repISed. dn-s- s clothes." In look nice your -I wish I ha.tirt. all the same." "I never saw such a roan." "All the same, I think we ought to torn hark." "We're ten minutes late already, What1 the Idea?'' -Well I've Inst remembered that 1 left the tlik'-t- s In my brown suit." I fox TROUBLES HAZILY j This Is leap year and February cause "9 Is the cause of It. But the 4G P. to back 29 dates of February of Julius C. when the astronomers r'aear figured out that the solar earth M year ('he time It takes the the sun) around orbit Us lomplete was 3iV days and six hours. The sit hours stumped them until estra day ti ;hey decided to add an make tht and fourth year every This is ".fiCth day February 29. extra the day because year "leapthe calendar to leap over a 2!. lay of the week after February rotates Just calendar the ordln-jrilone day because 30." Is one over 52 Thus, March 1 seven day weeks. fell on Friday last year, but will fall on Sunday Instead of Saturday this year. Pope Suppresses Ten Days. The Julian sstronomers didn't however, have the thing down for the sohr year Is actually 30T 4.r..M days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and time Gregory Tope the seconds. By XIII decided to act In 1'S2 A. P. the dates of the year bad shifted 10 days out of season. To correct this Pope Gregory ordered that October l1582. 5, 15R2, be made October To take care of the discrepancy occurring thereafter Pope Gregory's astronomers decided that leap year should be omitted on every century rear not divisible bv 400. Lean year won't be surpressed again until y SO WHAT? p-- IrSfEKS WlfrlOUi H1t9S$f 1Z MCTVirR'S SflLK TALK CW MOV eO0I SPlHACH ft TOR a. PtfSHft BOWL AWftYfO SHOvV what he Thinks of if n BBK IS CORNERED AT LA'tf ?S?MNFl)L' Sf,tL WE MOfrlCR SEEMS imil m -- 2zl imJ P0WKS Landlady I'll give you Just one day In which to pay your rent. Boarder Very welL I'll choose next Christmas. tHUM5 HAPPILY NOT REAUZlMfc 11 AIL Af iftsf M)5 LlfEfiME BRfftETO AVOID (Cbpjrrigtt, 1935, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) Lucky Wif. THE FEATHERHEADS By Oftborn fWlSH WE HUH? WHO VAS Could &o THE Exchange COULPnT DECiDS WHETHER THE SUIT WAS HE? COULDN'T FATHER OF that wish FOR. A WHILE!, AWAY All-Occasi- on That Frock Is Flattering 0 PATTERN' 2.TSS - r.tru WAOcr YnVlVe. AND frtftf t. Calendar Accepted Rapidly The Gregorian calendar oepteJ In Italy, Spain, and PortDal on the same day It wa ordered Rome. In France It was accepted be. rore me year was enaej and In 15 by the Catholic states of Germa,. The Genran I'rotestaut s'ates nv tiilned the Julian calendar until 17o when Sweden and Denmark also changed to the Gregorian or style" calendar. Uus la held to the Julian calendar until the sviet dbuh wa9 formed. In Great Trltain the Julian culej. dar was abolished by the act of 17.7) That same year saw the change is the British colonies In America. The of George Washington birthday which was February 11 under the Julian calendar, became February 22 when the change occurred. Chicagj Tribune. IT BACK .FEU, . station. Not Seen Sine Manager Have you seen the cashier this morning? Clerk Yes, he came In without a mustache, and borrowed a railway time table. Stray Stories Magazine. MORE THAN modtu THE DUMKET AMD SJLVERAAARE THEV "7 -- Llr-l- tJ Guest You certaiuiy ha?e one of (be most polite and attentive husbands I ever saw. Wife (smiling) Tes, you see, he used to be an attendant at a filling I No Fair I (with battered face) I still gay can lick him with one hand. Friend Why didn't you? Boy Aw, he wouldn't fight that 2100 A. D. Anvwav. leap vear has a more ro mantic aspect. P.y tradition, If not by practice, It Is the time a woman can propose marriage to a man. The origin of tills counter attack In the love suit Is less satisfactorily ex plained than the Julian and Grego- rian calendars. But apparently Margaret of Norway, who became queen of Scotland, started the thing in 1288 A. V. by saying there ought to be a law. She decreed that during the leap years of her reign every "mayden ladye of bothe hlgbe and lowe estalt shall hne liberte to bespeake ye man she likes." i' II f Boy I way A Bad Fall "You are late, William 1" said the schoolmaster. "Yes, sir. 1 had a nasty fall this morning!" was the reply. "Where did you fall?" asked the til? well-- The filcuers V whatJs the talkie ABOUT. TAKiKiS Are A. RUr4 DOWM rI muth -7 WANT To ToiiR the hotels aaW ARE THEY I m (OP TrC they WHATEVER. L REASohi TH THEY ARE -- TALKIE I BET I master. PO'T THEV I V sir, after mother called me asleep aealn!" "Well, THE ABOUT TAKlMS A SHORT l " r M WEEK R.UMNiMS TOxwELS? ANP l 1 I fell LAST Time HE LEFT A SUT IN A HOTEL J Practical Test "Do you have any trouble with munists I In Com- Crimson Gulch?" "None at all," said Mesa Bill "We test the idea out 'most every night We put our wealth Into a series of Jackpots and then say, 'May the best play- AMD' er win.'" "" Love What Is it? Nursie A boy, sir ! Professor What does he want? Border Cities Star. So They Do Wlfey I wonder why it Is that a nautical mile Is nearly a seventh longer than a mile on land? Hubby Well, darling, that's very simple. You know things swell In water. I fljf V 2388 Worth It "I understand you have been havfrock of Here's an tree looked charm and ing your family versatility which up," said great Jones. you can make with very little effort, "Yes," replied Brown, "and It cost and at a surprising saving. There's me $5,000." flattery there's loveliness, In every "Quite expensive, wasn't It?" line, whether you've a nature'1 "Yes, but It cost only $2,000 to youthful silhouette, or one more have It looked up. The ot'ner ?:!,000 proportioned. Don't you love was what I paid to have It hushed the smooth simplicity of a up." Baltimore Sun. yoke, and the dainty bit of rich lace at the throat? It's grand and warm In sheer wool Number, Please dressy in novelty "I am connected with some of the crepe, lustrous or dull satin. best families." Pattern 23S8 Is available in sizes 16, IS, 20, 34, 3G, 38, 40, 42 and 44. "By telephone?" Size 86 takes 3 yards 39 Inch fabric, and Lacerated Heart yard 4 Inch lace. Illustrated In"Young Dick says his heart Is sewing Instructions lacerated." "Who's the lass?" An- cluded. swers Magazine. SEND FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) la coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Write plainly nhmft, Never Say Die "It Is said that we shall pass away address and style number. l'.E SL'KB ? as a tale that Is told." TO STATE SIZE. "But tales that are told don't Address orders to the Sewing Cirpass aw.iy, tnoy are forever being told cle Pattern Dept., 243 W. Seventeenth St New York City. again." Exchange. ly Firtt Laugh "Are women humorists?" "Who can doubt It?" said Miss Cayenne. "They've been laughing at men ever since Eve handed Adam the red tpple." J Just a Little Professor FASHION NOTE step-by-ste- p TTTKTMPV n HP TH F VCYR CV Br " mmm YE2 SHURE A LUCKY LAE 4 cyf Last Straw hee yez f- e- AM' l i Tl O'UugKiu, wez are rff mew BRINGS , fsSH th.s NOTHIM5-- ; : "On you believe In love sight?" "It all depends whether she hoase dress or a ball gown " at first Is In a Couldn't Predict the Future "I've come to ask for your daughter's hnnd." "When were you first struck by ler?" "Well er we haven't quarreled so 'ar." Stray Stories Magazine, V 1S ut T coulu e worse ( car ruined my clothescot foo- t- Got au broke my LO?S MY 03 ANnew ap.VjlUL WON'T BE To 60 To THE MOVIE.S ToNIOHf Ani- ?- J 1 tiltTi ' in 111 ' 57 ' C WHIra Hmptpt L'Blo Ak&k mill uci ; a ."v- - ,.jr I FLAVOR THAN inn,.. . . "i . thon-rh- t Smi' the nn vnh were the best fit friends." "We were, unil we tried to spen a month with (fur families In same summer cottage." In the Suburbs Sailor How f"ar Is your honsa from the car line? Girl About'flve minutes' walk, you run. Cloe Friend Mother They pretty nearly It took four of ns to drag them 1 ; MOV COULD HT rvM W,SH FOR Mother I wish you'd punish Bobby. He's been fighting with Harry again. Dud With Harry? I thought ere Inseparable. UNTIL THEN Post-Gazett- er-fr- D- Abtt a i Haling "Is there much hating In yonr choo?" "Yes." said the student "We're ather polite among ourselves, but y now and then we stir the board if education up to haze a professor." Atta Bov! Overheard on a dance floor the other night: Him-s- ay. little girl, do your eyes bother you? Her No Why? Hlm-Well, they bother me! Pittsburgh they were. apart! Natural Science Sambo Why am It dat a black cow (rives white milk dat mnkea yellow butter? Uastus For de tame reason dat blackberries am red when dey Is treen. lWRIGLEY'S r. e itRFECT iaHili iTTT ' r . """ ' ' GUM Fih' 1 1 ':- -J |