Wright High School - Chronicle Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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JOKCS SWEET SYMPATHY Boy Scout (to an old lady) : May I accompany you across the street, Madam? Lady: Certainly, Son ny. How long have you been waiting for somebody to take you across? BRILLIANT CLASS MATE OF OURS Miss P: There is a scientific be- lief that a country formerly known as Atlantis is at the bottom of the sea between Africa and South America. Pupil: Yes, Miss P., but did they dive down to find the country? This apartment is impossible, complained Blue Beard, there isn ' t a single place to hang a wife. Ed: I guess you ' ve been out with worse looking fellows than I am; haven ' t you? (No answer.) Ed: I say, I guess you ' ve been out with worse looking fellows than I? Co-ed: I heard you the first time. I was just trying to think. WISE CRACK Dumb (reading papers) : It says here that the human body contains some sulphur. Bell: I see. That explains why some girls make better matches than others. NOM DE PLUME What ' s that number across the front of your shirt? asked the lady visitor of the convict. Oh that ' s my pen name, he ex- plained. ' — Kansas City Owl. Guide (pointing to statue in Madi- son Square) : You see before you two figures of artistic value. Tourist: I see only one. Guide: Yes, there is Diana and her beau. CROSSED She (coyly) : George, you have such affectionate eyes. He (thrilled) : Dearest, do you really mean it? She (bored) : Yes, they ' re always looking at each other. RECOLLECT Prosecuting Attorney (to opponent) : You ' re the biggest boob in the city. Judge (rapping for order) : Gentle- men, you forget I am here. Enamel, Paints, Glass, Brushes, I adders, CANAL RAMPART STS. Buy From Hardware, Taols, Roofing Fishing- Tackle, Poles SAXTON HARDWARE CO., Inc. Main 2800

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Tree City Breeze — Greensburg, Ind. — The jokes and athletic news are good, but there is no exchange column. • Coyote Journal — Phoenix, Ari- zona. — The editorials are very good, and The Guillotine is as fine as ever. The Maroon — New Orleans, La. —The sports are well brought out, and the news articles are inter- esting. McDonogh Chatter — New Or- l( ans. La. — Your jokes are clever, and your stories interesting. The Forum — Houston, Texas— You have more ads. than any other magazine your size. Congratula- tions on being able to secure them. Tower News — Cincinnati, Ohio ' — The article on the origin of St. Valentine ' s Day was your best work in that issue. M. T. S. News— New York, N. Y. — Your style of printing is odd, but attractive. Local News is your best section. AS OTHERS SEE US The Chronicle — New Orleans, La. — There are some clever poems in this paper. — The Walking Leaf, Montour Falls, N. Y. Chronicle — Your abundance of jokes and personals is especially good. — The Forum, Houston, Tex. The Walking Leaf — Montour Falls, New York. — The Cook Aca- demy seems to have a fine music studio judging from the picture in your magazine. The Red and Black — Tampa, Florida. — You certainly have a large number of exchanges, which are a great credit to your paper. The Chronicle, Wright High chool. New Orleans, La. — This little magazine is the most interest- ing of our exchanges. Your joke column is the longest we have ever seen in any school paper, but as it occupies fully one-third of your reading matter it is entirely out of proportion with what ought to be the main purpose of a school maga- zine, namely, to encourage literary compositions. — The Sigma, Peoria, 111.

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A Tragic Riddle, Her eyes were wild, her hair in disorder, her hands were clenched. She was a deeply injured, desperate woman. Oh, cruel one, she cried in an- guished tones, I have borne with you too long! You have injured the very foundation of my being! Day by day you have tortured me, and yet I could not bear to give you up. When we first met, your ease and polish attracted me! When you be- came my own, how many friends envied me! Yet your understanding is too small for my large soul. You are opposed to my advancing myself. You have ruined my standing in so- ciety. If we had never met I might have walked in peace. So, begone, We part forever. There was a moment ' s convulsive breathing, a gritting of teeth, and it was all over. By a supreme effort she removed her shoes. — Farm Journal. Judge — You are charged with shoot- ing squirrels out of season. Prisoner — Your Honor, I shot them, in self-defense. I ' ve had my picture taken. Got the proofs? No, dear, you ' ll have to take my word for it. Student — Give me twenty-five dol- lars worth of scratch paper. Shop-keeper — Good, gosh, why do you want so much scratch paper? Student — I got the seven year itch. — Sour Owl. In the Old Days (Daze). Mrs. Aesop (to her husband) — Where were you until this hour? Now none of your fables. UNFAIR ADVANTAGE In conversation with Muriel, Myrtle confidentially announced that the en- gagement of their mutual friend, Alice, to the young minister, was off. She told me he was awully nice in many ways, went on Myrtle, but was horribly jealous and took undue advan- tage of his position. How was that? Well, every time she had an en- gagement to motor with some other man, he would pray for rain. Usually — a ring on the right hand is worth two on the phone. — The Simpsonian, Doctor — Have you taken every pre- caution to prevent the spread and contagion in your family? Rastus — Absolutely, doctah, we done bought a sanitary cup and we all drunk from it. — The Baptist. How Time Flies. He — Do you realize the war started ten years ago today? She— What war? Hubby (leaving) — I am going out to prune the apple trees. She — But, Frank, you know I don ' t care for prunes. Yes, she didn ' t like his type. And so Mabel turned the printer down? — Yellow Arab. He who laughs last is usually the dumbest. — Yellow Jacket. Just because a man keeps lumber- ing along, it does not necessarily mean that he has a wooden leg. — Lampoon.