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Where our angels fear to tread.

Where our angels fear to tread.

Simple Simon went fishing to catch a whale-- all the water he could find was in his mother's pail.

Simple Simon went fishing to catch a whale-- all the water he could find was in his mother's pail.

Not so much of a joke as it might be.

Not so much of a joke as it might be.

Business isn't quite so good in some lines.

Business isn't quite so good in some lines.

Little Henry Ford has come over to play with them.

Little Henry Ford has come over to play with them.

Just when everybody had settled down for a nice quiet picnic in the woods.

Just when everybody had settled down for a nice quiet picnic in the woods.

But we guess there isn't anything can be done about it. (Subtitles): Forty dollars worth of new fishing tackle; four hundred miles by train; thirty miles by wagon; quarter mile boat carry; a four mile row; four million casts; and back.

But we guess there isn't anything can be done about it. (Subtitles): Forty dollars worth of new fishing tackle; four hundred miles by train; thirty miles by wagon; quarter mile boat carry; a four mile row; four million casts; and back.

What does Mr. Lasker mean by giving the public a ride on its own boat, anyway? (Captions): For Congressmen to take an investigative jaunt at the expense of the U.S. Navy is doubtless all right---but to think of letting the public in on any such privilege--mercy!

What does Mr. Lasker mean by giving the public a ride on its own boat, anyway? (Captions): For Congressmen to take an investigative jaunt at the expense of the U.S. Navy is doubtless all right---but to think of letting the public in on any such privilege--mercy!

Just as reasonable and equally ineffective. (Subtitles): The Chinese used to think the way to stop a thunderstorm; was to throw their children under the spiked wheels of a whiffin-poof; and some folks seem to think the way to cure our present stormy troubles; is to take the government out and let it get run over by something-- no matter what.

Just as reasonable and equally ineffective. (Subtitles): The Chinese used to think the way to stop a thunderstorm; was to throw their children under the spiked wheels of a whiffin-poof; and some folks seem to think the way to cure our present stormy troubles; is to take the government out and let it get run over by something-- no matter what.

Automobiles affect some folks that way.

Automobiles affect some folks that way.