Life — May 15, 1884 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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A RAP AT ROYALTY. HEN the editor of an influential English jour- nal, who is also a member of Parliament, favors his readers with a tid-bit like the following, his fellow-countrymen must feel they have something to think about. The following calculations with com- ments thereon are by Henry Labouchere, and it comes as near a slap in the face for the Royal family, as it is possible to administer in printer’s ink : ‘Our interference in Egypt has cost us in round figures 45,000,000. This invested in consols would give £150,000 per annum, At one penny per meal this sum would enable 86,666 children to have a meal on 300 days of each year forever. The royal family costs, all told, about £1,000,000 per annum. This would give a meal to 600,000 children on 300 days of the year. Heaven forbid that I should say that it would be better that 600,- 000 children should have a good meal every day that they attend school than that we should enjoy the blessings of royalty, I am not so lost to all sense of the fitness of things as even to suggest | such a heresy. T merely state a statistical fact.” HE boom booms loud, and the boom booms clear, And the boom goes off with a bang, And the boomiest boom of all, my dear, Is never a boomerang. Wou tp sucking a lemon be called an assiduous task ? No, but a man’s taste may be Vichy-ated by drink- ing mineral water. BETWEEN THE ACTS, HE. ] WISH to speak with Tom, dear, About the great campaign, And when the curtain rises, love, I'll sure be back again, SHE. Be sure and eat some cloves, love, With the friend you ‘re going to see; For wherever there ’s a Tom, sweet, A Jerry ’s sure to be. — Lehigh Burr. “1 am thinking of getting a new piece,” said Buskin, the sensational actor, to Quill, the critic; ** what can you suggest ?” And he was not at all pleased when the other answered that perhaps a new headpiece would be the best thing for him.—Boston Commercial Bulletin. THE SAME OLD STORY. One morning in the spring of 1791, General Washington hopped out of bed and began to rummage in the wardrobe. “What are you seeking, George, dear 2” queried Mrs. Washington. “Why, those light trousers of mine,” said the Father of his Coun- a little testily. They are on the mantelpiece, my dearest,” said Mrs. Washington, slyly. “On the mantelpiece !” repeated George. | do not see them.” ‘Oh, yes, they are—in substance, at least,” returned the Ma of her Country, with a gurgle of laughter. ‘I traded them off for those lovely blue vases and that red match-box.” With a groan of despair George Washington covered his nakedness with his old winter clothes, and went out into the hot, hot world.— Hatchet, “You are mistaken ; I “A NOVEL OF GENUINE POWER and VITALITY. It discloses genuine insight into life, real sympathy with living men and women. The story ts one of aspiration and growth, with a certain tragic ele- ment running through it and leading up toa pathetic climax. It is the story of the unfolding of three aspiring lives, breaking away from confining and narrowing circumstances, and reach- FINE EVERY DESCRIPTION GRADY & McKEEVER, LATE RENNER & COMPANY, DEALERS IN Designers and Manufacturers ot No. 719 SIXTH AVE., FACTORY, 218 W. 42d STREET. Cavanagh, Sanford & Co., Merchant Tailors and Importers, 16 West 23d STREET, ARTS. OF PICTURE FRAMES, New York. Opposite sth Ave. Hotel, NEW YORK. | All the latest London Fabrics regularly imported, ing at last in two cases the strength, poise and freedom of thought, intellz- gence and mastery of power.” —Christ- ian Union. Stratford.by-the-Sea. 16mo., $1, cloth. THE FOURTH OF THE NEW AMERICAN NOVEL SERIES. HENRY HOLT & CO, NEW YORK. : : is a ss FO ge ee ee (Sa Aisi ; Co (er MARVELS EXCELLENCE —Ua AND WORKMANSHIP. Contain Less Paper and Fiver Tonacco than any Cigarette made. Popular as the great | “ AFTER-DINNER” CIGARETTE, | sar ea Straight Mesh, Cloth of Gold. 33| 13 First Prize Medals. By Wm. S, Kimball & Co. MANUFACTORY BELFAST IRELAND gre “aN ‘Aempeorg 2€ ‘ssou ‘H AUNFH comicbooks.com