Life — April 28, 1887 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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| 240 - LIFE: I IN “FLA’S TRE, DASHING young damsel from Me., With a face most uncommonly Ple., Had such cute little Ft. That when’seen on the St., Young * Cholly"” was driven Inse. . . * "Twas a few hours ago down in Me., ‘That I kissed a dear angel named Je. If she whispered refre., "Twas too low to be ple., So I did so age. and age. BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. MOST promising event is the festival in aid of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, of East 34th | Street, to be held at the Metropolitan Opera House, the 26th and 27th of this month. The interior of the Opera House . will be arranged to look like a street, and each booth will represent a month of the year. | HIS FIRST VIEW OF THE NEW BABY. Nurse: WELL, CHARLEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT? Charles: WELL, 1 THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A girl. aps Prince of Wales says that the dramatic critics must consider him a condemned idiot about dramatic affairs. he critics plead guilty. BOOKS BY NOTED AUTHORS, [HE PROPER METHOD OF WATERING STOCK. By Jay Gould, R.A, (Railway Absorber), is not, as some of our rural readers might infer from its title, a treatise especially designed for the perusal of cattle breeders. It is a volume treating upon the scientific mode of irrigating railway securities. ‘The amount of water which any given railway can absorb without converting it into a canal, is calculated toa very fine point, by an adept in the art. Men I Have Met. By John Lawrence Sullivan, Ph.D, (Doctor of Phistology). The well-known reputation of the author of this volume in the particular branch of science to which he has devoted his life, will insure a large sale for this book. Besides discussing the physical and mental characteristics of the gentlemen who have the honor to be mentioned in Professor Sullivan's book, details are given as to the number of rounds required to knock them out, and the manner in which the gate-money was divided. It may be remarked, in passing, that the men met by Professor Sullivan did not look so handsome Subsequent to the meeting as previous, with the exception of Professor Cardiff. It is to be regretted that the work under review went to press before its distinguished author held his recent debate with that gentleman ; and that consequently nothing appears in its pages | i in reference to it. A second edition will probably give Professor Cardiff the prominence he deserves. Words and Their Uses. By Grover Cleveland, ‘This book will be found in- valuable to students seeking to acquire a peculiar literary style. «It treats of the | best method of combining English words so as to produce striking euphuisms. The history is xiven in full of such double-jointed phrases as “innocuous desue- tude,” * offensive partisanship,” " odious agility,” "* ghoulish glee,” " pernicious activity," and ** noisy enthusiasm,” with full directions for the construction of similar effective orthographical combinations. The author will be recognized as the brother of Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. What to Drink, ‘This book is a work of collaboration on the part of Messrs. Sedgwick and Manning, late Envoy to Mexico, and present United States Minis- ter to that country. The subject is treated principally with a view to discussing the effect of high altitudes on beverages, in order to arrive at some definite con- | clusion regarding the effect of rarefied air and mescal in superinducing a condition i favorable to pneumonia, Travelers should give the book a careful perusal before leaving for Mexico. Silverware: How to Select and Keep It, By General Benjamin F. Butler. A small volume for the use of tramps and other tourists, which will doubtless meet SOCIETY NOTE. witha ready sale. It isillustrated with numerous engravings, showing the various designs in spoons from 1864 to the present time. | Pan-Electricity, By Augustus H. Garland, This work treats exhaustively | “ARRAH, THIN, MRS. DIVINS, WILL YFZ GO TO THE the subject indicated in the title. Being written by a man with a thoroug! eCUS Wid AvGKLICE- PUY THis BAY?” knowledge of the subject, the book should become a standard authority. The | S'RCY ‘ method of “getting in on the ground-floor” is thoroughly elucidated, and the “FAItn, THIN, Mes. MORIARTY, MINNY THANKS, BUT t best method of accepting presents of stock in corporations without allowing the acceptance to influence one's official action, is discussed, 1 IxPICT A LITTLE CIRCUS OF MY OWN. THIS 1S THE William H. Siviter. * OULD. MAN’S DAY FOR GITTIN’ DHRUNK !” comicbooks.com