Life — September 19, 1889 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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* LIFE: OUR FRESH AIR FUND Before _ After Checks for Fresh Air Fund should be drawn to the order of Lire. ITH the opening of the schools, the number of children who can enjoy the hospitalities of Lire’s VILLAGE grows smaller, but there are many whose turn has not yet come to get a breath of country air, Those of our readers who have delayed in their philan- thropy should be prompt if they wish their contributions to be of effect this year. Previously acknowledged $7,788.47 From a Little Girl, Earned by ES W.S.” . « "40.00 Sewing (P.O.'Stamps) . 16 Larry and Sally Bishop . " . s.00 Waldemar, Sadie, Chauncy, Frame « soe §00 Schuyler, Neb. Raysor and Anna’. G00 Master Wentworth, £1 1 « . . . . 4.00 S$. T. A.C. . L., Boston. 9... goco MO Cash . . . . $0.00, Orange Tea at Bristol, R. MiBUSes . + "$00 aly 17. Additions AR. sa 7 eo Joe Brown. From a Ten of ‘the King’s TBF. Daughters, aged from ten [os aa tofourteen,Voungstown,O, 4.00 HMB se AROS. Total G Pp. FROM A DIPLOMAT’S DIARY. Pants, Tuesday, September HE weather to-day has been clear and seasonably cool, thus falsi- fying the prediction put forth in the European edition of an al- leged newspaper. Arising at an early hour to read the New York Tribune, I chanced to look out of the window and observed an individual sleeping on the steps. Sending a servant to arouse him and inquire into his business, I was informed that he desired to borrow fifty francs, and had pro- ceeded on the presumption that the early bird catches the worm. 1 replied to the effect that I was not afflicted in that way, During the breakfast hour I found myself obliged to receive a Mr. Lexington, of Massachusetts, who, having reached the presence, be- sought me to tell him where he might procure some baked beans, My heart ached for the unhappy man, who has pursued his hopeless quest until he has worn himself to skin and bone, but I found myself unable to serve him, Why wi// such people come to Paris! My secretary informs me (10 a, m.) that since daylight he has de- clined written requests for loans amounting in the aggregate to 78,652 francs. Ihave directed him to secure steerage passage to New York for several gentlemen who have seen the Exposition, not wisely, but too well, I have also instructed him to prepare a circular naming the most direct routes by which to reach the Mont de Pieté from any quarter of the city. The embassy has been thronged with compatriots, as usual, Sev- eral subscribers to the 7ribune improved the opportunity to make my acquaintance and solicit loans until their remittances arrive, One of these gentlemen took occasion to remark that the Eiffel monstrosity was far from being the architectural equal of a Tall Tower he had frequently paused to admire when at home in New York. He seems a man of quick apprehension and refined tastes. He is staying at present, he tells me, at the Shangdemar, a name which I fait to recog- nize, though that may be accounted for by peculiarity of pronunciation, It is gratifying to see how my countrymen fraternize when they meet at this embassy. Strangers (up to that moment) hasten to clasp hands and ask, “Avvy voo senty bokoo de mal de mare?” with the most cordial good-feeling. Happily, I am not excluded from these manifestations of patriotic amity. A distinguished foreigner who chanced to call about dinner-time remarked that I appeared to be one of the most popular men in Paris. T note that the memorandum recently issued in relation to the play of orders at the President's /eodes excites no little interest amongst our visitors. Hon, Washington Q. Wayback, of Indiana, has asked my official opinion as to the propriety of wearing the jewel of his office as Past Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance. I decided that it might be dispensed with, Our national display in the Exposition continues to provoke severe criticism on the part of foreigners, in that certain notorious products of our civilization are conspicuously absent. I am informed that a well-known savant devoted several hours to-day to the search for a Chicago Divorce Mill, and shed tears of rage when he learned that the machinery department had none, Thanks to the courtesy of the com- missioners, I have been able to atone for such apparent shortcomings by introducing an ingenious mechanism which, a coin being deposited in a slot, returns a copy of the New York Weekly Tribune and a gen- erous stick of chewing-gum, DISGRACED, Bertie: | WEAW CHOLLY HAS BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE CLUB FOR VULGARITY AND BAD FORM. Gussie: YAAS, WE HAD HORRIBLE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM, Y' kNow, Bertie: WHAT was 1T? Gussie: ONE OF MIS TAILOR BILLS RECEIPTED. comicbooks.com |