Life — March 26, 1891 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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* LIFE > IN OTHER DAYS. THERE once was a gallant knight-errant, Whose lady-love had a stern parent, He wore steel shirts and pants, And a sword and a lance, But the young folks afraid of him weren't. —Drake's Magazine. A wire recently gave her husband a sealed letter, begging him not to open {t until he got to his place of business. When he did so he read : “Lam forced to tell you something that I know will trouble you, but it is my duty to do so. 1am determined you shall know, let the result be what it may. I have known fora week that it was’ coming, but kept it to myself until to-day, when it has reached a crisis, and I cannot keepit any longer. You must not censure me too harshly, for you must reap the results as well as myself. I do hope it won't crush you.” By this time the cold perspiration stood on his forehead with the fear of some terrible unknown calamity. He turned the page, his hair slowly rising, and read : Young Americans Who do not wish to lose their hair before they are forty, must begin to look after their scalps before they are twenty.. Y. Medical Record. \REVENT BALDNESS Dermatologists tell usthat: The chief requirement of the hair is cleanliness —thorough shampoo- ing for women once a fortnight, a and for menonce a week, and that the best agent for the purpose is PACKER’S TAR SOAP. One of Nature's Remedies, and the IDEAL TOILET -SOAP. Ladies’ Round The Dunlap fa Agencies in -BUDD- MADISON SQUARE. SCARFS 42 GLOVES FOR EASTER HOLIDAYS. ~° HELIO-VIOLET sacHeT powner- For Sale by all Dealers. ewest Colors & Shades. CELEBRATED HATS, 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. s2d and a3d Ste., and 181 Broadway, near Cortlandt St. NEW YORK. Palmer House, Chicago. 914 Chestnut St., Phila. Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 18%. “The coal is all used up! Please call and ask for some to be sent this afternoon, I thought by this method you would not forget it.” He didn't.—Shefield Telegraph. STRANGER (visiting city): Say, mister, what's that big stone building? An orphan asylum? Citiz Why, no; that’s the office of the daily and weekly Givemfits, just erected with accumulated dividends. STRANGER: Goshall fishhooks! The deuce you say! Why, I got mad at the editor and stopped that paper more'n five years ago, and Supposed, of course, the consarn had busted and quit.—Printer's Ink. Huspaxo (just married): You want to know what I like best ? Of all things I like liver dumplings, sauerkraut and blood sausages. Wire; Oh, for shame, Adoiph! So prosaic and common. SI Can I help it if such divine tasting things have prosaic jegende Blatter. Cterk 1x Furnisnixc Store: Two very stylish ties, sir, T can assure you ; our latest importations in new patterns, They are both bound to take, but for myself I prefer the dark one. PURCHASER: Give me the light one, please.— Vale Record. ““T Hope you remember your mother ?" said the visitor to the pris- one: “ Yes," replied the convict, with a far-away look in his eyes ; ‘yes, when I was a boy she used to cut my hair."—Boston Transcript, OAKLEY’S Handkerchief Extracts ARE OF ACKNOWLEDGED SUPERIORITY “Yay, AND te and Bonnets and Sitk Umbrella. . “ny all Principal Cities, LONDO: No. 8 King Edward St. Newgate, E. C. OAKLEY’S Queen Cologne. IMPORTAN Foreicx Corroration, having a monopoly, with representation in all parts of Europe, now arranging to extend its business throughout “North “America,” is desirous of securing the co-operation of a gentleman of responsibility and high standing in the United States. This is a rare opportunity to procure a profitable and select business alliance. For interview, address, GPT. Executive Office, Room No. 24. Western Union Building, sth Ave. & 234 St., New York City, comicbooks.com