Life — June 18, 1891 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: FEIRORS NM wus . MARY bad a parrot tame (She killed it in her rage), Because when Mary's fellow came, ‘The parrot told her age. Exchange, Durixe his appearance in “ Jim the Penman,” Mr. Beerbohm Tree had an amusing experience on the railway, which is thus related by Arthur Goddard in his ** Players of the Period" : “Mr, Tree had been down to Oxford at a matinge, calculating that by dressing and making-up as Baron Hartfeld in the train he would reach the Haymarket just in time to prevent a stage wait. The Oxford performance was late, and Mr. Tree only just caught his train to London by throwing an ulster over his lago dress and bolting for the station. Arrived there, he tipped the guard, and got a compart ment to himself, So far, good. By the first stoppage the Iago beard was off, and Mr. Tree Bore the appearance of an ordinary English gentleman, to the obvious mystification of the guard, who looked in as he passed along the platform, stared, grunted, but ended at that. ‘When the time came for taking the tickets another change had taken. place. The wig and whiskers of Baron Hartfeld in ‘Jim the Pen- man” had been assumed, and above all the Harstfeld nose; and when the hawk-like and forbidding face loomed out of the growing shadows in answer to the cry of ‘‘tickets,” the suspicion of the rd was thoroughly roused. To cap it all Mr. Tree had lost his ticket. This was the last straw, and with ominous severity the guard said severely : ++ Lost it? I dessay ! Come! take off that nose! We know your ‘sort.”* Only by a big tip could the guard be prevented from marching. the actor off to prison. Mr. Tree is convinced that the guard fully believes to this day that he aided and abetted in the escape of some desperate criminal.” ‘Tuere is a man in this town who has an inveterate hatred for the Semitic race. He belongs to that clique of artists which paints very often in the Hoffman House gallery. He never allows an opportunity for an attack on the Jews to pass by. It is his hobby. One evening he found himself seated next to a prominent Wall street {Hebrew banker at the aforesaid gallery. Somebody turned the subject of con- versation to Turkey. "The artist, who had been dabbling with many different colors that evening and had grown loose of tongue thereby, spoke up and said that he sympathized in many ways with the people ‘of that country, particularly with their dislike of asses and Jews, whom they are ready to kill on the slightest provocation. ici “My dear fellow,” said his Jewish neighbor, "* how all-fired lucky tor you and myself that we do not live in Turkey."—New' Vor Recorder. First Youno BRIDE (meeting friend at market): Ob, now you can assist me. I've just sent home some sweetbreads. How ought they to be cooked, fried or boiled ? Secoxp YouxG BRIDE (importantly): Neither, my dear; they should be larded.— New Yor& Times, SoorHING AND REFRESHING are characteristics commending The New Stocking. Packer's Tar Soap FOR Bath and Shampoo. EDENIA AND Goya leily. CELEBRATED HATS, —AnD— Ladies’ Round Hats and Bonnets and The Dunlap Silk Umbrella, 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. 224 and 234 Sts. and 18: Broadway, near Cortlandt St. NEW YORK, Palmer House, Chicago. gt4 Chestnut St., Phila {27 Agencies in all Principal Cities. Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 1889. BOOK-KEEPING For Newspapers and Breweries. “+ Original Entry System™ saves time and labor, ensures accuracy and dispatch, Refer- ences and Estimates, Correspondence Solic- ited. H. P. LANCWORTHY, Pabiie Accountant, ROCHESTER, N.Y. DO YOU CORR Knit to Fit the Foot. Saves Discomfort; no wrinkles, no cramped toes. (Notice the shape.) Saves Darning; the big toe, having room enough, stays inside this stocking. A sure relief for those afflicted with natural heat and perspiration of the feet, Sold by dealers or by mall, 2 palrs soft Lisle or 3 pairs tine cotton on receipt of $1. oe worn (men’s onl: ND? If you desire to be in good form in your correspondence, use only the fine writing papers manufactured by the Whiting Paper Company. the uses of polite society. and all the fashionable tints. United States. You will find them to be the best for all Made in rough and smooth finish, Sold by all dealers in the New York Offices, 150 and 152 Duane St. comichooks.gom