Life — January 12, 1893 — page 13: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

WAGNER. He: LANIER SAYS ‘* MUSIC IS LOVE IN SEARCH OF A WORD.” She: THEN I SHOULD THINK JUST NOW THAT LOVE HAS STEPPED ON A TACK. A LEGAL EXCUSE. POKER TERMS. HEN the National Government first had resort to the draft to obtain recruits for the army during the war, a certain well-known physician, being of the opinion that he was better fitted to heal wounds than to receive them, deter- mined upon a visit to the country until such time as Uncle Sam should have filled his depleted ranks. One day he met a friend who had heard of his proposed departure. “ Going away, doctor? Why, what for ?” his friend asked. “Well,” laughed the doctor, “ there is too much of a draft here for me.” “ O, for shame!” exclaimed the friend. You should face c, you know. You ought to face “Yes,” replied the canny doctor, who knew his Blackstone as well as his “ Materia Medica,” “ but I'd sooner ‘faci? per alium’ than ‘facit per se!" comicbooks.com