Life — June 4, 1896 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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454 OUR FRESH -AIR FUND. [the interest of some thousands of children who have a pardon- able liking for the country, we again present ourselves, and pass our hat in your direction. You see, dear reader, that Lire knows you, and deliberately, and with malice aforethought, presumes upon your sympathy. You have not failed him in previous years and again he counts upon your sup- port. The conditions remain the same: a horde of children who depend for a sniff of country air upon the efforts of their friends, and without this help they spend the entire summer in the city. The more money you give us, the more children we can reach. Balance from October #2, 1895 .. Nov. 4, 1895, Five little boys, viz: Zach. Bar- ber, Lee Fraser, Louis Barnard, Reed Hubbell and Gilbert Stark... April 20, 1896, M.N. J April 30, 1894, Rye inary Branch of Needlework Guild May 7, 18%, ‘* Mon Mondays... May 7, 1896, M. Reincke.. May 16, 1896, J. H. Per- kins, M.D . May 19, 1896 M. B.G May 19, 1896, L. G... May 19, 186, Lauren... May 19, 1856, Francis... May 20, 1896, “The Gleaners "so... | May 20, 1896, Cash. Daisy will publish horoscopes in this de- > partment only in the order received. Remember the conditions, Cut out all the pictures from 4,00 copies of Lire and forward them to Daisy, together with a photograph of your brain by Roentgen, Twinkle, twinkle, little star; Daisy tells us what we are. H. H. (V-R-L-N-D). PRESIDENT OF THE METROPOLITAN TRACTIO} VOUS PROSTRATION, HIS gentleman was born under Mars, with Job's coffin in the ascendant, a blockade in the solar system, eighteen alarms of fire on Scorpio, the waters of Aquarius turning rapidly red and the Pleiades in Indian file, with golden gongs sounding every second. He is below the medium height, easily recogniza- ble under a microscope ; has frescoed feat- ures, with a stranded-cable expression, a deaf ear, an old oaken bucket and moss- covered intellect, and has good eyesight, | easily seeing a few feet ahead. He looks well in a ball and chain, and should never wear anything else. He is brave and ‘cour- ageous, never quailing at the sight of death; is exceedingly humane, believing that when people are suffering they should be put out of their misery as soon as possible; and he has great faith in others, confident that they will stand almost anything rather than complain. He should travel on the Brooklyn trolley cars for his health, avoid nerve tonics as they are not necessary, sleep in the reservoir, and will find his most congenial companions among cable-car passengers. Would do good work in a hospital, or succeed as a bandit, but will find his best field as the captain of a raft in the Antarctic Ocean. THE AMBITIOUS TIGER. MARION (C-R-F-D). HIS gentleman was born under Leo, Libra making 480 revolutions to the minute, the chimes on Venus playing the Star-Spangled Banner and the rest of the planets working overtime. He is of average height, with re- trousse nose, pale - green binding with gold edges, an automatic move- ment, set to run a lifetime without stops, and has a working capacity J of 1800 horse-power. He has a mer- curial temperament, which takes him away when he ought to be home studying others, and he devotes too much time to travel when he could do better work in one place. He is very persevering, prefers manual labor to deep thought, and would do great work in a paper mill. He should take a long rest in some secluded place where he cannot be seen or heard, drink freely of some effective sleeping potion every morning before rising, and come back to the world after twenty years. Looks well in a merry-go-round, and will’be successful as the keeper of an Italian fruit-stand, or would do good work at a turning-lathe. * * ° OTTO VON (B-S-M-R-K), THs gentleman was born under an agi- tated Mars, with that sign inthe ascend- ant, the Sun scorching through space, Leo with his hair standing on end and abock beer freshet on Aquarius. He is built on the upright plan, witha mahogany finish, Poultney Bigelow pose, has a briar-root expression, wears a head with a brain inside, and looks well in a pale-blue grenadine, with carnation pinks, cut decollete, entrain, with diamond ornaments and tortoise-shell corsage. He has ‘a changeable nature, is very fond of travel, and has been very successful in this direction, frequently altering whole maps with the aid of good-road machines. Is fond of the best society, cares little for kings, and would make asplendid guardian for the extreme young, but not likely to be called. Will do good work as a bareback-rider, or might succeed as an em- peror, a Paris concierge or a surveyor.