Life — December 30, 1897 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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LIFE: PROSPECTUSES FOR 1898. (the unavoldable dadlindited om Feading the advertising pages of our popular magazines.) will write exclusively for PROF. RUDYARD KIPLING THE... will contribute his latest dis- coveries exclusively to NURSERY 2" in 1898. Mr. Kipling is the high- | Scientific est living authority on children, their wants and their ways. Puff IN 1898. There will be the ysual departments on Teething,” ES Edison, Tesla, Lord Kelvin and Keeley will also write “Measles,” ‘Hygieuic Foods,” ete. . from time to time. ONLY THE GREAT MAGAZINES NOT So POs RUDYARD KIPLING can afford to pay the RUDYARD KIPLING) eco" IN 1898 THE CHRISTIAN he will write only for | HUSTLER... NcSc ribe rs | throughout the year 1898. We have purchased his entire output of poems, | THE SHOP-GIRL'S DELIGH T. . 7 short stories and serials. has engaged for the year 1898 a series Minor contributions may be expected from George Mere of fashion articles from Disanl Aled Ati "| RUDYARD KIPLING. } prices asked by... as the RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. Santa Claus and the Authors. s treated our authors very liberally this The mechanical toys he has made left in the sof our most eminent writers have been remarkable for their variety and inge Mr. Hall ¢ was delighted with a little working model in which a Ma ld of seven playfully throws a pint of vitriol into his moth es, The model is perfection itself. The eye: are manufactured of some sensitive material which disintegrates the moment the vitriol touches them, and the little marionette of 4 mother falls to the ground and writhes in agony, while the boy through the medium of a small music-box concealed within bi stomach, sings a glee with much spirit, It is said that upon re- ceipt of this wonderful toy Mr. Caine smiled for the first time in seven years, Mr. Andrew Lang's chief joy on Christmas morning was to find a pair of beautiful skates in his stocking. These skates are so finely adjusted and so keenly edged that Mr. Lang can write