Life — September 29, 1898 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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NO DOUBT. “THIS DOG, MADAME, WOULD BE CHEAP AT ONE HUNDRED.” “1 WOULD TAKE HIM. BUT 1 AM APRAID MY IIUSBAND MIGHT OBJECT.” “ MADAME, YOU CAN GET ANOTHER HUSBAND MUCH EASIER THAN A DOG LIKE THAT.” Her Eyes. MADDENING black eyes, black as the night, And brighter than the sun that shines all day, I sound your depths, and I am sore affright For men with hearts that pass you on the way. Only the blind are safe—they cannot see The peril of your eyes, nor feel their sway ; Buch eyes in Egypt once amote Antony, And the great soldier gave a world away, OL. H. R. KERR, the Secretary of- the United States Golf Association, estimates that there is $50,000,000 now invested in golf in this country, and that the expenditure this year for that sport will not be less than $10,000,000. The money is well spent, in that it makes this country pleasanter for persons who are bound to have some sort of sport, and who will seek it abroad if they cannot find it at home. Bicycles, trolley cars and golf have worked miracles in the direction of mitigating the monotony of American life, especially of country or suburban life, and making it attrac- tive to persons who crave reasonable variety in their existences. They are all cheap, and not one of them is nasty. They are all still extending, and it is an adven- turous prophet who would attempt to predict the limits of their spread. With iron cheap, and growing constantly cheaper, there must be a continuous stretching out of trolley rails along the country roads, The New Circuit. IRST THESPIAN: What sort of a season did you have? SEconp TuesPiaN: Well, it was good in Ladrone and the Philippines. But Cuba and Porto Rico are frosted over. Reenttveut, aie POET: Love is like archery. You always aim for the gold. His Fiancte: And you can’t make it if your beau is broke. F we were not barbarians enough to love fighting just a little, mere love of country would scarcely induce any- one to make a target of himself for thir- teen dollars a month, A’ this writing, the President has not found a fit person to succeed Colo- nel Hay as Ambassador to Great Britain. It is to be regretted that the Honorable George Dewey is too busy and too far from home to be available for this honor- able appointment. Why does not - Mr. Piatt induce the President to send Colo- nel Roosevelt to London, and thereby promote harmony among the New York Republicans? comicbooks.com