Life — November 9, 1899 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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November 9, 1809, FOB a A A A a a A I > THE YOUTHS COMPANION The Fireside Friend in Half a Million Homes. Issued Every Week. Subscription, $1.75 a year. A few out of the two hundred and more special features of interest planned for the Companion’s 1900 volume are the following: By Major-General Wesley Merritt, U.S.A., an article under the title, “ Perilous Service in the Philippines,” in which he describes some actual experiences of his staff officers in their encounters with the Filipinos. By John Philip Sousa, an amusing narrative of the “Experiences of a Bandmaster.” The famous “March King” tells many anecdotes, the scene of which is often the White House. By Andrew Carnegie, an admirable paper on “The Habit of Thrift.” The great manufacturer and philanthropist, who started in life as bobbin-boy in a mill, owes his success to this habit. By Margaret Deland, A friendly “talk” about “The Modern Girl’s Ambitions” that will help many a girl who stands perplexed between the call of new opportunities and that of old-fashioned home duties. SEHD bbb bb bt: Send us your address on a Postal and we ‘will mail you our Mlustrated Announcement Number, containing a full prospectus of the Contributors and Contributions engaged for the new 'bolume. The, Companion Calendar. To design the figure pieces for The Companion Calendar for 1900, one of the best known of American genre painters was engaged. His exquisite work, reproduced in 12-color lithography, enables The Companion to offer to subscribers this year a piece of color printing superior even to the beautiful calendars of former years. Subscription Offer for 1900. Those who Sebscribe al once will receive all the remaining issues of The Companion for 1899 FREE, and then all the issues for the 52 weeks of the neW year, until January 1, 1901. This offer includes the gift of the New Companion Calendar for 1900—the most beautiful one eber given to the friends of The Companion. #7 Cut out and send this slip with $1.75, the price of your subscription to 1901. SSID DOOD EEE bbb bt 008) THE YOUTH’S COMPANION, BOSTON, MASS. FIA AAIIAIAAIA I AIAA IAS AAA AAD AAAS IIS ASAAAACA ACK. PRESS OF THE J. W: PRATT CO., NEW YORK. SOD OO bb a RR Rb bh bb bb ores. comicbooks.com