Life — August 23, 1900 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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NLLy And thongh no giants crossed her lot, MISS LUCY. COMFORT FOR THE OLD AND LAZY. Miss Lucy was @ modern child, ‘Or ghosts to cause her fear, *, Extremely up to date, * She trembled sore, lest by her cot For those who are less young than formerly, No superstitious trash defied A microbe should appear. ‘ who hate effort and fatigue, but exercise because they Her most superior state. At last one very windy day, are told they are better for it, these words may prove No fairies hovered round her cot, While walking with the maid, of interest : ‘0 glante barred her way, In sptte of all her silk array ne hen Wiliam Evarte was asked the other, day to what Meas waa ‘iis sald. e aactibed his long life and excellent health, he replied: Old Santa Claus was quite forgot, Bbe cauents cond Tis sehd BY don't koow unless itis because 7 don't tate any exereior With all deceitful play, © poor Miss Lucy! Microbes came Thowe who know the venerable gentleman Dest recognize the . Answer as ulwolutely true, Mr, Evarts takes no exercise, Her food was modalated milk, And set Cown in 6.10: He has carefully avoided exercise for many years, When be With graham bread and rice ; And germs, and things without a name went from his house to bis office he would not waik # block Her underclothing was of silk, That all refused to go, he would take a carriage no matter how short the distan Ez "tthe 01 man who That cost @ pretty price. For many a weary day and'pight physical exercise, added to mental effort. 18's waste of ase, Her governess from Parts came, They had thelr wicked will ; Wich tends toward debility and ahorteting of life." Jovepd 7 : ‘Till nurse and doctor won the fight vhamberlain Is @ conspicuous example. He spares himself Her purse was German born; = Sy salient cae all physical effort, ao far as he can. Hie will not walk or At English words they cried, “ For shame} 'y pationt care and sku, single fight of staira if he can help it. Senator Hanna ta, And treated them with scorn. An, in the most enilghtened schemes Periaps, te most notable expouent of ‘thls, principe te . Miacibes leks Vashington, Vigorous as be ts In apeech and in mental ‘She never went in car or shop Some dificalties lurk 5 effort, the Senator is seldom seen save in an attitude which For fear of caching germs ; So not amias, {t sometimes seems, suggests physical repose. — Aiechange. She could not near beggar stop To watch how they may work. This is cheering for those of us who are “born On any sort of termst Teen TIE: ited . And now a very curious thing In the Intely tasued memorials of Charles Henry Pearson : I must perforce relate ; once one of Australia’s chief men of affairs, an amusing story APrrraacro physiclan, who thought of taking his colored ‘And list, ye parenta, while I sing of his student life at Oxford deals with a wayward genius, servant with bim on a projected fishing trip, interrogated Of poor Mss Lucy's fate. whom be styles “L."": “It was one of his troubles that he — himas to his acquaintance with aquatics, After a few pre- Axtestes gears cid oe wentt enees, Was amicted with self-consclousness, One day he confided — jiminary questions, he asked : hid thers, oh, atradge to tay, to a friend that he had determined to try getting drunk aa a ‘4 Have you ever rowed, James? She ooemed's tite iike a fool, posslble cure, The friend argued against the plan, but attached “Only on the cyabs, sah. — Pittsburg Chronicle Taso mipaterlons Way. no particular importance to the matter, and presently forgot all aboutit, Late that night, as he wasat work, he was startled Wire: Jobn, you don't mean to tell me that you shot this She could not read, she could not spell, by anotse as of some one stumbling upstairs and falling poor little bird with that great big gun? fler tongues were jumbled 80 ; against his door. He opened his oak, and ‘L,” staggered in Hcssaxp: Yes, dear; I'm sorry to say I had to, 1 ‘Twould weary anyone to tell ‘and threw himself on a chair, very drunk,and muttering, couldn't get near enough to pat salt on his tail. ‘The things she did not know. * Self conscious still ; self-conscious still 1 — Argonaut. — PA ladelphia Pras, reat Britain. The Inter- EUROPEAN AGENTS—Messrs. 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