Life — January 31, 1901 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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LIFE: OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. “ Modern Pen Drawings: European and American.” Edited by Charles Holme. (The International Studio.) ‘Salambo, the Matd of Carthage.” Retold from the French of Gustav Flaubert by Zenaide A. Ragozin. (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) “Donegal Fairy Stores." By Sevmas McManus. (McClure, Phillips and Company.) ~Po' White Trash and Other One-Act Dramas.” By Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. \Merbert S. Stone and Company.) * Last Songs from Vagabondia.” By Jiss Carman and Richard Horey. (Small, Maynard and Conipany.) “Pletoris Carmina, By Frederic Crowinshield. Company.) “The Richard Mansfeld Acting Version of Henry V." Phillips and Company.) “Excursions.” By William Griftth. Company.) “Songs of North and South,” and Company.) * Jacinta and Other Verses." By Howard V. Sutherland. “Fortune and Men's Eyes.” Maynard and Company.) “L'Algloa.” By £dmond Rostand. (Brentano’s.) “Thomas Jefferson." By Thomas E. Watson. Company.) (Dodd, Mead and (McClure, (iudson-Kimberly Publishing By Walter Malone. John P. Morton (Doxey*s.) By Josephine Preston Peabody. (Stnall, (Small, Maynard and must not be supposed that Lire’s Hall of Fame confines itself to any special class of inmates. All walks of life are represented, from the exciting pastime of a Vice-President to the white light of publicity that beats upon the un- crowned head of a historical novelist. We are here, not to be partial, but to be broad and far- reaching. We would have future ages attest to the wisdom of our choice, and even if there be some who cavil, we regard them: not. LIFe’s Hall of Fame is open for business day and night, and the claims of no candidate, if he be only an after-dinner speaker, so that he has attracted attention to himself, will be neglected. As time goes on, it will be seen that the quality of candidates gets better and better. The ono this week is a young man, but we have let him in over the heads of a good many others, because at the start we desired to establish a reputation for refinement in selection. We wanted some young man who had been of real use to the community, who had, so to speak, not wasted his talents, and whose taste and inherent refinement no one would question. We wanted some one who had shown a high ideal, and who would be willing to pose to future generations of young men as a shining example. Of course there is only one young man who Tt 87 You have already guessed The examination follows : exactly fills this requirement. his name. Exmpit G. Witttam R. Hearst. “Name?” * Willie, “ How old are you?” “ Don't know exactly.” “ Are you old enough to know better?” * Certainly not.’” “ What is your business * Other people’s."* “* Are you familiar with the truth when you see it?’* “No, sir. Iam too much occupied.’* “Mr. Hearst, do you consider that you have wasted your opportunities ?”” ‘Well, I might have started the Journal sooner.” “ Are you a gentleman?” “Tama journalist.” ** Why do you prefer filth to cleanliness?” ‘Because there’s more money in it.”’ “ Not always.” “There is ac I work it.” “That willdo, Mr. Hearst. Come in.” A Point in Precedence. M®*. MARMADUKE.JONES : Society nowadays seems tobe made up of such a lot of people we don’t know. Mrs. Marmabvuke-Jones : Oh, don’t put it that way, my dear ; say rather that society nowadays is made up of such a lot of people who don’t know us, Mh Sve mi ats = Wha Gub-Dinxs- 1 Dragon: THAT WILL BE ENOUGH, PRINCE. COAL 18 GETTING AWPULLY DEAR NOW AND WE'VE GOT To ECONOMIZE. comicbooks.com