Life — April 11, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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‘A COOKERY BOOK See on her shelf, revered and priceless tome, ‘The * Guide for Cookery for Every Home ™ ; Those broken sides, that tattered leaves Lnclose, Proclaitn its merits and demand repose Past are the days when on the dresse It gave {ts lore to every passing maid ; The And left # grease spot where she found a sweet. Here violets marked the lines my lady conned When wifely pride the kitchen apron donned To roll the ple-crust, or, mistaken zeal, With moussé aud omelette dress the evening meal. But graver themes these dog-eared leaves portray, The household ethics of an earlier day ; Their anctent rules the secret still enshrine Of how an Englishman should lunch and dine. To distant lands bis errant tastes may roam, Froin Ortent empires fetch the curry home ; Yet attll, unswerving in bis true beltef, He fds his aliment to British beet. ‘Then, faded page | though writ in sober prose The kitchen eptc of our race disclose The life of man from childish pap unroll Tull senile grucl shall complete the whole. — The Academy, lata Maitha came Its counsel to ent Tree is an infant in Washington who, when he gets old enough to read about Sisyphus, will Know how to sympathize With that mythical Greek, Baby was not In evidence on ® certain afternoon when # contributor called on bis mamma, And, as the newspaper Woman writes, she asked If he were asleep. On, no, answered the mo “he's wide awake, but For sale by all Newsdeaters t ql national News Company, Dream's Building, Chancery Lane, England, AGENTS. he's busy Just now, and bables never cry when they are basy." Of course T made Inquiry as to what a haby of ten months could possibly be busy about, and the mother opened the door of the bedroom that I might see for myself. ‘There, on the rug, spread where the sun would catch tt, sat his little lordship, as sober as a judge, doing—why, you'd hever guess what that blessed child was doing. His hands, had been smeared with some sticky substance (let us hope tt was Innocent), und to one of them stuck bulf a dozen tiny feathers. Baby gravely picked the feathers otf hts left hand with his right, and then as solemnly set to work to pick them off bis right band with his left. “My mother always kept her bables quiet that way,” sald the young matron, “and 1 find it works beautifully with Algernon. I always Ox hls bands so when | expect company, and he'll sit for hours trying to get the feathers off.” I offer the plan for the benefit of perplexed mothers, bat at the same time 1 think it's a mighty mean advantage to take of the patience of an innocent child, — Washington Post. Some years ago, when Bishop Creighton was Bishop of Peterborough, he was the guest, during # confirmation tour in the diocese, at an old manor house, and slept one night In & room supposed to be haunted. Next morning at breakfast he was asked whether be had seen the ghost. Yea." he replied, with great solemmity, “but I have lald the spirit, It will never trouble you again.” ing further questioned upon the subject, the Bishop sald: The ghost instantly vanished when I usked for a sub- scription toward the restoration of Peterborough Cathedral.” — New York Tribune. TO LIVE ONE HUNDRED. YEARS. TnEse are Sir John Sawer's nineteen rules for living one hundred sears : 1, Eight hours sleep. 2. Sleep on your right side. 3 Keep your bedroom window open ail night. 4. Have a mat to sour bedroom door. 5. Do not have your bedstead against the wall. 6. No cold water in the morning, but a bath at the tem. perature of the body, 7, Exercise before breakfast. Fat little meat and see that It ts well cooked. 9. For adults. Drink no milk, 10, Eat plenty of fat to feed the ceils which destroy disease germs. VW. Avoid intoxicants, which destroy those cells. 12. Dally exercise in the open alr, 13, Allow no pet antmals tn your living rooms, 14. Live in the country if you can, 15, Watch the three D's — drinking water, drains. 16, damp, Have change of occupation, ‘Take frequent and short holidays. Limit your ambition. Keep your temper. — New York World. 18. 19. TnRoven the weary watches of the night the dramatist pored over the volume. “ Writing a probiem play is not such an easy task,” he murmured, with @ long-drawn sigh. Bot, with dogged persistence, he resumed his dramatiza- tlon of Ray's Elementary Arithmetic. — Baltimore American, ECROPEAN AGENTS—Mesara. Brentano, 37 Avenue de VOpera, Paris, - Established 1823. FSTERBROOKS STEEL PENS Pease WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! _ 450 Varieties. Esterbrook’s Falcon is the For Sale by all Stationers. standard among pens. Werts, Camden. 5.3. THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO. 2 ste s. sew tert | LIFE. Vol. 36. Bound in Maroon and Gold, Green and Gold, Full Black. PRICE, $4.00. If Copies are returned an allowance of $2.00 is made. THE WILSON DISTILLING CO., PAN. comicbooks.com ABLEND OF THE SURBRUG 204 Broadway,Ny. Agent. FINEST EGY Six Trains Daily for