Life — July 25, 1901 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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73 When Greek Meets Greek. TH Last Edition of a yellow Evening papee once met atenth edition of a new novel on the study table of a man whose tastes were common and who didn’t care who knew it. At first each rightly regarded the other as a parvenu and declined to notice it, but the conscious- ness that they were both near he waste-basket finally cre- ated a bond of sympathy between them. Being an unusually heavy production, the novel easily broke the ice by remarking : “Is it hot enough for you?” “Indeed it is not,” replied the Last Edition, with what at first seemed to be origi- nality. “I wish it were a great deal hotter, so that I would avoid the disgrace of dying be- fore my ink is dry.” “Alas!” moaned the novel, “what is your case to mine? My leaves are uncut beyond page fifty-seven, and my cl maxes have been glanced over without arousing a particle of interest.” “But perhaps that is the man's fault,” said the paper, sooth- ingly. ‘I notice that you are a tenth edition, and that argues a considerable popularity.” “On the contrary,” said the novel, “ your remark argues your ignorance of modem publishing methods, No book succeeds until it has reached its tenth edition, and I began there.” “Same here,” said the paper, “only I have the warrant cf Scripture. It is written that ‘the last shall be “LIZA, | PERL CALLED TO LABOR AMONG THE CHINESE “SAKES ALIVE, JULIUS, UNLESS YO" LABORS ARE Mo’ YT LTMAN THEY MAS BEEN AT NOME, YOU SU'TENLY COULDN'T COMPETE WITH THOSE CHINESE LAUNDIIES.” + OFOUK-PGS* good prices for them and are entitled Cruelty to a Wife. Whos tke belle of the bod” sad she, to all the comfort they can get out «MOHEY say her husband Q3 they denced around Ihe fer of them.” ; treats her worse than 5 As the Cadi disappeared behind the ever." ut he made 0 mustede, and beked orawad, curtain he was heard to thank Allah “What has he done Gad she Speaks to hun no miure - that the hot wave had passed, and that now?” it might improve the feelings of the “Why, the other day, in- Fountain of Justice to turn into it a small quantity of the fiery waters of stead of giving her the money to pay her bills, he paid them the Giaours. Metcalfe. himself.""