Life — October 3, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE NEW EXCELSIOR. ‘The shades of night were all palied down As onward hustled through the town A youth who bore where breezes stirred A pennant with the single word, *Commerctatism 1" His brow was molst ; his eye below Gieamed with a dull and smoid’ring glow, And like a cracked and ancient bell Arose his queer, deflant yell, “Commerctattsm 1"* “Ob, walt! the pastor hailed the youth, + And humbly learn eternal truth." I'll think of that,” the boy replied, «© When I have turned the golden tide. “ Commercialism |" * Ob, come to school ! the master satd, “ And fill with lore your youtbfut head The boy yelled back, as on he raced, “ Old man, | bave no years to waste, “Commercials ! Oh, stay 1° the maiden softly cried, And I will be your loving bride.” The youth called back with scornful smile, “ Just wait until I've made my pile, * Commercialisin | ** Then cried the sage, * Beware the Joys That link themselves to golden toys!” * Ban 1 cried the youth, “you do but Jest! I've linked my life unto this quest. Commerctalism 1" CISGORS AvT LL T §el wT NvLLy One day they found him dead and cold Beside his chests of worshipped gold ; And on the breeze that round him moaned They heard that fateful word tntoned, “ Commerctalism [** —Cleceland Plain Dealer. A Mason and surgeon of the army stationed In the Philippines writes us that recently, when the chief nurse of @ small base bospital in Southern Luzon was sent away, there was a great struggle among the five nurses remaining for the vacant position, which meant a distinct Increase tn pay. Each one of the Ove came to the oftice of the surgeon in charge, to show cause why she should be appointed chief nurse, and why none of the others was entitled to that dis- tinction. The young Solomon in charge was “up against it"; but gave the following decision: “Each one of you most write on @ plece of paper her exact age, and send It sealed to me. The oldest woman wil! be made chief nurse." There {s still a vacancy as chief nurse in a small base hospital in Southern Luzon.—Argonaut. Oe of the Gnest Instances of absence of mind on record 13 that farnished by @ certain Oxford don, whose “ acholariy abstraction “ frequently landed him in dimiculttes, Dining out one night, he suddenly became immersed In thought, and for a time sat gazing at his plate, evidently deeply engrossed in some mighty problem. Now it happened that bis left-hand neighbor, a portly dame, bad a habit of resting ber bands on the table, palm down and Oagers closed, Suddenly the professor awoke from bis brown study, seized his fork, plunged tt into the plump paw reposing to the left of tis plate, and, beaming gentally through his glasses, remarked : y bread, I think 1%— Exchange. Ix the heyday of the glory and power of the iste Ward McAlitster, the leader of New York society, he was a slave to conventions. Like most young conservatives, he grew literal with years, When bls brother, the late Hall McAllister, came to visit him from San Francisco, be looked upon it as ap aMliction of @ country relative. Hall was developed bere, and he wore a broad-brimmed bat, and had something of the Western preeziness In his manner that distressed his brother, the New York soctety leader, Ward asked Hall if he would please wear a silk hat, frock coat and gloves. Xo," said Hall, “you attend to all iat nonsense for me. 1am too old to change. Let me go my own way. Hall bad the babit of shaking hands with ladies upoa making new acquaintances, This especially distressed nis brother. “It Is very bad taste to offer your hand to # lady,” ex. plained Ward. * Don’t do tt, Hall,”* Finally Ward introduced Hall to Mra. Astor, and she cor. dially offered him her hand, “No, madam,” sald Hall, 1 should lke very much to shake hands with you, but I can't. My brother Ward says 1 mustn't."— News: Letter. “Au,” he sald to bimself, as he Oolsbed the last pare graph of bis magazine article, “1 think the world will have cause to thank me for this. In these pages I have worked out # reasonable solution of the servant-girl problem. After this there can be no—" “Henry,” his wife cried, as she rushed excitedly {nto bis room, ‘* Ilannah bas Just notiGed me that she's going toveare, and here we have the Buchanans coming from New York next week. What on earth shall we dot He fell back beipless in bis chair and gave it up. —Chicago Record: Herald. For salo by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. The Inter- nati je mpany, Bream’s Building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C., Engtand, AG ECROPRAN AGENTS—Messrs. Breatavo, 37 Avenue de l'Opera, Paris, Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s Ali! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO., Baltimore, Md. Hunter Baltimore Rye The American Gentleman's Whiskey. Never Sold till 10 Years Old. Wa. Lanauaw & Sox, Baltimore, Md. THE CHRISTMAS is now being prepared, and the announcements of high-class business houses are solicited for its advert ; consisting of forty or more pages of timely illustrations and letter- ing pages. This is an extra issue, press. No advertisement will be accepted occupying less than one- NUMBER OF LIFE quarter page. The price is $75 for one-quarter page, $150 for half page, and $300 for full page. The back cover, printed to corre- The front cover, to be printed in colors, will be designed by Wa. pe L. Dopce. spond, will be used by The Eastman Kodak Co. This issue will contain, in addition to Mr. Gisson’s regular work (which appears only in Lire), sketches by C. ALLan Gitpert, T. K. Hanna, Jr, Wa, H. Wacker, E. W. Kemace, W. L, Jacons, Bavarp Jones, and many other artists, whose work in the past has assisted in making Lire a success. The array of contributors in this special number of Lire will not be equaled by any periodical in the world. Among many others may be mentioned E. S. 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