Life — January 30, 1902 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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G ‘Tue Bishop of London tells a clever anecdote of acertain country curate. He was calling on the great lady of the Village and intreduced his newly-married wife as “+a poor thing, madame, but mine own,” whereupon the lady, looking at the curate severely, replied : “Your wife ought to have introduced you as @ ‘poorer thing, bat my owner.’ "Short Stories. THE HOUSE PERFECT Has telephone service, with # station on each floor, It puts the whole organization of a great city at your fingers’ ends, day and night. Rates in Manhattan from $48 a year. New York Telephone Company, 111 West 38th St, 215 West 125th St. AFTER preaching a sermon on the fate of the wicked, an English clergyman met an old woman well known for her gossiping propensities, and he said: “Thope my sermon has borne fruit, You beard what I sald about the place where there shall be walling and goash- Ing of teeth?” « Well, as to that,” answered the dame, “If 1 'as anythink to say, It be this: Let them gnash their teeth as has ‘em—[ ain't 1"—Argonaut. Tue healthy man Is the successful man, Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters create strength. Haoip: Well, Percy, did you flad gasoline a good remedy for chapped hands? Pexcy: Splendid! Not only did it cure the chapness, but every onein the ballroom detected the smell and thought | owned an automobile.—Chicago News. CALIFORNIA'S regort hotels wil! be well patronized by “the 400°" this winter, Best train for best travelers 1s The Call- fornta Limited, via the Santa Fe. Ovricen: Is your brother, who was #0 deaf, any better? Buipoer: Sure, he'll be all right in the morning. “You don’t say 80." “Yes; he was arrested yesterday, and he gets his hearin’ xn the morning.”"— Denver Reputdican. Hionest Qvatiry, exquisite bouquet, delicious taste make Cook's Imperial Champagne Extra Dry the fad in yood soclety. Jay : Yes, slr; when I was tn New York a sharper robbed ne of fifty dollars. Hay : Why didn’t you call a policemant “Well, I thought fifty dollars was enough."* —Vhiladdphia Press, HOTEL VENDOME, BOSTON, All the attractions of hotel life, with the comforts and privacy of home. BeNNeT BURLEION, the noted English war-correspondent, WIEN TREES ARE NOT USED. You Will Feel, WHEN TREES ARK U8ED DAILY, seo and appreciate the ditference made to your shoes if you keep them when not In use on LEADAM'S SHOE TREES. Itts economy. Wet shoes dry in shape. "The sole ts flattened ; the leverage does It and holds it, You need never force your feet into curled up shoes again. Do not accept hinged lasts or other substitutes, My name on every pair. For men ‘and women, $1.00 per pair. Illustrated booklet on ~The Care of Shoes,” free. Money returned if not satisfactory. LIONEL N. LEADAM, 130 Palmetto Street, Brooklyn, New York. ARae’s | Lucea ‘Olive ‘Oil appreciated by connoisseurs for its Qelicate flavor (Norank smell nortaste, 80 frequent in some brands of Olive Oil) HSRAE SCO. LECHORN. Suaranteed Pure i Oil of Olives only S. RAE 6 CO. Exh 1036 | LEGHORN, ITALY ee 04 4 4A on me mt 14 m9 Leen The Highest Type of French Champagne CODMAN & HALL Co. Agents for the U. 8. BOSTON, - - - MASS. feports a suggestive conversation between a British officer ind # Boer fleld cornet, under @ flag of trace, The former | isked : When do you think the war will be over?" “Oh,” replied the other, “when you people are able to Satch a horse with an ox-wagon ; not before."—Exchange. 4OTELS CHAMBERLIN and HYGEIA, Old Point Comfort, Va. Why not go to the quiet sea and loaf away afew peaceful lays? Wukx a workingman bas a job, the presumption 1s that te 1s an honest man. When & politician has one, the pre- sumption ts the other way.—Philade/phia Ledger. Many of “ the 400" will rendezvous in California this winter. Best train for best travelers 1s The California Limited, via the Santa Fe. “REMEMBER, young man,” said the practical friend, +thatin order to succeed you must teach people to trust ‘ou. “Thave done that," answered the gloomy young man, | ‘I have succeeded tn getting into debt beyond my fondest sspectations."— Washington Star. 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Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, including lunch- eon on going trip, one and three-fourths days’ board at ‘The Hygeia or Chamberlin Hotel, and good to return direct by regular trains within six days, will be sold ii ction with this tour at rate of $15.00 from New York ; $13.50 from Trenton ; $12.50 from Philadel- ia, and proportionate rates from other points. For itineraries and full information apply to agents ; Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, 4 Court Street, Brooklyn ; 789 Broad Street, Newark, N.J.; or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. ORDER to properly preserve your papers so that you can exchange i N I them for the bound volumes, you should have a * % LIFE BINDER ¥¢ « We furnish these in black or red, to hold 26 numbers, for $1.00, postage prepaid. LUFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 19 WEST 31st STREET, NEW YORK comicbooks.com A y