Life — April 17, 1902 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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“LIFE Live's protest against cruelty of all sorta, to men or beasts. is a noble record of striving for gentleness. The Paper has splendidly maintained @ middie course between demagogy and supercitious, cynical plutocracy. The sbeet bas been a living force of opposition to all sorts of excess, against fantasticallty and frenzy tn literature, art, politica. It bas shown up every sham the American people have been In danger of worshiping, from soctety to bogus re- ligion and sclence. The writer of this paragraph has read every number of Live, from the first, and is delighted to confess that the quailty of the pubilcation bas ever been such that {ts views, whether conveyed by humorous 1m. plication or by direct preachment, have been of unfailing value In helping toward an understanding of the principles Involved in every material tasue that has been before the people during the period of the paper's existence. Live 1s & paper that representa the best there 1s {n this country. It has warred, for about @ score of years, upon vulgarity 19 every form, and, for that reason, the Intelligent reading public must rejoice with Live's editor, business manager and contributors over the exceeding prosperity of such an institution,—St. Lowls Mirror. ‘Tne little daughter of the house watched the minister who was making # visit very closely, and finally sat down beside him and began to draw on her slate “What are you doing?" asked the clergyman. “I'm making your picture,” said the child. The minister sat very still, and the child worked away earnestly. Then she stopped and compared her work with the original, and shook her head. “I don't ike tt much,” she sald, “'Tain’t a great deal tke you, T guess I'll pat a tall to it and call 1t « doy —Philadelphia Times. A YOUNG betress, with a penchant for farming, was explaining at length the many difficulties she encountered in pursuing ber fad. “T really am a farmer," she protested, and then added, regretfully, * although {t must be confessed that almost all I plant 1 Jose." “Therein differing from me," courteously rejoined her table companion, a rising young physician, “for I find tn my case that almost all I lose I plant.""—Argonaut. ‘Tue boy had shown such a degree of ignorance and mental obtuseness that the teacher waa disheartened, and she finally asked, sarcastically “Do you know whether George Washington was a soldier or a sailor?” “+ He was a soldier,” replied the urchin, promptly. How do you know that?" she persisted, “Cause I saw a picture of him crossing the Delaware, an’ any sallor'd know enough not to stand up In the boat,"* —Chicago Evening Post. One of the sorrows of childhood is the slowness of some older people to take a bint. It ts often quite @ strain on ood manners to be obliged to re-enforce a suggestion that should have been adequate tn Iteelf. A ite girl, calling at a neighbor's house, sat near a plate containing some apple-parings. At last, unable to keep stlence any longer, she sald : “T smell apples.” “Yea,” returned ber hostess, “t's those parings."” No'm,” sald the litte girl, solemnly, “I smell wholo apples.""— Youth's Companion. BRIGHTON Silk Garter Get only the genuine. See that the Scents a pair at all dealers, or by mal, PIONEER SUSPENDER CO. 718 Market Street, Philadeiphia, The best tonic and appetizer, a sure cure for.dyspepsia. indigestion, and all Stomach troubles. Established 1846 Rhei Bere STKE An answer to every movement niade by the body 1s found in the action of President Suspender. All strain is relieved. No other ton the same principle as PRESIDENT SUSPENDER nteed. Look for “ Preatd: 4 on iminings cannot fst. New model Dow heavy work: also email size for yout! ‘The price ia Mc. If the nearest dealer can't supply sou, send the price direct to us and receive palr'of dew design by'mail postpaid. ©. A. EDGARTON MFG, C0., Box 273, Shirley, Hass, THE STANDARD FOR GENTLEMEN ALWAYS EASY “ZAG The Hame “Boston GARTER” is stamped on every loop— - The CUSHION BUTTON es crip PATENT HAS BEER) Sibraney oy THE ©. S. CIRCUIT COUT Old Brandy made from Wine.” — Medical Press (London), Aug, 1899. MARTELL’S THREE STAR BRANDY AT ALL BARS AND RESTAURANTS, OLD CROW RYE sthon WHISKEY sos Sofie Sesion comicbooks.com