Life — June 12, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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So many Gods, #0 many Creede, So many paths that wind and wind, When just the Art of being kind Ts what the ead world needs, —Unidentified. A cory of “Mra, Hannah Glasse's Cookery Book," em- blazoned on the cover with the royal arms, which is sald to have belonged to the Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of George IIL, has been sold for $50 in Melbourne, As a royal relic it may have been worth that sum, but hardly on its literary merits. “Hannah Glasse" has been rightly de- ecribed as the “ Mrs, Harris" of culinary literature. The book was actually compiled by Joho Mill, a hard-working eighteenth century hack, who adopted the pseudonyme Decanse he thought the work would sell better if the public thought it had been written by a woman, Hill was also a tyro as a physician and a slipshod playwright, a combination that provoked Garrick’s stinging epigram : * For physic and farces, his equal there scarce is, His farces are physic, his physic a farce is." — Buffalo Commercial. A worgp Missouri scraper died recently, and his ad- mirera raised a monument over his grave bearing these words © He was always looking for a fight with a man of his tize."—Atchtson Globe. “You've made a mistake in my Dill,” said a young man excitedly yesterday to the proprietor of a prominent tajloring house. “ That can't be,’ asserted the tailor mildly. “Oh, but it’s #0," exclaimed the youth in a flurry. “ Look bere! Ten dollars too mach charged on this bill. ‘The proprietor compared the bill with his books. “You're right, Mr. Blank.” he admitted. “T'll take ten dollars off, and bow much did you say you wanted to pay on accoant?"* ‘The young man grew red, coughed, and finally produced a five dollar note. “That works every time,” confided the tailor to an Interested bystander, after the customer had departed. “ Nothing brings ‘a man here in such a hurry as to over. charge him on his bill. When a customer gets a little back- ward and dodges the place, I send him a bill overcharging him, Ie comes'on a rush to have the mistake corrected and a little diplomacy docs the rest, Best of all, it doesn't hurt his feelings, as would a visit from a collector.” —Philadelphia Record. Dracoy Simpze : I suppose you hope to make a convert of Golding? Panson Briaut : Better than that ; I hope to get him to takea pew. He's worth money, they eay. —Boeton Transcript. Here are some answers to questions in examination papers : What religion had the Britons? A strauge and terrible one called religion of the dudes. What caused the death of Cleopatra? It was becanse she bit a wasp, . What can you tell of Johnson? He survived Shakes penre in eome respects, What is the spinal colamn? Bones running all over the body. It is considered dangerous, Namea domestic animal ureful for clothing, and describe its habits, Ox. Docen't have any habite, because it lives in a stable. What in the fanction of the gastric Juicer To digest the stomach.—New York Tribune, Oxce when dining quite by chance with Dr. Creighton, the late Bishop of London, at a certain club, Lord Rosebery remarked: “Ah! my Lord Bishop, what a nuisance this dining is! Two things I absolutely dread — a long dinner and a long sermon! I think thata sermon and a dinner, however good either may be, ought never to last more than a quarter of an hour, or twenty minutes at the most," * Well, well,” raid Dr. Creighton, musingly, “could we not arrange matters this way, my lord? Knock, eay, ten minates off the ermon, and put it on to the dinner.” — From Men of the Moment, For sale by all Newsdenlers in Great Britalo. ‘The Tate national News Company, Bream's Building, Chancery Lan London, E. C., England, Aa ECROPEAN AGENTS—Mesars. Brentano, 37 Avenue del'Opera, Paria, Established 1823. WILSON Rich Rye WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO.," Baltimore, Md Rye whiskies are richer in nutrition than those made from any other grain, as is proved by chemical analysis, which concedes to Hunter Whiskey The merit of being the most perfect development of an alcoholic stimulant. It is particularly recom- mended to women because of its age and excellence Wa. Lanauan & Son, Baltimore, Md. Monsieur x Martin ‘A Splendid Romance of the Times of Charles XII of Sweden “The greatest book of the sear.” says Heraily = \oamenaes those qualities to romance," says the Hialtimore Sun wreles with Feal life," Evening AROMATIC DELICACY. Richard Bennett MERCHANT TAILOR Maker of Fine Clothes PRICES MODERATE 206 Broadway, New York EVENING POST BUILDING BLACK, STARR 482 FROST, 438 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK. WEDDING SILVER. ROYAL L. LEGRAND .:. THE LATEST SUCCESS OF THE A-PERFUMERY (Grand Prix Paris 1900) comicbooks.com