Life — October 23, 1902 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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“OM, DON'T BE AFRAID. DON’T YOU 8EE WE's TIED?” Wisdom. i lg a Bee and a Bore you should see, Just remember this rule: It is better to fool with a bee Than to be with a fool. Feliz Carmen, Final. HEY are born,’’ says Judge Birdsall, chosen to succeed Speaker Henderson as a repre- sentative in Congress from Iowa, discussing trusts, ‘‘ not of the pro- tective policy of the Republican party, but of the greed and self- ishness of men.’’ This sounds very much like the last word. If any loafer shall speak up from the rear of the hall, suggest- ing that the purpose of legislation is to curb the greed and selfishness of men, put him ont. Society. M*®. PURSSEY STRUTT gave a dinner at her house last Fri- day, in honor of her daughter, Miss Gab- bie Strutt, one of the débutantes of the season, After dinner there was informal daycing. Mr. and Mrs. Goshwotta-Pyle have closed their Lenox season, and have gone to New York with their children. The Duchess of Marmalade likes caramels. She is still at Lenox. At Divorcehurst, last Wednesday, Mrs. Cynchon Koppar gave one of the largest musicals of the season. There were fully two hundred guests. Cynchon Koppar himself doesn't care much for music, but he is a judge of whiskey. Easy. Nopp: How did you manage to keep that burglar in the dining- room until the police came? Topp: Easy enough. I told him I could beat him at ping-pong. 353 Fortunate. sPHE coronation of the Emperor of India, in the person of his viceroy, at Delhi, has been happily set for Christmas. The weather is pretty likely to be fine, in those parts, about Christ- mas. Moreover, there are certain tradi- tions connected with Christmas which cannot well help but make the dominant thonght of the broth- erhoodof man under the fatherhood of God more clearly apparent to the hungry people who will pay for the show. ASHA WAY : What shall I do? Take Miss Pinkerly to the theatro, or sit with her for three hours in the back parlor? OastLETON: Well, one will cost you five dollars, and the otherall the way from five to ten thousand a year. Caution. i W UIE, did you thank Mr. Speedway for taking you to drive? '’ said the mother of asmall boy, solicitously. No answer. The ques- tion was repeated. Still no answer. “Willie! Do you hear me? Did you thank Mr. Speedway for taking you to drive?” “ Yes,”” whispered Willie, ‘‘ bat he told me not to mention it !’" GOOD woman is worth more than anthracite. comicbooks.com