Life — January 8, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

EAR ME, old friend, how Time does fly! Iseeyou with a baby carriage And think of days when you and I Deliberated love and marriage : Ten years ago who could have told The sequel to such cogitation, Or guessed which of us first would hold One of the second generation ? I mind me how we used to sit Around the board with pipes and whisky, Wont to philosophize a bit And trade off stories rather risk I mind me of the good cig: How many we have smoked together! — Beneath the sun, the moon and stars, Alike in every kind of weather. Gone, gone are those old times, but we— We still among the living tarry : And life's prescription scems to be Will Shakspere’s frequent dose—“ Ay, marry! So here's a health to Her and you— Companions live until you gray be! And here's another, just as true— Congratulations to the Baby! Feliz Carmen. comicbooks.com