Life — May 7, 1903 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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BOUND TO HAVE HIM DO SOMETHING, firs. Alice Meynell at a London dinner party given in honor of Whitaker Wright and several Americans narrated an eploode of her child- bood that one of the Americans repeated the other day Meynell, the story goes, walking down » country lane with her sister, who is now Lady Elizabeth Butler, the battle painter. ‘A vil- lager, rather drunk, passed the two children, and they followed him to see what he would do. He aleng for a while, and finally entered the barber \ shave,” he said. little girls peeped through the window at < sat in the operating chair, but already he ep; bis chin was sunk upon his breast barber lifted his chin and lathered it. It fell scain immediately. With an impatient excla- mation the barber again lifted it. Again it fell. The r smeared over the towel. Hang it, man, sleeping man. “I hold your bead up.” other half opened bis dull eyes. “Cut my bar, then," he murmured. —New York Tribune. was lurcbed villag the barber said can't shave you shaking the if you don't ne . [t would be difficult to find anything so appropriate and so for a wedding gift as this panel of Epwix A. beautiful \pary’s new frieze of the Holy Grail in the Boston Library. It _is “obtainable nly in the genuine COPLEY PRINTS,— n exclusiveness which enhances its value as a gift. In two sizes: 16 by 33. inches, nches, $7.50 (framed and delivered $14.00). CURT IS& CAMERON, $12.00 (framed and delivered $20.00), and 9 by 21 PUBL IS DES Tuts breakfast food and most-coffee craze bas got to stop. A man out in Atchison, Kan., has a wife who is a victim of the sawdust habit, and feeds him on all sorts cf queer things. He wan- dered home from the lodge one night, and found a box of something on the dining table, and proceeded to eat it, It was a bit hard, but he thought it was some new breakfast food and finished it, The next morning he investigated the matter, as he felt a bit st nd found he had eaten a box of bird sced. Springheld Republican, Wuex Philip D. Armour engaged a new secre- tary he did not tell bim at what hour in the morn- ing to report. The young man appeared at 9, but found Mr. Armour at work. Nothing was said about the sec- retary being late. The next day he presented himself at half-past 8, only to find Mr, Armour ahead of bim. So on the day following he came at 8 o'clock, with the same result. Determined to be came at 7:30 the next day, Mr. Armour with the quest! “Young man, will you tell me what you do with your forenoons?"—New York Times on hand before his boss, he only to be greeted by Ue Gopley-rmts At the arc stores, Abbe; UNDER THE ACT OF 1801, or sent direct by the publishers. Mr. the quality, “I could not wish it bettered.” wets illustrated Catalogue, 1§ cents (stamps). A Ratxy Day Race: “Of course.” ‘Couldn't the horse you bet on run?” es; he could run very well. But he couldn't Washington Star. “So you lost again.” swim.” SosteTiatrs a doctor has to deal not only with physical ailments, but with a mental attitude which complicates the case. A man who was constantly changing physicians at last called in a young doc- tor who was just beginning his practice. “I lose my breath when I climb a bill or a steep flight of stairs," said the patient. “If I hurry I often get a sharp pain In my side. Those are the symptoms of a serious heart trouble.” t necessarily, sir,” began the pbysiclan, but he was interrupted “I beg your pardon!” said the patient, irrita- bly. ‘It isn't for a young physician like you to disagree with an old and experienced invalld like me, sir!"—Youth’s Companion, TENANT (angrily): The cellar of our house is full of rats. What are you going to do about it? LaxpLorp (calmly): Nothing. What do you expect for $17 a month, anyway—a cellar ful! white mice?—Chicago Daily News Abbey himself says cf Also excellent for a wedding gift is our new book on the Grail, handsomely illustrated with the fifteen panels of the frieze and eleven of the very interesting sketches and studies of details, $5.00 net: by mail, $5.20. Our com- Copyright, 1901, Copley Print copyright, 1902, by 2 PIERCE BUILDING, OPPOSITE PUBLIC LIBRARY, BOSTON. comicbooks.com