Life — October 15, 1903 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Ballade of a Bachelor. 8 lonely by my fire I sit, £ y thoughts tuned in a minor key Across my mind strange fancies flit, A soft sweet presence seems to be Within the room. It smiles with glee, As if my smile it would invoke A lovely maiden! Who is she? A Vision in a wreath of smoke. Perchance when after-dinner wit sand men laugh merrily t or happy hit, Or clever piece of repartee ; I care not for the giddy spree, I've no desire to jest or jok y curling rings I see in a wreath of smoke. If all unwilling, I submit To some fair lady's earnest plea And ata ball myself acquit As suits Society's decree ; Soon to the smoking-room I flee, And leave the smiling, glittering folk; Knowing there waits in my fasee A Vision in a wreath of smoke. L'ENVOI: Cupid, from thy chains I'm free, I scoff and sneer at marriage yoke; Yet one fair face is dear to me, A Vision in a wreath of smoke. Carolyn Wells. A Lofty Standpoint. a I UCKSLEY : What I con- ~ tend is that a reasoning being should set before himself a rational end even in trifles. TixpLe: Especially since there are no such things as trifles. “Exactly ; I see you catch my meaning. Thus when I light a cigar, I do it with the object of contributing to the support of labor, to the extension of commerce, and to the augmentation of the revenue of my country.” Humor. ONE gr tue, hamors of the day te Andrew Carnegie advising Britons not to adopt & protective policy. — Mexican Herald. A tariff in the country where his mills are enables Mr. Carnegie to sell goods to his compatriots for twice or thrice what they are worth, But a tariff in any other country would be right in his way. Mr. Carnegie is at once a philanthropist anda Scotchman. The imputation of humor is grotesque. VACCINATION “Do IT WELL ABOVE THE KNEE. DOCTOR. SINCE KNICKERBOCKERS CAME. WOMEN WEAR LEO8, AND BARE LEGS MAY BE IN PASHION BEFORE SUE Ghows vr" comicbooks.com