Life — February 4, 1904 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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In New York. [HERE is never time “to burn” In New York. | There is nothing new to learn In New York. they * know it all,” y do” th And perhaps I'd better crawl To New York $ great and small, | “Tis the fairest spot on earth Is New York. | Of amusements there’s no dearth | In New York Take that famous Broadway curve. Does the motorman e’er swerve? No. He runs you down with nerve In New York “Tis a land of rare delight Is New York Things are often out of sight In New York Yes, they often keep things dark, There's indeed the ‘Ice Trust” lark, Io you think it left a mark In New York? There is no such thing as “pull” In New York Offices are never full j In New York. asts I see And th Inthe Hut just twist his tail gently Tn New York. “Life” indeed is gay In New York. fair © fone hundred's” In New York Well, you know ving so, Tho’ perhaps their cake ts dough In New York. And the ‘ Bowery "? They are used to Do they need ‘ Police Commissions” In New York? New York? No brokers there hold sw: ‘There each “dog can have his da Yes, I think I'll go to stay In New York. You've heard about the man In New York? Who to St. Peter ran From New York “ Heaven's charms are very well,” he said, “but truth to te much rather go to — IN NEW YORK! Id ILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL, the representative of the French Panama Canal Commission, recently called on Presi- dent Roosevelt in Washington, Mr. Crom- well is something of a sportsman, and during the interview he told the President a sporting anecdote. “Some years ago,” he said, ‘I spent a week in Germany shooting small game, To a Ger- man acquaintance one morning I happened to remark that I preferred to shoot in Africa be- The Joral Sustrument important, exclusive patents. Ever since we built the first piano-player put on the market, our aim has been nof to make a perfected automatic piano-playing machine—we designed The Angelus as an instrument which would enable any one to become an artistic performer. @ The Angelus and The Angelus Orchestral, which contains sweetly voiced organ reeds, cannot be successfully imitated because they are protected by It is, however, the latest and greatest feature of these instruments, THE PHRASING LEVER which gives a finished grace to the performer's playing. @ By the simple devices of The Angelus, which are controlled by the lightest touch of the fingers, the performer may bring out the melody while subduing the accompaniment, accelerate or retard any passage or part of the composition, accent a note or notes, produce legato or staccato effects. Each Angelus music-roll is so plainly marked that the performer must get most satisfactory results. @ If you care for piano music send us your name, and we will mail free an interesting book describing The Angelus and its marvelous Phrasing Lever. Established 1876 Agents Everywhere cause there was a spice of danger in the sport there, “ ‘Ach,’ said my friend, ‘ you like a spice of danger mit your sport,eh? Den you go out shooting mit me. De last time I go I shoot mine brudder in-law in de leg.’""—New York Tribune. [THE list of silent great men is a long one, Especially is this true of noted warriors. Wallenstein, Wellington, Von Moltke, Grant, Marlborough, Charlemagne, Hannibal, Cesar, WILCOX & WHITE CoO., SoLeE MAKERS Meriden, Conn., U.S.A. all gave their orders in as few words as pos- sible, and demanded like brevity from their subordinates. It is said that Marlborough never allowed more than a minute for a ver- bal report, and it is told of Von Moltke that when an aid-de-camp brought a written mes- sage that France had declared war, the great general simply ordered it filed in the “ second pigeon-hole on the right, first tier.” In that pigeon-hole were complete plans for the sne- cessful campaign that followed.—Argonaut, comicbooks.com