Life — February 25, 1904 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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‘TUE Doctor. HAT is this pretty sight before us? Oh, I know. It isa school” room, The scholars are seated in rows. How nice they look. How fresh their faces are. Hello, who is this man coming? Why, he looks as if he owned the whole place. Yes, he is the doctor. He has come with credentials from the Board of Health. See how businesslike he is. Look ut him as he takes out his instruments. Why, he is going to vaccinate all the children, isn't he? Yes, that is just what he is going todo. Does the doc- tor get paid for it? Oh, sure he does. But that isn't what makes him seem 80 well pleased with himself. Whatis it, [wonder? It is because the doctor knows he is doing such a good deed. Hoe is working for Medical Science, and that is a great thing for a doctorto do. But will the children recover? We do not know. We think they will. Not all will have blood. poison- ing. Some will be sick for three weeks, some for two months, and some for a year. Perhaps one or two will feel the doctor's scratch all their lives. And now see the children. They do not look so happy as they did. No, they are not. They do not like it. But then children do not know it all. Only Medical Science knows it all. Ab, now the doctor is smiling. He is almost through. He has done a good day’s work, Wouldn't you like to be a doctor, and do all that to little children? —_— “ QADIE married the President of ‘0 the Electric Trust, didu’t she?" “Yes. And her marriage was a great shock to every one." za) BU) cil oie LIFE’S MODERN PRIMER. TUE MAN AND THE TICKER, Being atthe man jump upand down! He seems to be excited. Yes, he is excited. Hehearsa noise. Look over there, and yon will see where the noise comes from. The man is in his office, and he is listening to the ticker. What is the ticker? Oh, that is a little machine to show how much money you can lose in a given time. See the man jump. He walks to his desk and then back to the ticker. Is he happy? Oh, no, he is too restless to be happy. He could not read a book if he tried to. He could not sit still ina forest to save his life. But then, the man is not try- ing to behappy. He is trying to make money. And will he succeed? Oh, yes, the man will succeed. He will make money hand over fist—almost as fast as he loses it. See the ticker reel off the nice white paper. See the man jomp. Isn't it funny how much exer- cise he gets? How nervous he is. He has been at it so long now that he could not do anything else if he tried. Isn't it nice to know how to do one thing? Don’t you wish you were the man at the ticker? Oh my, what was that bang? Why, I declare if the man hasn't shot himself. How funny! Perhaps the ticker didn’t tick right. Well, never mind. It is all in a life- time. W mule : Pa, was George Wash- ington such a terrible liar? Stunson: Liar! Why, my boy, what do you mean? “Well, if he wasn't, why was such a fass made when he told the truth? ”’ THE DINNER PARTY. HERE we have a dinner party. See the people sitting around the table. How unhappy they look. What do you suppose makes them so unhappy? Perhaps it is the food. Perhaps it iseach other. Who knows? I will tell you what the matter is. This is a Fashionable Dinner Party, and there is nothing doing. Millions are represented, but there is nothing in it. How sad! See the hostess smile. She smiles that way by long practice. By and by she will rise, and then all the women will go into one room and the men into another. Will that help matters? Oh, yes, that will help matters greatly. Then the men will tell funny stories and laugh, and the women will chatter. Can any one give a dinner party like this? Ob, no. Dinner parties cost money. Why, this one cost nearly five hundred dollars. That is a lot, isn’t it? But it is neces- sary to pay one’s social debts. Hello, they are going home. Now they are gone. Can you catch what the host is saying to the hostess? Oh, yes, Ican catch it. It is an awful bad word. He says: ‘“ What ad—d bore! I'm so glad it is over!” YER: How do you know he is honest? Duet: He declined a position in the Post Office Department. Goinz the Rounds. M IRANDA-~ I accepted Mr. Mash- a leigh lr night, and he is going to get the eng .gement ring to-day. MurieL: Jh, he already has it. I returned to’ im this morning the one he gave me. comicbooks.com