Life — April 7, 1904 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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to offer prayer here this morning, but when I ar- rived I found I was foreclosed. Is there any way io which I could make an arrangement,about it?” “What do you mean by arrangement?" “Well, you know, colonel, it is customary to make a slight offering to them that offers prayer.” “Yes, I know, but you did not deliver the Pill wasdihe ! ; Me cctvanill prayer, and I can’t give you an order for the fee.” t rheie where tt oo poe baie tact a “The constitution or the by-laws don’t say a ok hey'll se gMeupe Te nothing about the prayer having to be delivered The cables would be sizzin’ hot . from the platform, does it? No. Well, then. A‘Aellint ofthe Gghta ‘they fought STATE SENATOR Raines is responsible for this colonel, all the time while I was looking through pas cane dt story concerning a colored clergyman who was in- the glass panel of the door by which I had been For Bill—he’s got the whole thing planned vited recently to deliver the prayer at the opening foreclosed I was praying mighty hard, and I ‘spe. How each one ought to make a sta of the Senate-s service for whichea fee of five dol- cially remembered you."—New York Times. If either one—the Russ or Jap— Is lookin’ for a likely chap And just how elther could begin And, with no tricks at all, could win 3 Z ReVENGRlOR STAGE VOLUN i on wat en Hranteninnthesae g qi @ Richard Manetteld was discussing the subject of vengeanc “Vengeance, as a rule,” he said, “should be left to the gods. I can’t help sympathizing, though with the vengeance that a stage villain took on bis manager last year in the West “The villain was supposed, at the end of the fifth act, to plunge a knife in bis heart and to die very hard, rolling and kicking all over the stage. “When his cue came he did plunge in the knif but then, instead of dying, he lay down on the fleor crossed bis legs and burst into loud, long laughter the dagger still sticking, mind you, in his breast “The audience was amazed and stupefied such unreasonable conduct. The actors on th stage could not go on, for they were amazed and stupefied, too. The manager, nearly beside him- self, hissed from the wings in a loud whisper: ‘You fool, what are you laughing at? This is your death scerie,” “"Death scene?’ said the recumbent villain . I know it is, and with such a salary as yx th comes as a happy release.’ If Bill was there— He'd take his submarines And rapid fire machine And tow ‘em slowly, after dark, Right up to where he's put a mark ear that there town—its name, out some fifteen miles to sea And then, you bet, there'd something dro and on top. And some one, sure, would get a scare If Bill was there If Bil! was there— He's stuck a dozen pins To mark the outs and Of how he'd march a million men Across the land and back again, And put the foeman in the ditch Whore men? What side? He don't care which! KONT VIEW OF PRIVATE RESIDENCE TO BE BUILT FOR He says sometimes he fairly ache: ON OF PRESIDENT KOOSEVELT'S OHIO FOLLOWERS ON THE To how both sides make mistakes PROSPECTS OF 1904. There would be fightin’ everywhere If Bill was there. lars is paid. The preacher was late, and as he York Tribune reached the door it was shut by the sergeant-at- arms, who heard the gavel descend. Tune had been a change of curates in the If Bia there. The pastor is also on the State committee's list . and Larry Doolin was asked how he liked But he's at Miller's store— of Republican speakers during campaigns. He ew man. Him and a dozen more thought for a moment or two, then sent in his name “Middlin’,” replied Larry; “but he can't co Of our town’s ke t strategists to Col. “La! Gleason, the reading clerk of the up to Father James. ‘Twas be could tell you all With stubby pencils in their fist senate, who ts also the head of the State commit- about hell. Shure, to hear him describin’ it, you'd Concoctin’ battles and campaigns tee’s speakers’ bureau think he was bred, born and reared there. That take in all the seas and plains “Colonel.” he said, “you know I was invited Sporting Times. Live 1s for swie by all Newsdeslers in Great Briain, The Iotermational News Company, Bream's Butiding, Chancery Lane, London. to rightly know and enjoy the delights of ale drinking. WILSON Evan | WHISKEY Esterbrook’s Ale Established 1860 150 Varieties 9 Steel Pens That’s All! started the campaign of education. One bottle Sold Everywhere will make you an ale The Best Pens Made connoisseur. New York to Buffalo, via New York Central—Finest One-Day Railroad Ride in the Worl comicbooks.com