Life — October 6, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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1145, COPYRGHT FOR GRTAT GRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNOER THE ACT OF 1901. os by @) 2a Sa Books. E wants no verses Underneath the bough ; A good-sized bank book Is the fashion now, —Washington Star, The Constancy of Birds. well-known reluctance of birds to ear in public at the moulting season, morous side to. the situation. Indi- hin other days are less and confiding, even inviting acquaintance, now nper to cover as if urged by sense of smmon decorum, A pair of song sparrows cape from my observation as fast as their legs can carry them, with that peculiar side- wise trot of theirs, as if conscious of possible arrest by the police if caught attired in so scanty garments. I respect these sparrows and towhees by reason of their conjugal fealty, not one of them having appeared in the divorce courts of California, They mate life, and remain constant through thick and thin of vesture, through the better and the worse of the year’s changes. So far as I know, neither leaves the other to look after houschold affairs alone. Neither takes a pleasure trip to the shore or the mountains or back east; no, nor does either frequent al clubs of such gregarious birds as s and the robins and the moun- Grinnell, in’ Sunset for wes —Elizabeth ine for September HE farmer’s friend, the bull, is coming to his rescue and aiding in the crusade against the horseless carriage. A short time ago an innocent looking red automobile was ambling down Fifty-seventh Street, in New York City, and met an innocent looking bull. Most people know that for some inherited reason the male bovine dislikes the color of red. His entire family have always made the* argument that it was bad taste. In fact, it was the influence of the bull family and their friends that brought about the prejudice against wearing red neckties. But as to the incident in the village of New York, where animals are permitted to wander in the streets —the auto and the bull had an argument. Tn the language of the railroader, “it was a head- on collision,” the bull purposely getting on the wrong track. The result was that the bull met death gamely, and the automobile looked as though it had been through a dynamite explosion. The bull was buried with due honors, and on his tombstone was inscribed this pathetic pitaph: “The auto was The bull is dead, "Nuf said.” —Exchange. IRST CROOK: Slickfinger has been arrested ! Seconp Crook: You don’t say ! “Yes, sir! Just like a common automobil- ist !"—Chicago Daily News. “YOU see that well-dressed fellow coming across the street? I'll bet you are afraid to ask him to direct you to Third and Market streets,’’ said Chief of Detectives John Martin the other day. “I'm not looking for trouble,” replied the re- porter. “But why? i 's Jimmie Blank. It’s an old story, but it’s always fresh to Jimmie, because his old friends always have it on tap when they meet him. ifteen years ago Jimmie was a bunco man. One day on Kearny street he walked up to a seedy looking young fellow and asked him the way to Third and Market streets. “The stranger, with a scornful look, strolled across the street. “Long afterward Jimmie met the same chap, and, not recognizing him, asked: “Say, old man, I am @ stranger in town. Can you show me the way to Third and \Market streets?” ““Well, for the Lord’s sake, haven't you found that place yet? You asked me that question more than a year ago,’ was the reply.” —San Francisco Call. HE dessert was floating island. When it appeared with its yellow showing through its foaming whiteness, mother asked: ‘ Will you have some, Edna?” “Please, none of the yellow, mother; but I'd just love a whole lot of the ruching,” re- plied Edna.—IWashington Star. GORDON’S DRY GIN Procurable Everywhere MABEL MIGGS THINKS IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE EVEN THE EDITOR OF A COMIC PAPER LAUGH TOMFOOLERY DRAWINGS AND LIMERICKS BY Most Popular With Connoisseurs 1eT TS er? —_ Oe J. M. FLAGG THE FUNNIEST BOOK OF THE Price, 75 Cents Of All Booksellers and Newsdealers, or Post-free on Receipt of Price LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 WEST THIRTY-FIRST STREET - - “FOR COCKTAILS, FIZZES AND. RICKYS REPRESENTED IN? E. LAMONTAGNE & SONS 2 THE U.S. BY of 45 Beaver St., New York YEAR New YORK comicbooks.com