Life — March 9, 1905 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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“LDPE: The Gluttony of Reading. LAT was a witty speech which Lord Rose-| W I D oO U G L A S T bery recently made on the occasion of the e e ‘ing of a Carnegie library at West Calder, Ualon $3 : 5 oO Ss H re) E s For thian. Hlis subject was a gluttony of , W.L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the greatest sellers in the world because of their which, he said, was just as bad as excellent atyle, easy fitting and superior wearing quali ‘They arc jast as f y A thing else, and there were Jas those that cost from $5.00 to $7.00, difference Is the price, s t of anything cise, a she c Douglas $3.50 shoes coat ld their shape better, wear ny excellent people he knew in th i are of greater value than any other $3.50 shoe on the : si 1 V. L. Douglas guarantees their value by stampit a spent all their days in reading and the botta: Nc sine. Look fur it, Take no substitute. . wisely aéee aac wir shoes are sold through his own retail stores in the principal titi eau by shoe: were no use to themselves or to anybody else. dealers everywhere. No matter where you live, W. L. Douglas st with remarks were greeted with applause] |] inyour reach. ne re Pi . 1 will BETTER THAN OTHER MAKES AT ANY PRIC — nd ter by his British audience, and wi onto ea oagd, but better than any shes that 7 Mareriea haa thee and f ay. £- Douglas males fe onoe fe) to commend themselves to almost Chas Lo Parrett, dust, Cashier The Capital National Wank, Tatianapoar, lad, and selis more every American, We ourselves know an old BOYS WEAR W.L. DOUGLAS $2.50 & $2.00 SHOES BECAUSE THEY FIT Been tered f in who reads about two hundred BETTER, HOLD THEIR SHAPE, & WEAR LONGER THAN OTHER MAKES BU UiE c 1 | L. Douglas uses Corona Coltstin in his $3.50 shoes, Corona I year, and has forgotten all of them Colt 18 considered to be the fuest patent leather produced. manufacturer In : carted book he has FAST COLOR EYELETS WILL NOT WEAR BRASSY. the world. sometimes he gets started on a book he j he largest shoe mail order business in the workl. No trouble to AE WARD te fore. a loesn't scove! iy e extra pi delivery, you desire further infor ‘ion, write ong s reading is C can disprove this statement. 3 i way through. His reading is pure WwW. L. DOUGLAS. “162 Spark Street, Brockton, Mass. dissipation. Tt is a habit as unintelligent and | perhaps 4s ino! s whittling a stick, or: —— = we thu rocking in) an tir, But nevertheless he has the repu- of being “literary.” father’s que a teader—he's very. liter: he keeps | toup with new books; if guess | there aren't. any people round here who've 2 rea nore than father.” And the visitor, between admiration for and envy of] . terary” accomplishments, gazes at the id old fellow, not realizing at all that ‘ reading and reading—that some wist- Pn with a few cherished books oe ki more of “literature” than this * ever did or With people of this book is the refuge of a vacant mind. t think, They have never learned to their thoughts wa A book—any book—gives — the . ertain direction, Such readers sur- - : ~ Bp ADOANs- ‘ 1 drift half comprehendingly with USUALUE THES WAY, current of the story. But, as Rosebery The Giragfe : TRYING TO REDUCE YOUR FLESH? they are of no use to themselves nor to The Hippo : VeS. SUT THE MORE 1 DIET AND EXERCISH, THE HUNGRIER 1 GET. think If they are idle, dy else. And, as he further points out,} nm appetite for reading—mere read without A FATAL ERROR ig g and without fruit—is whole- some as any other form of gluttor GRAND PRI 7 E A man steps into your office, i n of vigorous life among men, Lord draws up his chair, and talks right ry said, would beat the man of books and at everything in this world. Tt re is not far to seek. The man who spe his time altoge of looks is never keyed up by the sense of conilet; never, like the war horse, smelleth the hattle afar off, nd rejoiceth in his] one’ =" |eApollinaris| |S0Z0DONT is essential to one whose breath is into your face. His breath is offen- HIGHEST AWARD RECEIVED BY sive, Your only thought is how to get r in the company . . : * , bal rid of him and his business, You cut him short with, “I am not interested.” ages and which contact with men among men irages, that makes for achievement—al- ¢ cnuch for aristic achievement as tor |Nateral Mineral Water 1 accomplishment. Much of the best in art and literature has been done by there was the constant encouragement not pure and sweet. Penetrating the little crevices, it deodorizes, sweetens and purifies them, and makes you feel genteel and clean-cut. 3 FORMS: LIQUID, POWDER, PASTE. 2) _ (Continued on ne tee _ = —__ | — —— comicbooks.com