Life, 1905-10-26 · page 23 of 26
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This page features a sentimental anecdote from *Catholic Home Companion* about a train engineer who nearly hits a toddler on the tracks. A Newfoundland dog rescues the child by carrying her away in its mouth. The engineer, initially terrified, breaks down crying—identifying with the child as his own daughter. The accompanying cartoon makes a pun: two cats discuss a third cat's planned polar expedition, with one remarking he "always suspected he had pole-cat blood in him"—a play on "pole-cat" (skunk) versus "polar" explorer. The page is primarily filled with period advertisements for whiskey, champagne, brandy, bitters, and—notably—Egyptian cigarettes about to be manufactured in Boston. The anecdote reflects early 20th-century sentimental values about fatherhood and emotion, while the pun exemplifies the magazine's light satirical humor.
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Point of View. Y . indeed, we have some queer little incidents happen to us,” said the engi- “A queer thing happened to me about a ago. You'd think it quecr for a rough man like me to cry for ten minutes, and no- body hurt either, wouldn't you? Well I did, and I almost ery every time I think of it. “T was running along one afternoon pretty lively, when I approached a little village where the track cuts through the street. I slacked up a little, but was still making good speed, when suddenly about twenty rods ahead of me a little girl not more than three years old tod- dled onto the track. You can’t even imagine my feelings. There was no way to save her It was impossible to stop, or even slack much, at that distance, as the train was heavy and the grade descending. In ten seconds it would have been all over, and after reversing and applying the brake I shut my eyes. I didn’t want to see any more. “As we slowed down my fireman stuck his head out of the cab window to see what I had stopped for, when he laughed and shouted to me: ‘Jim, look here!’ I looked, and there wa big, black Newfoundland dog holding the iittle girl in his mouth, leisurely walkin toward the house where she evidently be- longed. She was kicking and crying, so that I knew she wasn’t hurt, and the d ad saved her. My fireman thought it funny and kept ghing, but 1 cried like a woman. I just couldn't help it. I had a little girl of my own at home.”—Catholic Home Companion, “THEAR THOMAS IS GOING TO UNDERTAKE ANOTHER POLAR EXPEDITION," “L ALWAYS SUSPECTED HE HAD POLE-CAT BLOOD IN mist.” MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Capital, = - - +. $2,000,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $6,000,000 OFFICERS: Levi P. Morton, President, James K. Corbtere, Vice-Pres, Thomas F. Ryan, Vice Pres, Es Chartes IL, Allen, View-Prea_ Charles A. Conant, Treasurer. Paul D. Cravath, Counsel, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Levi P, Morton Paul D. Cravath T G. G, Haven dames N, Jarvie Edward J: Berwind Jacob 11. Schit Harry Payne Whitney PureRye Whiskey Purity and Quality— “Blended” or “Straight.” For sale by all dealers Make tho best cocktail. A delightfal ‘aromatic for all int and soda Deveraxes, A tablesp tg anounce Of sherry’ or aweetened water after meals,atfords relief and aids digestion, BITTERS important to ses that it is Abbott's. G.H. MUMM & 60.’S Extra Dry of the new vintage now arriving is con- ceded to be the’ finest produced this decade. Naturally Dry. Selected Brut | The finest brut champagne in the market. | Made of selected cuves of vintage years especially adapted for brut wines. 4 ver: Dry Champagne of exceeding Purity. J. CALVET & CO. BORDEAUX, CLARETS AND BURCUNDIES. | Holders of a very lance and carefully selected stock of | Red ‘and White Chateaa Wines alsn new. and. old Bottlings of Red and White Bordeaux and Burgundies, P. J. VALCKENBERG Worms O.Rh., Cermany. Estab, 1786, RHINE AND MOSELLE WINES. Sole Proprietor of the Licbfraumilch, Clotst other renownes vineyards, ae OTARD, DUPUY & CO. COGNAC. — BRANDIES. ROBERTSON, SANDERSON & CO. “MOUNTAIN DEW" — “LIQUEUR SPECIAL” MOST FAMOUS OF ALL REAL SCOTCH WHISKIES. At all leading Wine Merchants, Grocery Hotels, Cates. NESTOR (NESTOR GIANACLIS, CATRO) CICARETTES TO BE MADE IN AMERICA The famous ‘* Neste Gianaclis Cigar- ette, which has been acknowledged ‘the leader of Egyptian Cigarettes the world over, will, from next month, be made in Boston. himself, has ar- ) 1 containing 30,000 square feet of floor sp: There has already arrived undoubtedly one of the largest single shipments of Turkish Tobacco that has ever come to Ame ‘This consists of more than 1,000 bales imported direct from Cavalla. This is the point where Mr. Nestor Gian- aclis stores, and from which he ships, all of his high-grade ‘Turkish Tobaccos to his ctory in Cairo, pt. Mr. Gianaclis, himselt, will examine every bale of this tobacco, and give his expert attention to the grading, blending and manufacture of it. Smokers of Egyptian Cigarettes who want the genuine article, and to whom the word “Nestor” has always been synony- mous with the best that there is in the rette line, will now be enabled to have the opportunity of buying genuine “Nestors ”’ exactly as they have always been made In Cairo, Egypt, at 25 cents a package, Instead of the old price of 40 or 45 cents, which made this most desir- able cigarette almost prohibitive to many smokers. Nestor Glanaclis Co. . . Boston, Mass. comicbooks.com