Life — April 26, 1906 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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Lest We Forget ATION of Washington, Sing of the battle won Over in Jolo ‘Trapped in the crater’s hell, Six hundred Moros fel Over in Jolo Ours had but shot and shell, Heathen accoutred well With krics and bolo, Yet our men shot so well Not one was left to tell Tales out of Jolo. Dauntless and unafraid, Charged they cach dusky maid baby Moro. “wards,” they stood ruly ting with weapor Yet undismayed did Wood With a slim mult Wade deep in women’s blood— Oh, the great Hero! n to right of the Old men to left of them; Infants in front of them Died as they thundered While our ensanguined boys Slaughtered like Iroquois, And the world wondered. God! what a deed it was! hat a noble cause led our heroc y were but one to one, ey up and on ev'ry soul was Six hundred Moros! Charged at by wife and child, Taunted by striplings wild, Grandly they thundered. Theirs not to s ached with humanity, heir task was butchery Of the Six Hundred are or be Now is your dignity Now is your prowess known, Frederick Manley A Correction ty, predicts will not be water port human life, Oh, come, Professor, put it that there may not always be water enough on earth » Support Wall Street and we will dis- cuss it with you. = _ WHY THEY MARRIED WHY DID THEY MARKY—DECEMBER AND JUNT OLD MERCER AND MAYMI-OUT-OF-SCHOOL? VME DIDN'T CARE, FOR THOSE READY-MADE FROCKS DECEMBER WAS—JUST AN roo! A Fitting Tribute HILADELPHIA is about to h new theatre, dedicated to W Penn, named after that austere Quaker gentleman, and with his statue, in broad- brimmed Quaker hat and long-skirted Quaker coat, decorating its ornate facade. There is something very harmonious in this connection It is a graceful compliment to the city’s founder, who held theatres in devout abhorrence, and whose first Assembly forbade all “stage-plays,” and “evil sports or games.”” Early Philadelphians pronounced “play-acting” to be akin to “image-worship,” so the image of Penn has a peculiar fitness as the patron saint of the indiscreet drama, and the viva- cious musical comedy. Could he have foreseen the honors that were to be thrust upon him, he would have realized the vanity of aspirations. The example set by Philadelphia might be followed by other cities seeking to honor their representative citizens. Geneva might build a dancing hall and dedicate it to in. Edinburgh might endow a nunnery and place a statue of John Knox above its sacred portals. “The Ruskin Rapid Transit Company” would be a felicitous title for the new Lon- don tram service; and Wittem- berg might erect a handsome Jesuit seminary as a_ fitting monument to Luther. A simple and sincere appro- priateness lends distinction to any enterprise, and. should in- sure success Agnes Repplier. Explicit L me,” requests the young person, enter- ing the study of the gray- bearded philosopher, “what is the difference between friendship and love?” The graybearded philoso- pher studies the table thoughtfully for a moment or two, then replies: iendship, son, is a mu- tual understanding; love is a mutual misunder- standing.” comicbooks.com