Life — December 27, 1906 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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Fate, inc Real Southern Hospitality Awaits You at America’s Most Magnificent Resort Hotel AVE. youever visited the Hotel Cham- to the distinguished officers of the Army and berlin at Old Point Comfort, Virginia? Navy and all the guests of the Chamberlin, If you have not, life still holds for you You'll not forget this Southern Hospitality, one of its principal pleasures. and you'll not forget the Southern Cooking at For this ideal resort bas justly earned its the Chamberlin. place as "The Famous Rendezvous of The Have you ever reveled in the glories of Real Army! The Navy and Society.” Southern Cooking ? « If you have not—you have yet to taste the At the Hotel Chamberlin you enjoy a marine most delicious food that ever regaled humanity. panorama unsurpassed in the world It means a feast that will tickle the palate of the most fastidious epicure—an embodi- ment of wholesome deliciousness. the mere remembrance of which will bring 4 and balmy ~ its delights smacking to your lips again Hf Stream: —long after you have partaken of it And you will be ready for it-you will be Hunger: Because, at Old Point Comfort the constant sweep of ozone-laden sca le, breezes will sharpen the most lan- by the principal guid appetite. ne railroads and palatial ‘Then, you will delight {n all those mers from many points. gf ca products for which Tidewater In situation and attractions Virginia ts famous. the Hotel Chamberlin is really Oysters, terrapin, crabs and fish without a rivil are {resh from nearby waters and And it is also without a rival are not refrigerated when served fa cither Europe or America for 1 “ala Chamberiin. magnificence of arrangements and With these. a variety and an appointments. abundance of ‘everything good to For Old Point Comfort is practically sur rounded by Chesapeake Bay, the James River and Hampton Koads In winter the air is kept m through the influence of the ( he climate is free from extremes of heat and cold, the air laden with ozone from the ocean and a natural growth of pines. » resort is more acces But with all its luxuries, the atmos- : eat—garden products of a quality phere of good cheer and home-like {which our ideal climate makes coziness fs the greatest feature of the possible. Chambertin ‘And last, but not least, the Real ‘This atmosphere will take posses: Virginia Corn Bread, Smithfield ston of you a8 soon as you enter the beautiful Rotunda, and remain with you to the end; for in every part of the Cham- berlin you will feel at Hon 7” Ham, Terrapin a la Chamberlin, All the Real Thing—no imitations. ‘The aaily menus of the Chamberlin are elab- orate and clegant, and the service is perfect. You will undoubtedly find the reason for all c this in the real old-time Virgisia hospitality, _ * * which is always extended to strangers—a wel: ‘These are a few of the reasons why you owe boys yourself a trip to Old Point Comfort. nds from the darkey be Hotel Chamberlin Fortress Monroe, Virginia 7 bliahe 7 = Just acrose the Jamestown Exposition yn yrin ine Thambertin, im fall rier. 1a the alte uf the Jamestown Exposition. cetcbriting the three huwtrelih annirer come which e: Pool radiant with jeacwcater at an agreeable ten Cuambertin. There tea fillet with pure, foesh at Bathsof every sary of the cartivat Puglish settlement tu Amert proatere. Theredre Medicinal Baths o y The Chamberlin will be headquarters for Furcign UB: Chom —Nawhel Electric Light T Cain beatensce MetinG the Leeper r 7, bathe prosaces im anit equipment mak red by ments. with the additional rurtwes of the nf pure sru-swater shich (a exten: | Sirely ard. Special Kuoklet on Baths ant Bathing request, If you fail to find literature descriptive of the Chamberlin at the offices of the various transportation com: panies write to ue. Twill gladly wive 301 any desired Informatlon Fegardlag Fates, reservation Of rooms, etc. f you write me that you are coming, 1 shall bo ready to welcome 300, and every Manager sreangrarcae will be sede fre sour com / anager Ceram vill Sotanea in sharas orca 7. Adlon Fortress Monroe, HK reaches Old Point Comfort. a Va. 2 pad of two hundred Scors Cards for Brido Whist for ten cents in stamps. 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Halved for the Substitute ISHOP TALBOT, the “Cowboy Bishop the original of the bishop pictured by Owen , Wister in his ‘Lin McLean” and “The Virgin ian,” had a host of picturesque experiences during the ts of his life on the plains when he was Bishop of Wyoming and Idaho. ‘ Entering a particularly wild mining camp in Idaho one day, he went from one saloon and gam- bling house to another, inviting the men to attend a meeting in one of the dance-halls on the follow- ing day. Out of sheer curiosity to hear what this churchman would say, the men flocked to the meeting; and his trenchant words and his manli ness made instant friends. For three weeks he remained at the camp, working day and night, and when finally he an nounced that he must leave, a committee of miners solemnly went to him and offered him a | jsalary of $2,000 to stay and ‘hustle up this | preachin’ business.” He was, of course, un |to accept their proposition, but offered to send | them a good man in his place. To this, howeve {the committce demurred. It was not ‘tin the | deal,” they said. They retired for consultation, and then came back with another offer. “If you'll send u | good talker and a good mixer,” they said, “we'l guarantee him at least St,ooo a year. But please,” they added, imploringly, “don't send us no stick.” Harper's Weekly. ble N ENGLISH wit remarked of Englis! women that while romance made wrecks ‘ of them, marriage made them look like public Btw buildings. —Marlequin, los ‘nol Permanent Receipt HAD often heard of the literal quality of th "J Chinese mind and had a personally delivered sample of it one morning. [went into a to buya souvenir spoon. The sele | sho; on made, I wrote upon a piece of paper the inscription, | Hongkong, 1906,” to on the bowl. As I started to leave the store the Chinaman called me back and asked for uc sh ¢ the same engraved deposit. I gave him 75 cents and made a note 0 the fact on the paper on which [ had written the intended inscription. When [called for m spoon the nest day it was inscribed in the bow! Hongkong, 1906 4 Paid 75 Cents.” Travel Magazi Unsolved ¢ é } ACK LONDON, the novelist, has a great affection for children In San Francisco there are two twin sisters little girls of six years, of whom Mr. London is very fond. On the way to his boat one morning, Mr. Lon don met one of the twins. He stopped and shook her hand. “Good moming, my dear,” he said. “And which of the twins are you?” “The litte girl answered gravely 1] “I'm the one what's out walkin’.” —Washing- t ton Star, FLORIDA, CUBA, SOUTH | ATLANTIC COAST Lt i Office: Cor, Broadway wad SOth Street comicbooks.com