Life — February 21, 1907 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Destined to a Tremendous Popularity The PORT of MISSING Meredith Nicholson's New Novel Action, action, action marks “The Port of Missing Men.” ‘The eagerness of youth is in it and the delight of youthful love. Its mystery entices, its adventure spurs the interest to breakneck speed, and the shining eyes of the heroine lure from page to page. Illustrated by CLARENCE F. UNDERWOOD, 416 pages. $1.50. By the author of “The House of a Thousand Candles” THE BOBBS MERRILL COMPANY, PUBLISHERS CALIFORNIA and all points in Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, Arizona, reached by SOUTHERN PACIFIC Two Trains Each Way Every Day between New Orleans and San Francisco afford choice of night or day travel. Superior Equipment, with oil-burning locomotives, makes this “THE OPEN WINDOW ROUTE” Inquire New Yorx, 3491 Broadway Puitaperrnia, 632 Chestnut Street Batrimoxe, Baltimore and Hanover Streets Symacuse, a2 W. Washington Street Bostox, 170 Washington Street Naw Onteans, Magazine and Natchez Streets SPENCERIAN Beer pens, differ- sent to any address upon receipt of six cents in postage. SPENCERIAN PEN CO. - 349Broadway, NEW YORK Birds’ Nests Made Round 'HE little, abandoned nest had fallen from the tree. The nature student lifted it from the frozen ground. “How round it is,” he said. “No cup rim could be rounder. Don’t you wonder how the bird, with neither rule nor compass, can make her nest so round? “Well, she does it easily. She builds the nest about her own breast, turning round and round in it, and its circular character comes spontane- ously and inevitably. “The circle is found everywhere in the build- ings of the lower animals. The straight line, on | the other hand, they can never achieve.” Orleans Times-Democrat. More Tempting 'EDDY’S father had brought home some rare old cheese, and after hearing his praise of its | strong points, Teddy was manfully struggling to make way with a small piece of it. Seeing the cheese still on his plate, and Teddy’s nose perceptibly elevated, his father said: “What is the matter, Ted—don’t you like that fine cheese?” “Yes,” answered Teddy, with the air of a connoisseur. “This cheese is very good, but I think I like just plain, common mouse cheese | better."— Harper's Monthly. FEMININE admirer wrote to Browning, asking him for the meaning of one of his dark poems, and received the following reply: “When that poem was written, two people knew what it meant—God and Robert Browning, and now only God knows what it means!”—Jnde- pendent In Vain CONGRESSMAN from a southwestern State tells of a meeting of Grand Army veterans in his State some years ago whereat they protested against certain proposed legislation by the State Assembly. One of the speakers painted the situation in such black color that an earnest auditor, over- whelmed by the recital, jumped to his feet and excitedly exclaimed: “Comrades, is it possible that we died in vain!” —Harper’s Monthly. Memory OMEBODY of a psychological turn of mind once asked Lord Rosebery, ‘What is mem- ory?” “Memory,” Rosebery replied, promptly but somewhat pensively—“ memory is the feeling that steals over us when we listen to our friends’ original stories.”— Youth's Companion. (An ue? HAV plest when he he ough not ball placed | a toy, si ata hos tricate, tryatit that the He mu: of respe is likely great p all he li in spirit even sp Wha in the | man kt tors are babies, ally rai the pri and tal ple on wanta select 2 seen m are ne} His mi tough | wax to ance pn tall to the str He see and hi inexpe who d of sury erly se Cer for be wome covert beyon prom who ¢ they ¢ They they t they 1 riages they s ceptic myria They “Whi carpe ganiz charit organ ject t Idor the o baby. other comicbooks.com