Life — March 7, 1907 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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@JheliteraryJoow and a seven-foot whistle, and every time it whistled it stopped.” His Tender Heart Judge Holt had the matter of a deserter in hand and brought the papers to the President to have him sign the death-warrant. Judge Holt expected, of course, that he would write “ Approved” onghe paper; but the President, running his long fingers through his hair, as he so often used to do when in anxious thought, replied, “Well, after all, Judge, I think I must put this with my leg cases.” “ Leg cases,” said Judge Holt, with a frown y of the President in a “What do you mean at this supposed levit case of life or death, by leg cases, sir?” “Why,” replied Mr. Lincoln, “do you sce these papers crowded into those pigcon- hey are the cases that you call by long title, ‘Cowardice in the face of the my,’ but I call them, for short, my ‘leg s’ But I put it to you, and T leave it for you to decide for yourself: If Almighty God gives a man a cowardly pair of legs how can he help their running away with hole him?" HE forthcoming book about hunting y Grace “Galloping” Seton, as she is familiarly known to the publishing fra- ternity, is entitled ‘“Nimrod’s Wife’— doubtless a delicate allusion to the prowess of her husband. Mrs. Seton was grad- ed from the “woman tenderfoot” class some time ago, and those who have looked upon her comeliness, and observed her aptitude for “the open,” insist that some title including “Diana” would more fit- characterize her sketches of Western adventure. The Thompson tons, when they have no_ professional engagements to meet wild animals, make their conventional abode at Cos Cob, Conn., but they have many tokens about them that keep them in touch with natural history; in fact, they possess a rather claborate zoo—so far as the skin—of four- footed friends whom they have known more or less intimately in the flesh. The collection, needless to say, docs not include the epidermis of the celebrated snake whose exploit, in the relation, has been credited to the Setons’ brother-naturalist, John Burroughs. ‘This particular family of snakes, so the story went, were made the cbject of a peculiar pastime by a certain unfeeling neighbor of the narrator’s. He would fare forth in the woods until he scared up a serpent, which would in- variably make for its hole. Then, just as it was disappearing, he would seize it by the tail, drag it out, and cast it to a dis- tance. One day while engaged in this pursuit he met a reptile that retreated, as usual. But on reaching its hole it wriggled down slowly tail first, until only its head remained above ground. “Then,” said the veracious naturalist, “it disappeared — slightly sneering as it went.” THE OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL M OF PIANO-PLAYING DEVICES ANNOUN MELODANT A NEW AND EXCLUSIVE FEATURE OF THE ANGELUS In every composition there runs a vein of melody commonly called the “air,” frequently lying wholly in the treble, sometimes interwoven with the accompaniment or wholly covered by ornamentation. The function of the MELODANT is to automatically pick out and accent the melody notes, even when such note or notes appear in the midst of a full chord, giving to each its proper value as previously determined in an authentic interpretation. THE This most desirable and long-sought-for effect is obtained in. the MELODANT ANGELUS by the performer simply using the pedals in the ordinary manner. Thus with an ANGELUS equipped with the MELODANT the performer has at his command two methods of accentuation, He can accent either, automatically by means of the MELODANT or, by his own manipulation of the Melody Buttons, which have been and which still are one of the most valuable features of the ANGELUS. NO OTHER PIANO-PLAYER CAN OFFER SO MUCH ‘The addition of the MELODANT does not impair the efficiency nor detract from the value of the simple yet complete expression devices also found upon the ANGELUS. These will still be the means for individual interpretation, which to many persons constitutes the chief and unrivaled charm of our instrument. The ANGELUS is absolutely the only piano-player with whose aid the best artistic results can be obtained. The ANGELUS in cabinet form, the KNABE-ANGELUS PIANO, the EMERSON-ANGELUS PIANO are all equipped with the MELODANT. The introduction he MELODANT is another step forward in the steady progress of the AN 1.US, which has been continuously developed from the pioneer piano-player— brought out in 1895—to the truly wonderful instrument For sale in all the principal cities. Descriptive literature upon request THE WILCOX & WHITE CoO. Established 1876 MERIDEN, CONN. CAEDER'’s TRRIDGE | . ast 1 PLAYERS ards aps NAILPOUSH TABLET Jos isty chould use ae | —— are CALDER’S Plants NAIL-POLISH TABLET Peal Nogkcted allay on unsghly—G, NPT grea eas AT SHOPS. SAMPLE BY MAIL 10 CENTS Prompt ALBERT 1. CALDER co. Forty-Fourth St. & reliable Masvracturers Catpee’s Destine Madison Ave., N.Y. | service comicbooks.com