Life — May 9, 1907 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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S. OUR FOOLISH: (@NTEMPORA A WAR-TIME REMINISCENCE “ Where did you get that scar on your face?" asked the inter: an wered the old soldier. t. “How could you get “Bull Run!” exclaimed the wounded in the face at Bull Run?” “Well, you sce, sir,” exclaimed the veteran, apologetically, “after [had run a mile or two I grew careless and looked back." —Weman's Home Companion. To itLusteate the contrast between the ideal and the actual, post the illustrations from the florist’s catalogue at the ends of your garden rows.—The Detroit News Tux Sourtt ror Hoserraity: The Manor, Asheville, North Carolina, is the best ian South.— Bootle HAD THE BIRTH-RATE PAT “The Scotch,” said Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, “are certainly a witty people. Now, there was a visitor in the little town of Bowdoin who, on looking about, saw no children, but only grown men and women. He wondered at this and, finally, meeting a weazened okt man on the street, in: ed: *How often are children born in this town?! Only once,’ the man replied, as he proceeded on his way."— Saturday Evening Post. For the Nursery—For the Table Of po other food product can it be truthfully said—equally good for infant and general household purposes. Eagle Brand Condensed Milk has no equal as an infant food and for general household purposes. NOT EVEN ST. PATRICK Scot: Look here, Mr. O'Brien! I've the verra great t for yer country, but ye mauna forget this: Ye can sit amrock, but, O man, ye canna on a rose, and ye can sit 00 a sit on a thistle. —The Sketch. AN AwtericaN woman writes from Vienna: “I saw lately the following notice in a shop (the announcement is a little confusing, and makes one feel uncertain as to whether one ought to date one’s letters 1907 of 907): "The medal of Saint can be obtained here. It protects the wearer from all manner of accidents, and is particularly suited a medal is quite small, and only costs 64.""—Bufalo Commercial. st motor cars." The Kenilworth Inn, Biltmore, N.C. Always open. Most superbly finished hotel south of New York Aw rasteey publisher is booming a new novel by inserting ly papers: “If the lady with dark hair and an absorbed expression in a Fourth Avenue car yesterday, who became provoked because the gentleman in front turned over a page of his novel before she had finished reading it over his shoulder, will send her name and address and $1.20 to any ‘bookseller she will be spared in the future the necessity of mani festing her Mention (here follows the name of the book) to avoid errors." Editor. this " personal” in the d easure at such ru A PASSER -BY was amazed at seeing an Irishman poking a dol- Jar bill through a crack in a board walk “What under the sun are you doing that for?" he asked Why, y" see, sir.” replied the Irishman without looking up from his work, minute ago Oi dhropped a nickel through this nake it a} crack, an’ now Oi'm puttin’ a dollar through so’s to whoile to pull up th’ walk an’ get th’ nickel.” wort? body's Hotel Vendome, Boston All the attractions of hotel life, with the comforts and privacy of home, Ax Intsua an, wishing to take a “homestead” and not kno ing just bow to go about it, sought information from a friend. 1¢ said, “you've taken a homestead, an’ I thought e ye could tell me th’ law concerning how to ga about it.” “Well, Dennis, I don't remimber th’ exact wordin’ uv th’ la but I can give ye th'm’anin’ uy it. Th’ m'anin’ uvit is this: Th Government is willin’ t' bet ya 100 acres uv land agin $14 thot ye can't live on it five years widout sta Herald, you do drink drink Trimgy len “Let mirth, with laughing eye, Spread her empire o'er our soul; Let no care obtrude when she is by Tospoil our joy inthe flowing bowl.” SOLE PROPRIETORS ITZ & CO, York Many readers of The Silent War welcome it as a friendly warning. Others angrily denounce it. AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. ESTABLISHED 1793 Park &Tilford FOUNDED 1840 NEW YORK Critical smokers in an ever-in- creasing volume demand the best brands of the finest Havana Cigars imported direct from the skilled In- dependent manufacturers of Cuba and sold by Park & Tilford. Your inspection and orders invited Life’s Travel Number Dated June 6th—On Sale June 4th Special Travel Features A unique and orginal Balloon Cover in color by Merrick. 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