Life — July 4, 1907 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Given tcrry of construction, accessibility of parts and the attainment of smooth and easy running qualities are the basic principles of construction in the Peerless Car. The study and care towards the refine- ment of each part and design of the car satisfies the most exacting taste, either for social uses or steady touring. The new Model 15 is equipped to carry seven passengers and is driven by a forty-five horsepower Peerless engine. ‘The case and comfort enjoyed in this machine make touring a real pleasure. The two extra scats may cither be folded against the side or removed entirely when they are not required. A nevw illustrated book Q fully describing the Presless’Madels will be seal pow reqiten. The Peerless Motor Car Company 2449 Oakdale Street Cleveland, Ohio ~ A COOL BREEZE OFF THE WATER IN OUR HOME OR OFFICE pf sire’ aesate“CLEA NAIR” ig all dust and imp ities and gives a It moistens and purifies the delicious coolness to the air N A SICK- ROOM its 8% 5s imperative, clears it of all germs, prevents contagion and cools and soothes the patient. Installed like an electric fan. Inex- pensive, efficient. Write for partic JOHN W. FRIES, 47 LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW YORK a roon int to see that itis Abbott's. ‘Makes the best cocktail, A. delighttal aromatic for all wine, spirit beverages. A tableapodal ofrshers sates ‘water ater beds relief andaids digestion. ‘seo thi Yhe Pay The Yarn of a Yak HILE John T. McCutcheon, best known as a cartoonist, and W. Kirk- patrick Brice, son of the late Senator from Ohio, were traveling last summer across the Alai Mountains into Chinese Turkes- tan, they lived for a good part of the time with the nomads of those high upper alti- tudes. These nomads are Kipchaks, a Mongol tribe whose habitat is Eastern Tar- tary, and whose habits are—but never mind. ‘They use yaks as beasts of burden, and on precipitous slopes the yak is a won- der. A slow but earnest worker, with a negligee ccat of hair that drags on the ground like a lady's train, he can stroll up an angle that would discourage the human fly of the sideshows. Brice and McCutch- con learned to love the yak, which they rode on some of their side trips from the mail caravan trail to Kashgar. At the risk of being classed with the nature fakers, have planned a book of their expe es, and would speculate on the title. Through Tartary” seemed ly alliterative, but was promptly for “A Week End in Central Phen Mr. McCutcheon had an inspiration, and if his advice prevails with the publisher the book will appear as “A Yak-Back ‘Trip Through the Kipchak Country.” Any one who can say that fast and often enough, without showing signs of mental fatigue, will be admitted to the Ancient Order of the Whirling Dervish, and no questions asked Adams ‘0. PE! UP Manhattan confines the powers of Stewart Edward White, who returned some time ago to the Jump: ing-off Place arbara, Cal., where he has been joined by his literary partner, Samucl Hopkins Adams. We re- minded that Mr. Adat increasing band of § have abandoned daily journalism to swei the ranks of “liter’y fellers.” The of these embraces David Graham Phillips, the Beau Brummel of New York authors, who served an intermediate term as edi- torial writer for the World, after resign- ing from the Sun; Jesse Lynch Williams, whose pessimistic stories of newspaper life —the best of their kind thus far produced —reflect his attitude toward the reporter’s calling; John R. Spears, globe-trotting specialist, who has settled down as an historical writer ; Edward W. Townsend, whose ‘“Chimmie Fadden” still eclipses his subsequent endeavors; Will Irwin, of wn graduates who comicbooks.com