Life — July 18, 1907 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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82 Our Fresh Air Fund REVIOUSLY ses S300 F. J.and A”. Edward Trevor Hill. Mrs. E. May Hunter. . memory of FW. J.and NON. J... 6 Mrs. Seymour P. Thomas. ” Robertsoo Honey, Jee... « Isabel H.S.. . seeewoues ALR.W, J.J. Astor. acknowledged . SESSsSSsssss $3.287 03 Books They Should Have Read ERCURY—“.\ Young Man in Hurry.” Pluto—“ Hell for Sartain.” Charon—“The Undercurrent.” Pandora—“The Man on the Box.” Proserpine—" Bells and Pomegran- ates.” Ceres—“The Sowers.” ‘Theseus—“The Labyrinthe.” Neptune—‘Ships That Pass in the Night.” Too Strenuous HE CLERGYMAN: Young man, I am delighted to hear that you dis. approve of dancing. Younc Man: Yes, sir, Ido! When it comes to hugging a girl, I think it can be accomplished by quieter methods. HEN it comes to the last analysis, nothing weighs quite so much as about 115 pounds of the right sort of girl. “HOLDING HER OWN” AT LIFE’S FARM AROUND THE WELL 0 THE EDITOR OF LIFE Dear Sir—For Manhattan's poor work-horses the winter of discontent is turned to thirsty summer. Another heated term finds the supply of drinking fountains for beast, inadequate, as the numbers of drinkers has increased. And this season, citizens who are agitated and as well as for man, more than ever agitating about the matter have a new aggravation. the city is working its mind on It proposes to have stone basins of a uni- ‘They are assured th the subject form and artistic design, in keeping with the plan for that “City Beautiful” which tantalizes us like a mirage in the desert. High, clean, handsome, and many, stone water- basins are to be desired in our streets. while, why are not pipes supplying temporary troughs? Why, since the outcry of last year, has there been no gain, no improvement? Ifa man were parched and punting for water, would he not gladly drink from a tin cup, rather than wait till a silver goblet should be wrought for him by some Cellini? M. BL BL But, mean- ORT SHERIDAN, ILL. Tur Error or Lire Dear Sir—In an article entitled “ West Point versus the College" in your issue of June the 20th, a com- ment by you upon Colonel Larned’s letter reads in this wise: “And how many men of notable talent, like Whistler and Poe, have been dropped out of West Point because the Procrustean system of that place was pot fitted for the development of their talent!” Are you not mistaken in this statement? And though the West Point system is of necessity rigid, do you think the term of Procrustean should br applied? For this, ina measure, implies that it is unjustly a on hand from which to quote, ding Tam of the impression that Whistler and Poe were not dropped because a too nar> row system failed to give them opportunity for the development of their talents, but because they them= rigid. Ihave not d but from past r selves were found wanting in qualities which that sys tem demanded. And it would seem that these, like many other men of genius, were not well balanced in their qualities. Jastes W. Heatran Reisixces, Jn June 22, 1907 Poe was notably dissolute. HEELING, W. VA Dear LiJe—In the weekly excursion 1 make 1m the front cover to the other one at the back, I have not failed to see how often our much- Henry James, has come in for rather an unusual amount of scorch: ing in the editions of the last few weeks. I would like toask you one thing, dear Lire, and that is, Will you go on record, in a semiserious way at least. as finding nothing of value in his later works? 1 would like to have your answer so I of some one else can come back at you hater on Very sincerely yours, June 19, 1907 HM. with you talked of countryman that was, Mr Hau HE Three Graces of marriage: Miss Grace His Grace Disgrace. international comicbooks.com