Life — September 26, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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ready kes of iy) Led The Label by which You Will Know the best Real Scotch Whisky LIFE’S Automobile Number DATED OCTOBER SEVENTEEN An Automobile Cover in three colors, an automobile story and numerous automo- bile cartoons will make this number worthy of the name. Last forms close Thursday noon, Octo- ber third. LIFE’S Automobile and Auto-Accessory Advertising for the nine months ending with this number shows an increase over the same period for 1906 of more than FORTY PER CENT. Fifty-four manufacturers of automobiles, twenty of accessories have used LIFE this year. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31a Sueet New York City There Was No Sale Cazes, the tenor, had been singing for some hours into a phonograph. “The phonograph,” he said, “is a wonderful | thing. It almost realizes the wish of the Scottish | poet, the wish that we might see ourselves as others see us. We can now, at least, hear ourselves, a thing | | impossible before. “The phonograph teaches us many valuable les- sons. When I was in the army, before I realized the capabilities of my voice, I played the flute. A phono- | graph salesman brought a phonograph to my quar- d tried to sell it.to me on the instalment ly the man took out a blank cylinder. ce,’ he said, rather reluctantly, ‘here is a | blank cylinder. You ake a record on it, then costly favor Iam doing you, but it will show what a | fine instrument this is.’ “Twas delighted. ““T'll get my flute,’ I said. ‘I'll play a flute solo.” “Well, I played my best into the machine. It | seemed to me that I had never combined before such feeling with such accuracy. I was more than | pleased with myself. | “Then the man put in the cylinder, and the music began to issue forth, I frowned. “Ts that me?" I said. “Yes, sir,’ said the man OR ust as I played ?? “«Precisely, sir, precisely. And now,’ said he, do you want to buy the phonograph ?” , said I, ‘I want to sell the flute.’ | Tit-Bits. —Texas Tall Shooting in West Virginia HERE is an old Confederate soldier now visit ing some friends in Greenbrier County, W. Va., who was a holy terror in battle. He was a shot from 'wayback. He came to the reunion at Rich- mond and stopped off. Among his feats of mar manship the following simple exploits, we are told, | are performed: He can suspend a bottle by a string, | shoot and cut the string and then break the bottle small caliber gun and a large lead pencil he can knack the lead out when the pencil is thrown into the air, and not injure the wood covering. A favor- ite pastime with him is to start a barrel rolling down hill and put a bullet through the bunghole every | time the barrel turns over. We call this good shoot- | ing.—Staunton Spectator. Merely Practising | WONDER,” said the tall man in the suit of | faded black, “if I could interest you in a new and cheap edition of the works of Anthony Trol- lope I don’t know,” answered the man at the head and let me hear what you have to say he book agent began at once very student of literature knows,” he sai | | ‘that Anthony Trollope was one of England's great | Jnovelists. It is true, perhaps, that he wrote for a limited class. And so on, for ten minutes. said the man at the desk, turning again to| you haven't succceded in interesting me “That's all right,” rejoined the tall man in the of faded black, replacing the sample volumes in his valise with imperturbable composure. “I have acted out canvassing with these books, and I was only practising on you. Good afternoon.”— Chicago Tribune. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER purity has made it famous.” 355 we will run it off, and you shall hear yours. It’s a} with another shot before it hits the ground. 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