Life — November 21, 1907 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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2. When writing a novel, do you get pore inspiration from boiled eggs or chicken-livers? 3. Do you consider Welsh rabbits or broiled lobsters the better diet for an au- thor devoted to romantic fiction ? 4. Asa Nature Faker, do you consider the Teddybear the intellectual equal of the Mollycoddle? 5. Is. a sense of humor essential to the soceess of a writer of Presidential mes- sages? 6. Can you read your own books in the slemn presence of their maker without same? 7. Barring yourself, who is your favorite author? & Have you a waste-basket? g. If so, why do you not use it? Shortening Useless Agonies IN MRS. WHARTON’S latest ni: trained nurse, on her own respot ‘Ys eads by an overdose of morphine the ex- cuciating sufferings of a patient with a token back, whose life, in the opinion of the nurse and all but one of the doctors, could not possibly be saved. Remarking upon this episode, the Times Saturday Review says: Sbe (Mrs. Wharton) says: “Inher (Justine’s) hospital experience, she had encountered cas where the uscless agonies of death were netcifully shortened by the physician.” It is fair to suppose that Mrs. Wharton took pains form herself from some reputable source; fhe flippant will make the comment that the doctor who told her that is a doctor to avoid. The flippant may make such a com- neat, but the thoughtful will not endorse it. Mercifully to shorten useless agonies of dath is surely a good work provided it is certain that the agonies are useless and éeath inevitable. In the rare cases where sn overdose of morphine ought to be given the doctor to avoid is the one who will not Greit. It is part of the doctor’s business to prevent useless suffering. In many cases— Gncer cases in the last stage, for example— ne by keeping patients under yphine until they die. In some such cases that come to be more desperate and dreadful than human nature ought to eedure, no doubt an overdose is given, and the doctor thanks God that he has had the ‘Beans to do an act of such indisputable mercy. _ But, of course, he does not talk about eause these rare cases lie outside the rule RS. NEWLYWED: Doctor, that bottle of medicine you left for baby is all gone. ‘ox: Impossible! I told you to give 2 teaspoonful once an hour. Yes; but John and T and mother and = have to ach ee a teaspoontuly order to induce to take it.’— Democratic Telegram. - IVER JOHNSON SAFETY AUTOMATIC R EVOLV! E a The ONLY revolver you can buy at any price, that simply CAN'T be fired until you pull the trigger, is the IVER JOHNSON #20.nc REVOLVER No button to press, no lever to set before you can shoot. The safety feature IS the mechanism itself. When you puli the trigger, the rest follows—swift, hard and SURE. Our FREE Booklet “SHOTS” tells all about it and will convince you. IVER JOHNSON SAFETY IVER JOHNSON SAFETY HAMMER REVOLVER | HAMMERLESS REVOLVER 3-in, barrel, nickel-plated finish.22 | 3-Inch barrel, nickel-plated finish, pe-bre eoriidee, 330° $5.0) | H.sro8 centensre ar 7 Bold by Hardware and Goods dealers everywh: ESP ie ate tates Read a ca IVER JOHNSON'S ARMS & CYCLE WORKS, 186 RiverSt, Ftehbur, Mass, H ammer Xen Fork: #9 Chamber § amba: ickhot Pacific Coast: Alameda, don, 1m Street recto pep Nga the Hammer READY NOVEMBER 23 Cheery Story with a novel plot that will keep you as much mystified as was the hero—and as inter- ested. Two young men, a wholly unexpected ad- venture, six beautiful girls, a delightful old English manor house— but you will want to read the story itself. PRETTILY DECORATED WITH FRONTISPIECE Br W. T. SMEDLEY Popular Price $1.00 net ALL BOOKSTORES. A. C. McCLURG & CO., PUBLISHERS comicbooks.com