Life — March 19, 1908 — page 11: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

“TU put a smeller round the earth in forty days” easily happen, she would refuse to go to the shorter and would naturally go to the longer? Yes, the longer. And by going to the longer she would stay away from the shorter? Yes. And the one that is shorter is shorter than the one which is long? That is so, he said. And that which is longer is longer than that which is short? He nodded. And is the short like the long, or un- like? It is unlike. And things which are unlike cannot be like? They cannot. And the like is opposite to that which is unlike? It is, he said. And that game of Bridge which is longer than the other is temperate? He was obliged to admit this. And the other is unlike, therefore op- site ? He reluctantly said, Yes. Then, Protagoras, Bridge is temperate sometimes and intemperate at others. - But Virtue is never intemperate. And with this I was about to conclude the argument, when a chorus of voices from one of the tables interrupted me. It seems that a hand had just been fin- ished by the Philadelphia dames, who desired to discuss it with Protagoras, and had I not made good my escape I should have had them all about my ears, for they began howling at me and calling me a tiresome intermeddler, and Hippocrates stood between us while I fled. Com.: And what do you conceive from this, Socrates, to be the lesson? Soc. : I should say it was never to argue when women are present, and never to try and find out a reason for playing Bridge; for only the Gods know, and I am not inclined to believe they will tell, just at present. T.L.M. “LIFE - A Plea for the Beggar N ALL of our cities there are ordinances against begging. Officials who have to do with its spread invari- ably speak of it with the most withering contempt. Articles are occasionally published in the prints dis- closing the tricks resorted to by beggars and the profits that are made. And yet, in spite of the universal odium attached to this calling, it still exists and is encouraged by numbers of people. ‘The beggar has a number of good argu- ments in his favor which should carefully be considered. In the first place, so uni- versal is the sense of shame that no mat- ter how “tricky” he may be, only dire necessity, the result of overwhelming mis- fortunes, could in the beginning have driven him to such a pass. Society has failed him at every point except this last one. He was, in the first place, born wrong, through no fault of his own, Un- 297 fit in every way to compete in legitimate channels with others more favored, he takes the only resources he is possessed of—his misfortune: nd offers them for sale. If he emphasizes them, if he de- ceives the buyer into more sympathy than he is entitled to receive, he is doing no more than many a successful merchant or financier. To Dog Owners FF YOUR pet dog wanders from home and fails to return, do not worry. He may be doing good service in some medi- cal institute. Many dogs are needed for purposes of vivisection. While you and this particular dog were good friends and you may miss him, let there be consola- tion in the thought that although he may be enduring the agonies of the damned on the vivisection table, he is giving pleasure to medical students. HILANTHROPY jis charity plus publicity. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN THE (NEXT) MORNING comicbooks.com