Life — April 2, 1908 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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The New Learning (From a little book of excellent verse, which deserves wide circulation, we take the following wholesome bit:) ught him how to hemstitch, and they taught him how And how to make a basket out of variegated string, ‘And how to fold a paper so he wouldn't hurt his thumb— They taught a lot to Bertie, but he couktn’t doa sam They taught him how to mold the head of Hercules in clay, Ad how to tell the difference 'twixt the bluebird and the jay, And how to sketch a horsie in a little picture-frame— But, strangely, they forgot to teach him how to spell his name. Now, Bertie’s pa was crabbed, and he went, one day, to find Waat ‘twas they did to make his son so backward in the mind. “I doo't want Bertie wrecked,” he cried, in temper far from cool, “I want him educated!” So he took him out of school. —From Jersey Jingles by Leonard H. Robbins. A Correction (0 THE EDITOR OF LIFE: ir—Kindly permitacorrection. Theparagraph appearing in this week’s issue of Lire on page 175, under the heading “Another Bouquet,” appeared, not in the New York Mirror, but in the St. Louis Mirror, Tt was written by Mr. William Marion Reedy, the editor of the Mirror. Respectfully yours, February 11, 1908. Anert Biocu. The Heroism and Devotion of Dogs Mess, @ decd has been done by dogs which would, if done by men, have been honored by the Order of the Victoria Cross. In devotion the dog is superior to all other animals, not even excepting man, “How could one get relief from the endless dissimulation, falsity and malice of mankind,” ex- claimed Schopenhauer in one of his inspired mo- ments, “if there were no dogs into whose honest faces he could look without distrust 2” A dog will follow a handful of rags wrapped around a homeless beggar, day after day, through heat and cold and storm and starvation, just as faithfully as he will follow the purple of a king. The dog who stood over the lifeless body of his master, grieving for recognition and starting at every flutter of his garments till he himself died of star- vation, had in his faithful breast a nobler heart than that which beats in the bosom of most men, And the devotion of Greyfriars Bobby, who every night for twelve years, in all kinds of weather, on his master’s grave, was well worthy the le tribute which to-day stands in Edinburgh s memory. There has never been recorded in the history of the world an instance of more extravagant trust and devotion than that told of the canine companion of @ certain vivisector, which licked the hand of his master while undergoing the crime of being cut to Pieces. Such deeds of self-sacrifice remind one of old of imaginary saints. But they are the deeds of “only dogs.”"—The Dawn. “QPEAKING of bad falls,” remarked Jones, “I ll out of a window once, and the sensation During my transit through the air I y believe I thought of every mean act I had ever committed in my life.” “H’m!” growled Thomp- son. “You must have fallen an awful distance!"— Philadelphia Inquirer. hildren on Board ? A Good Magazine is just as necessary to children as wholesome food or the open air. The benefit to them of the delightful amusement and refining influences found in Str. NicHoras cannot be overestimated. For twenty-five cents at any news-stand you can buy them a voyage to Storyland they will never forget. The One Great Childrens Magazine ST. NICHOLAS 25 cents a copy at all news-stands and book-stores THE CENTURY CO. UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK EUROPE stnes OF TOURS Strictly First-Class, Limited Membership BOOKLETS FREE BY MAIL Choice Staterooms and Individual Passage Tickets By All Lines RAYMOND & WHITCOMB CO. NewYork Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chirago THE TRUNK ‘¥07<t* GUARANTEE THE TRUNK ‘*eve* GUARANTEE ° —_ For Spring and Summer Travel |= the trunk of atest beauty convenience and @ |g ice is our P&S “HOLDS-ALL et WARDROBE type. Made to — satisfy every requirement of — travelers; occupies half usual trunk space; carries clothes as in home closet or bureau with- out wrinkling or mussing; easy to pack and unpac! immediately accessible ; against dust or ob: $25.00 and up. Catalogue free. THE J. F. PARKHURST & SON COMPANY Factories: 283 Main Street, Bangor, Maine THE TRUNK Five" comicbooks.com