Life — April 2, 1908 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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

Tie Re Daly ede Amana eae C.&K. Easter Hats for Men NAPP-FELT hats reflect the taste, individ- ua 1 it yan d judgment of the VA men who wear them—a distinct advantage over the “take- that-or-nothing™ method, |- KNAPP-FELT De Luxe hats are Six Dollars —Knapp-Felts are Four Dollars, everywhere. Write for The Hatman™ Tue CrorutT & KNAPP Co. BROADWAY AT THIRTEENTH ST., NEW YORI . low Many Trips line He = to the hed _>Laundry? COUNTRY CLUB Made in 3 Heights ver ‘ou can get good strong Shand made collars attwo | fora quarter— with prenteee style and fit. But you must remember to ask for Collards. la5¢ ‘The best men’s shops almost every- | where sell Corlisa Coon-Collars. If not | willingly supplied send us 25c. for any two collars you would like to try. We want to send you our style book showing all the latest shapes. Free on Corliss, Coon & Co., Troy, N. Y. Dept. J | ae M. JOHNSON-BROWN & CO. say a good \ onnet. It is true that Shakespeare (if it was Shakespeare) debauched its perfect Italian form, and that Milton employed it to carry a burden it was not meant to bear. Yet neither of these poets amplified it, and it still pos- sesses that intrinsic merit extolled by a * college poet in the quatrain (we quote from memory): Scorn not the sonnet! ye who cannot soar, Nor say the poet blundered. He kept it down to fourteen lines—no more; He might have writ a hundred. WEIR MITCHELL, LL.D., Har- '* vard, the seer who made Philadelphia famous by utilizing its natural advantages asa rest cure, professes medicine and prac- tices literature with equal proficiency and profit. He would rather inscribe a poem than prescribe a pill, and takes more pride in creating a romance than in curing Cat Fear. His prescriptions are models of sim- ple, sententious prose, and when carefully compounded and taken as directed have been known to make a Philadelphian talk with an accent that did not betray his place of residence. a time of life when most men are cither laurel-crowned or incurably bald, Dr. Mitchell became the victim of a malady that had been latent in his system for many y Physicians called in con- sultation, shook the hi “Cacoethes scribendi was speedily confirmed. jand their diag An incipient mild sh in the “Roland Blake” stage of the it soon developed all the char- acteristics of a literary eruption, With “Hugh Wynne’ the symptoms became unmistakable, and ever since, the malady has been allowed to run its course. It will thus be observed that when Dr. Osler dis- covered that ossification occurs at forty, he overlooked his distinguished neighbor, at this tender age that Dr. Mitchell was just beginning to believe he could write if he were able to spare the time from his medical practice, and some twenty years later, in the leisurely fashion of the Philadelphian, that h took to literary tasks as a steady recreation. Oliver Wendell Holmes long ago pro- nounced Dr. Mitchell ‘‘a man of genius.” Since then he has come to be generally recognized as the foremost neurologist that a nation of neurasthenics has produce but he cannot get over the trick of writing nervous He believes in massage for the masses, and has taken an active part in the Swedish movement for good physical government “Lest We Forget” WORK containing a mass of valuable Quality Writing ave Paper | The word Quality in its broadest sense is descriptive of Whiting Papers. | Quality meaning | texture and finish. Quality meaning rightness of form, style, and size. Quality meaning | and elegance. | WHITING Papers appropriate for every form ot corre- spondence are to be had in a large variety of surfaces and textures. That their superiority is recog- nized is shown by the enormous output of 50 tons a day. When you think of writing, Think of WHITING. WHITING PAPER COMPANY 148-150-152 Duane St., New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia Mills: Holyoke, Mass. This Tro excellence of distinctiveness SEND 25 CENTS FOR “Les Modéles Parisiens” PARISIAN FASHION JOURNAL FOR LADIES’ DRESSMAKING AND TAILORING nark on every bez tri- OBJECTS OF ART nformation, but not in the least ex S. REINACH sto citing or much read, is published by the 25 Woatasa suas NEw:voax: || C. No. 17 West 31st St., New York United States Government. It is known as | comicbooks.com