Life — August 6, 1908 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Our Fresh Air Fund reviously acknowl Dorothy Sidway ) Gertrude Sidw Gertrude Hicks Adelaide Hicks Virginia Partial proceeds charity at Mar f Fair si a, PL 1, by Dor othy Mills, age 135 Mills, age 115 Katherire Frances Sweezcy, age 13. “In Me * Hawaii " Gertrude Tr ROD. Whit “Oakland F Miss Y. for F. : “In Memory July 03 vl Fraveis ale hy some children HE world is divided into two classes—those who read to forg and those who forget to read. AT LIFES FARM THE GIRLS TAKE A MORNING DIP The Next Reform OW that Governor Hughes has part- N ly succeeded in stopping race track betting in New York, it is under- stood that the next move will be to stop bridge playing among the women. The suppression of racing bets is, of course, only a preliminary to the greater evil. The practice of playing bridge is now universal, It was supposed to have started somewhere on upper Fifth Ave- nue, and from thence, with wonderful pidity, spread to the suburbs. Mothers at one time were seen quietly wheel ing baby carriages are now playing to the score, ruffing it, making it no trumps on a passed make and are satisfied Honest and hard-working husbands are put to the blush. Whereas in former times they were able to keep a sem Mance of their self-respect by being the sole provider for the row find their wives making as much, if not more, than they themselves. Th we have the spectacle of the tail, wa; xing the dog financially, as well as in other way household, they every Between babies and bridge, therefore, there must go. can be no question, The babies In this respect we are grad- ually becoming more and more to rely upon the Immigration Bureau. If bridge can be limited, say to eight hours a day, much will he accomplished. THIS GENTLEMAN, PASSABLY FAT, ON ELIZA UNWITTINGLY SAT, WE SURMISE HIS SURPRISE FROM THE SIZE OF 11S EYES— LIKEWISE OF ELIZA, THE CAT.