Life — September 3, 1908 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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; L F E ; wer iscopal kittens?" the mizister a ts 4 “Yes sir," replied the boy quickly, “but tics s bed AUT Scissors “oS Youxc Howaxp: Is Miss Smith Waterss: Yes, sir. Youxe Howaro: Can I see her? Warresss: Yes. Go round to the side of + an’ peck through the blinds and you can there with Mr, Bartow.—Harper's Bacar AN ANALOGY FELINE CONVERTS In the late financial stringency a clerk in one of the One of our popu w England lecturers. tells New York banks was trying to explain to a 1 old this old but always g story. Dutchman why the bank could not pay cast to de A street boy of diminutive stature was trying to positors as former! and was insisting tl) _ sell some very young kittens to passers-by, One day satisfied with Clearing House checks. I THE PRESIDENT: AND THE PLUMBER he accosted the late Rev, Phillips Brooks, asking man could not grasp the situation, and fy oes fe hes ane ee se him to purchase, and recommending them as good president of the bank was called upon to « Episcopal kite Dr. Trooks laughingly refused, the dissatisfied customer, After a detailed ox ibe! tine) being: (a prankcplay ings) tig bey. Morecred, tion of the financial situation the president concla he can enjoy a joke turned nst himself, Once, Now, my good man, you understand, a? while visiting his sister, Mr. Roosevelt catered the Vea” dublowie tp i os room after every one else was at the luncheon table, I wnderstand, It's just tine th Naty cue. He was lau, ng heartil; . pin der sight /and:c “T have just played a prank on the plumber, ue iepees Wests. he declared. Then he related how he had gone to the bi m to wash is hands, wh he heard TEACHING OF EXPERIENCE. what seemed to be stealthy footsteps coming down ) Dr, Ethelbert Gilbert, of Duluth, is willing in mare the hall. ‘The boys had played a number of jokes on . riage ceremonies to omit, whenever requested to, the him, and he immediately surmised that they were : abnoxious “to obey.” about to spring a new one. He sopped a wash-rag ya y One of Dr. Gilbert's parishioners took him to ts in water, then, with the dripping cloth in his hand, about tkls-matterthe:ciher. day megvatien the sates i erncarer; a “What right have you,” he said, “to tamper with nearer, then st and some one tried to oy Y qhesmardage ceremony?” the dear, whk President, was) hold ‘ Dr, Gilbert, not at all perturbed. ta Suddenly he threw the door wide ope i “Oh, well,” he said, “that ‘obey’ ly swinging the wet cloth over his head and sho / anyway. The very best woman in the world 1 with his children, President Roosevelt becomes, for gleefully, “I've got you now! The wash-rag landed to obey 1ee-cightcensyears'agoy butrshe hasn't-to.the, not on the head of one of the boys, as he had an day."—Kanset City Journal. ticipated, but square across the face of a startled plumber who had come to repair a defective pipe. It Ir Yale bestows the suggested mark of her favor is hard to say who was more surprised, the President on Mr. Morgan, Harvard may find E, HM. Marian or the plumber. Mr. Roosevelt apologized profusely, and her own alumnus, August Belmont, in a receptive explained the circumstances, and then descended to mood. J. J. Hill and Thomas Fortune Ryan covhl the dining-room, shaking with laughter.—Lippincott’s, wear: the, colinge Asge oli becoming ‘graces. Tle ie the fashion grows and chairmen of the board begia “Tam tired of seeing that everlasting m to acquire honorary degrees as they have hither brought in for breakfast,” grumbled a boarder, * H acquired railroads, future editions of Who's Who” I intend to speak to the landlady about it.” will be diversified by such entries as “EH. Har of his fellow-victims applauded, but most of them A SKY PILOT man, U.P. SP, LC, O.S.L, LLD., MA, ete"= doubted his courage. The matter was under New York World. cussion when the landlady appeared." Miss I nella,” began the bold boarder, “I was about to si thinking them too small to be taken from their “ Natere makes nothing in regard to the mackerel that we desire a change. mother. .\ few days later a Presbyterian minister pher. 's good macke responded the ta grimly, who had witnessed this episode was asked by the same “Perhaps,” answered Colonel Stilwell sake,” resumed the bold boarder, “order the girl to nounced that they were faithful Presbyterians, heautiful mint bed in a local option ¢ bring it in tail first for a while."—Argonaut, “Didn't you tell Dr, Hrooks last week that they «is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, C ing, Chancery Lane, London, FE. land, AGENTS. Brentano’s, 37 Ave. de Opera, Pa Possesians.” $5 tea year ivadvance, “Additional postage tw foreign count \ chang weniry Street, Leicester Square, W, London; 9, Rut mn. $Loba year: to Canada, $2 cents. 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