Life — September 3, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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THE DISCOVERY OF TROUSERS A Boon to Men—No More Cold Knees er the Great has found a new world to after all—the world of masculine dress. cently came from Macedon that during bis aign in India the illustrious 1 a discovery that promised to revolu: attire, and a represe ve of the Cutter who traveled to Uh he rumor is firm it lience of bi granted, the interviewer | a s discovery. It Conqueror cd for a while from his suite and was pon an open space of the jungle on the great { life and the litleness of man, when he of the contiguity of an elephant, wild , with what he conceived to be its back ward him. As he looked he was struck by the eace and ease with which this vast animal ars the skin on its le at once so loose and well rviceable and unpretentious. Feeling at nt a chilliness at at once signa his enormous aston: bout hy rt tailor and make him a garment on simil: the Emperor has been wearing ever since. s 1 facetiously crs,” “from the morous remonstr: hen first ine the elephant— ‘ y repeats with infinite drollery. hat Alexander the Great tly improved the original the press of nd his bert trousers are now carefully creased, ¢ Metropolitay A WITTY PEASANT A thunderstorm overtook the Empere " Joseph of Austria when out shoo in 1873, with ch) Emperor William of Victor Em: manuel. The three monarchs got separated from their party and lost their way. They were drenched skin, and, in search of shelter, hailed a peasant a covered cart drawn by oxen along the high The peasant took up the royal trio and drove a stranger in of Emperor “And who may you be, for you he asked after a w © Emperor of Ger * replied his majesty “Hla, very x ing Victor Emanuel, “and y hy, Iam the King of Italy,” came the prompt a, hia, very good, indeed! And who are you?” 1 the Emperor of Austria.” said the latter. ant then scratched his nd said with ink, “Very good, and who do you sup majesties replied they would like very much “Why. Tam His Holiness, the Pope." Animals Our Dumb TOO SMALL TO PRAY “Yes. vour reverence, our Johnrie is a wonder, He can play cards, bowl and cuss like a treoper.” Can he say his srs “No, he's too little for “—Fliegende Blatter A QUEER COMPACT s old and hat go to Su nwed friend, out on the His cries brought his mother, could for a poisoned and apparently # cat, but it seemed ined face and prayed, “Dear God, make 1! Make her well! Oh, dear God. if you © to Sunday school every time this Sum wait to be spanked! ™ t well and Van faithfully kept bis com: God. —Lippincott's, will Py ANGELU Cr q Sooner or later you are going to have aplayer-piano. But before yourdecide on which you shall}have, you owe it lo ‘yourselfvand lo everyone else in the house, to make a persorial investigation of tha AANGBL US instruments. We know that the PLAYER PIANO is the one instrument which enables you to play as you would like to play. We know it is the one player-piano which meets your requirements, step by step, as your knowledge of music avdice But we do not ask you to assume that this is so. We merely tell you that it is to your own interests to hear and play the ANGELUS PLAYER-PIANO and judge its unusual musical qualities for yourself. Note carefully the excellent effects made easily pos- sible by means of the ANGELUS expression devices: The MELODANT, which calls forth the melody notes in splendid contrast to those of lesser importance; the MELODY BUTTONS, to accent or soften the base notes inde- pendently of the treble or the reverse; the PHRASING LEVER, enabling you to retard or accelerate any particular phrase or rest on any note; the DIAPHRAGM PNEUMATICS, graduating the finger-blows and giving the incomparable “ human touch.” No other instrument has these wonderful patented expression devices. EAH of there expression facilities is patented THE Angelus Piano-player, in the form of a con- exclusive with the ANGELUS instruments. Only venient portable cabinet, will play any make or when you see for yourrelf how absolutely indispen- style of piano. It is also incorporated in the world- sable they are to correct playing will you appreciate famous Knabe and in the sweet-voiced Emerson piano— what they mean to your success as a finished performer. _ making the Knabe-Angelus and the Emerson- Angelus. Write for beautiful new book and name of convenient representative. THE WILCOX & WHITE CO. MERIDEN, Cona. Regent House, Regent Street, LONDON, ESTABLISHED 1876. O LIBRARY should be without a complete set of LIFE. Bound Volumes of LIFE, Four Dollars each for the later volumes bound in red and gold, green and gold and full black. Prices of the earlier volumes and complete sets made known on application. The issues of LIFE for six months constitute a volume. ‘To those who send unbound copies in good condition the price of the bound volume will be Two Dollars. Vol. 51, January to June, 1908, now ready. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City comicbooks.com