Life — September 10, 1908 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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BETEL NUTS Some years ago Sir Edwin Arnofd published a se- tection of Oriental proverbs that attracted some atten- tion at the time for their homely wisdom and shrewd wit, That the mine was by no means exhausted is sow shown by a tasteful little volume of rhymes by yur Guiterman that has been published by Paul ler & Co. of San Francisco under the title of “Betel Nuts” bandreds like them, are ever in the mouths of the India, and some few examples may well be a kind of proverbial philosophy that is well | by the translator as “literature in short These proverbs, we are told, and vod ripes the mangoes, The Farmer shakes the tree; God cures the patient, The Doctor takes the fee. a minute? A Year or a Moon? Now, which does he mean when he says, “ Pretty Though flung into Ocean I'll rise from beneath, A Fish on each finger, a Pearl in my teeth. This under the rose, But it’s true to the letter; The Man thinks he knows, But the Woman knows better Making, he mars, like a Consummate Gaby, Rocking the Cradle while pinching the Baby The Man that hath a trade must work thereat, The arber, lacking custom, shaved a cat. The Tiger came! She slew him \nd bore him from the house; down the drain she threw him:— And yet, she fears a Mouse! Avoid suspicion: When you're walking through Your neighbor's melon-patch, don't tie your shoe. \ Demon, sick of single life, In Lanka wed a Monkey Wife: The whence arose, by Heaven's Grace lal Das declares), the English Race. Appraise the Spring before you drink the Water, Observe the Mother ere you take the Daughter. Who gives a Man a Child to nurse, Or trusts a Woman with a Purse? He has killed a the Ah! he’s half a doc Within the Temple thrives the Seamp, ‘Tis darkest underneath the’ Lamp —The Argonaut. A NEAR.RIGHT ANSWER Some funny things happen in the school-room. A Brooklyn teacher called upon a small boy to define | multitude,” said the bow, “is what we cet © multiply."—Lippincott’s, UNCOOKED The little child of the tenements was enjoying her frst vit to the country and was enthusiastic in her smiration of the farmyard. “Just look at the chickings!" she excl rvtacy “They're all running around raw! tent Liccrature, MANY-SIDED GENIUS Knicker: Roosevelt thinks he is a judge. Bocker: No, a jury.—Evening Sun, OF A MODERN CENIUS 1g to compile his life and letters?" “There were no letters. I'm going to compile his Hfe and posteards."—Washington Herald. «Dr neat aesourcerut maw,” said Uncle Eben, when some one hands him a lemon is ready wif de sugar and other fixin’s to make it tol-able pleasant to take."—Washington Star. “GLUDDEN 42 TOUR | “a 1905 riVIDENCE! = MORE evidence of the superiority of Goodrich Tires was not needed:—on the cars of thousands of tourists, as well as in nearly every event testing tire endurance, a Goodrich equipment has proved not only better—but immeasurably the best... . . Now this year's Glidden Tour adds its evidence of Goodrich supremacy to that of last year —and the year before —and the year before that! Concrete and specific evidence of mile-covering merit over America’s strenuous highways are more convincing than claims. He who rides may read the Goodrich record —to his lasting profit and satisfaction. The B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY, Akron, Ohio CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA BOSTO: ST. LOUIS DENVER DETRQIT VELAND PARIS N’ NDON ‘actories? AKRON, OHIO Our Products are also handled in NEW YORK and BUPPALO By The BYE! GoUDRICN COMPANY ot New York ‘and in LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE Not an innovation. Not a fad. PHILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES have been the first choice of experience over half a century. STARTLING STORY OF SOCIETY The Society Woman The Actress The Saleslady The Chorus Girl Men with more money than principles ; You will recognize them all in A Little Brother ofthe Rich The New Novel by JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSCN Sold Wherever Books Are Sold The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago smokers for comicbooks.com