Life — October 15, 1908 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: Ks yue comfort f love ered in nockout sa New ence, by ta apid fire iceberss Borealis In this s to the that the risking he girl's at once, pur final ¢ cloudy 19 Took would Uncle ‘Well, T oy do 19 —" some s) setsl” LONG ISLAND EVERY IMPROVEMENT FOR NEW YORKERS Woopmnen, 11 Heo WOODMERE WOODMERE. LAND ASSOCIATION lyn Ofice Oppesite Moaauk Theatre INFORMATION WANTED Some time ago one of the government ces under its jurisdiction, sent to filled in with the data desired. ers were received, to this es were made in resp nswered by writing a few of which are given ne statement called for was “Color.” Various departments, to secure information concerning the em: each a blank any amusing query. One English Indian.” Just what color “English Indian” may be is not ex- plained; possibly some painter can enlighten us as to this. The colored members of the force kindly to this question. However, most did not take of them an- swered by meckly writing the word “black,” but one swered by using the word “light,” while “Iady of color,” evidently considering herself too istocratic to be classed with the black race, an- a negro man I his conscience by writing “brown.” Another olored man answered the question by bluntly saying It would seem probable he had hence mean black. No” might, by deduction, learned that k is not a color at all, but the absence of color, be taken to The blank also contained a space preceded by the word “ Birthplace." One poor fellow wrote as fol- lows: “At sea under the British flag,” to say whether or not he considered hi without a country. One very frank m his contempt for that he was born “in the country. A space was left for information in words “ Marital condition.” a number of mirth-provoking answers. but he failed imself a man jortal showed an life by making the statement reply to the This query drew forth One young fellow, seemingly wishing to be very explicit, replied, “About to be married.” Another son of Adam, ap: parently not so conscientious, wrote * He neglected to state, however, whether divorced or if he still had one or more honest, well-meaning individual, doubth that the truth, the whole truth, and not not single.”” he had been wives. One less thinking hing but the uth would suffice, wrote “ unsatisfactory,” while yet her, evidently more fortunate in her venture, very neatly and carefully wrot “good.” But the climax came when matrimonial te the word one woman boldly stated her case by the use of but one word, which, if not elegant, was at least very expressive, Soxe young idlers had been enjoying passing shopgirls with rather doul evident that not all of those addressed for what she wrote was “ hell."—Lippincott's. the fun of btful compli- + and from some of the answers returned it was were taking things kindly. Presently one of the older boys, sce: ing it was going too fa "he added, spoke up. “1 ouse might thi ie ook a’ here ink youse is bys an’ all that, but just keep on and the wrong ome along an’ she'll break yer face, see? "— CIGARETTES “ ‘<2 <NESTOR” IMPORTED" ‘ROYAL NESTO be as, Bloe Label The Original Brand of Over 30 Years’ ists. 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