Life — November 5, 1908 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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FISHIN’ across the courtry one day, Dr. Blank no- ticed an old negro who had been for quite a while perched motionless upon a little bridge, fishing silently stream beneath. For some time ce, but fieally, overcome d patience, he rode up and accosted What are you doing up there?” came the me you'd get tired fishing so long without a bite.” “'T doesn't want no bite, “Well, that’s funny. Why don’t you want a bite, Wash? " Hits this-a.way, cap'n; when I gits a lot of bites, hit takes all meh to git the fish off'n meh line, an’ I doesn’t have no time fob fishin’.”"—Suecess. Asnevittc, N. C.: The fourseason resort of the South. Tue Manow, the Englishtike Inn of Asheville A COMMON DELINQUENT The dean of a normal college, in a talk before the student body, was deploring the practice common among children of getting help in their lessons, and the tendency among parerts to give it too generously. As an illustration he told the following incident: The mother of a small pupil in a Chicago school had struggled through the problems assigned for the child’s next lesson, and had finally obtained what appeared to be satisfactory results. The next day, when the little girl returned from school, the mother inquired, with some curiosity: “Were your problems correct, No, mamma,” replied the child. wrorg.” “All wrong?” I'm so sorry!” “Well, mamma, you don't need to be sorr. the reply.“ All the other mammas had their's wrong. too."—Youth's Companion, dear? * “They were all repeated the amazed parent. ‘Oh, ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. haa become almost a neces- sty to ine.—Mes. HE, Sadier, Seca, Kansas. THE FRESHMAN’S COMPLAINT A certain college president was entertaining a fresh: man at dinner, when the conversation turned upor football. To the student's surprise, the president dis- played a thorough familiarity with the game, ard pro- ceeded to discuss it as earnestly as though it had been Greek or mathematics. Indeed, his treatmert of the topic brought out so many points that the freshman had overlooked, that the youth was moved to remark to his hostess: “Well, this talk with President Blank has showed me how truc it is we never meet any one from whom we can't learn something! "—Lippincott’s, DID AS HE WAS TOLD A well-known rooklyn clergyman in a talk to his Sunday-school urged the children to speak to him whenever they met. The next day a dirty faced urchin accosted him in the street with, “How do, doc?” The clergyman stopped “And who are you, sir?” “I'm one of your little lambs,” replied the boy, affably, “Fire day!" And, tilting his hat to the back of his head, he swaggered off, leaving the worthy divine specchless with amazement.—Democratic Tele- pram, and cordially irquired, AN OPINION Kicker: What do you think of the gambling re- for? Tocxrr: A man loses more money sitting up with a sick friend than with a well horse.—Brooklyn Life. REAT BEAR SPRING WAT! “Ite purity has made it famous” Maitllard’s Luncheon Restaurant for Ladies FIFTH AVENUE & 35TH STREET, S. W. CORNER ITUATED in the very centre of the great hotel, theatre, and shopping district ; luxuriously furnished with every possible convenience, The daintiest of luncheons and the best service and management. Maillard’s Chocolate and Cocoa, tea and coffee. No wines or liquors. Visitors can check packages and parcels for the day. Fine display of Maillard's Chocolates, Bon-bons, etc., in specially designed Parisian Bonbonnieres, satin, crystal, china, etc. ‘4 BENJAMIN AL B. Altman & JOHN JACOB ASTOR, GEO. F. Pres't First National Ban’. STE Pres't Bank of the Manhattan Co, GEO. B. CASE, White & Case, Attorneys, THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr., Vice-President. E. C. CONVERSE, President. HEP. Vice-Pres't Firat National Bank. JOHN I. DOWNE Building Construction, ALEX. H, STE He sisfor Censt Compan FIFTH AVE. & 36™ST., NEW YORK CAPITAL & SURPLUS $1,400,000 Interest Paid on Daily Balances DIRECTORS HARRISON E. GAWTRY, Consolidated Gas Co, ROBERT WALTON GOELET, THOMAS W. LAMONT, Vice-Pres't Bankers Trust Co. EDGAR L, MARSTON, Blalr & Co., Bankers, GATES W. McGARRAH, Pres't Mechanics Nat'l Bank. CHARLES A, PEABODY, Pres't Mutual Life Ins. Co, GEO. W. PERKINS, . J.P. Morgan & Co., Bankers. WILLIAM H. PORTER, Pres't Chemical Nat'l Bank, MAN, SEWARD PROSSER, Vice-Pres't ROY A. RAI Estate of W, J. Katney. DANIEL G. REID. Rock Istand Syst DOUGLAS ROBINSON, Real Estate, ARCHIBALD D. RUSSEL! ALEXANDER H. STEVENS, Vice-Pres't Gallatin Nat'l Bank. Jor Vice: CHARLES L, TIFFANY. Vice-Pres't Tiffany & Co. ALBERT H. WIGGIN. Vice-Pres't Chase BAK, EN BAKER, DAVISO: OFFICERS ‘VERSE, President. SEWARD SSER, Vice-Pres, Vice-Pres. THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr., Vice-Pres. Remove core, loowen frat oan, 1.add a teaspoontal of ABBOTT'S BI This aye fruit abd gupar to sult taste, “Gives € Beet an ‘adda greatly to the zing and tonic © OW () Serve Crape Fruit eee ITTERS fralteerved in this manner.