Life — November 5, 1908 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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d and ageed ; time, been “an be Mout SIGNS OF OLD ENGLISH INNS There was one thing about the old-fashioned inn to hich such attention was paid, and that was the Ata time when few people could read se signs were indispensable in everyday lly in the towns, and as inns and taverns eere always common, their distinctions gave the name many a street, for not infrequently they were the st buildings to be erected. Many of the combina- whimsically, and a writer in the British rnboa os 707 says: amused at the signs AAs I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture— A Magpie and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven St The Scissors and Pe The Axe and the Mottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot. —The Queen, SHIRTLESS CONTENT Charles. Frohman, who is rapidly esta * world theatre "—a theatre where the world’s first playwrights performers work on American lines ander his direction—talked the other day about con- I don’t work for money,” he said. “The hardest workers never work for money. When did money bring content? “You know the story of the satrap and the Persian physician? A certain young and proftigate satrap, ex tausted alike in body and mind, sent for a famous Persian physician, and said: “T have squandered my youth in riotous living My frame is enfecbled like an old man’s and my ind is disordered with remorse and horror. C: yoa be “The Persian physician, looking gravely at the pale p, answered: have but one hope. Go forth and find, if , a perfectly contented man. Persuade this man to exchange shirts with you, and you will tway be strong and happy again.” ¢ satrap set out upon his search. He traveled any months in But at last he heard of a cobtler who was said to be absolutely contented. “The satrap came at last to the cobbler’s door. The house wa a hovel, and on a board before it tbe cobbler lay asleep. Awaking him, the satrap asked were true that he was quite contented, and the . with a laugh, declared that he was. Then,’ said the satrap, ‘I have a boon to ask at hands. It is that you will exchange shirts with For thus, a wise physician has said, I may be come strong and contented also.” the cobbler shook his head Most cheerfully would I grant your request, young man,’ he began, ‘but— ay, nay, deny me not,’ the satrap cried. *T will poy y yy sum that you may name. t your gold, youth,’ said the cobbler, The truth is, T have no shirt.’ "—Washington NO PERSONAL GRUDGE Lovejoy Elliott, head worker of Hudson Gsild Settlement, in New York, was lecturing some bors from the water front on the doings of Nero. He gave a vivid picture of the cruelty of the emperor, sed thousht that he must have fixed the idea of non- ethical deeds in the minds of his hearers. Then he began question yc been” ssid the teacher, “what do you think of Neto? There uss no reply, and the class moved around seas Welt Woah door. ow “i O'Brien, what do you think of Nero? he was a good man? Would you like and O'Rrien looked longingly at the wasn't Nero a bad man?" ver done nothin’ to me,” was the unexpect ed response, reflecting the Tammany policy of not Dutting in.—G. W. Wharton, in Success. pce e am 30 eke This is not too early to ih * consider the important ques- ese tion of Suitable Holiday Gifts Ste —that is, if you wish to make a selection of choice character—some- thing that is indicative of thoughtful ness rather than haste. Then don't postpone action until Christmas Eve. 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