Life — November 19, 1908 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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FOR THOSE IN GLASS HOUSES The resident of a frail habitation Of vitreous transparent substance framed Should not amuse himself with wild jactation | Of small silicious fragments rudely aimed. | —L. T. H., in Harper's Weekly. THE SUBLIME, OR NEAR IT In Darkest Africa he stands Upon a mountain peak— A wondrous view his eye commands, As fine as man could seek A mighty forest stretches far As his keen sight can reach. Would you know now what his thoughts are? Hark! Pregnant is his speech: “ Bully!" New York Sun. MECHANICAL ILLNESS “Is this Dr. Smith?" Beg “Well, this is Mrs. Jones. I wish you would come over as soon as convenient; my cuckoo clock has a little throat trouble.""—Harper's NEITHER QUALIFIED Bernard Robbins, head of the legal depart- ment of New York's Court of Tears—this char- ity helps the poor to adjust their marital troubles without going to the expense of lawsuits—said the other da “Such work as mine makes you, if you are not careful, pessimistic about marriage, so that you find yourself telling grimly over and over again the story about St. Peter and the widower. “What? You don’t know the story? Well, it seems that two souls approached St. Peter side by side, and that the younger was repulsed sternly by the saint on the ground that since he had never been married he had never known suffer- ing. “The older man advanced with glad confi- dence. He stated that he had been married twice. “But he, too, the saint repulsed, saying, | ‘This is no place for fools.’’—Kansas City Journal, Asnevittr, N. C.t The four-season resort of the | South. Tue Manor, the English-like Inn of Asheville. A MISUNDERSTANDING | Bill Smith is a Bucks County storekeeper, and last spring he came down to Philadelphia to pur- chase his stock of goods for the summer trade. The goods were shipped immediately and reached his store before he did. Among the lot of cases and packages was a box shaped something like a coffin, When Bill’s wife saw this one she uttered a scream and called for a hammer. The dray- man hearing her shrill cries, rushed in to see what the trouble was. The wife, pale and faint, pointed to the following inscription on the box: “ Bill inside.""—Philadelphia Ledger. “Is there any method that will enable a man to understand a woman?’ queried the innocent youth, Christmas ones Crane's i CRANES Correct Soctal Si tationery O Christmas gift conveys. more delicate compliment to the recipient than a box of fine stationery—if the stationery is really fine. No stationery expresses the Ch: mas spirit of good will and at the time is more acceptable than Cra Linen Lawn. It is readily identified by the water-mark, ting paper is an even more | attractive Christmas gift when put up in | a box decorated in the Christmas spirit, r| which can afterwards be used as a glove S| or handkerchief box. Inall stores where good stationery is sold you will find the Eaton, Crane & Pike Company’s holiday and decorative boxes. These are filled with excellent writing papers, are decorated in exquisite designs to suit all tastes, and are found at prices to suit all purses, from 50c. ‘to 815. HE stock used in Crane’s Calling Cards is so free from any blemish or fault, and so perfect in the finished surface that it takes the impression from the engraved plate more beautifully thanany othercard stock. This is why it is so popular with the best stationers and with their best customers. If you ask for Crane’s no reputable dealer will offer you anything else. Samples of all these papers and cards sent on request EATON, CRANE & PIKE COMPANY, Pittsfield, Mass. “The only way to understand a woman,’? re- plied the home-grown philosopher, “is not to try. Under these circumstances she will reveal her- self sooner or later.""—Chicago News. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “It's purity has made it famous" Long recognized as the best art repro- ductions made in America. “All that an artist could ask,’? says Elihu Vedder. Abbey’s new decorations among the latest additions. Subjects ‘unobtainable in any other form — which adds to their individu- ality and distinction as Holiday Gifts At art stores or sent on approval. IL- LUSTRATED CATALOG, 300 ‘illustrations (practically a handbook of American Art), is sent for 25 cents (stamps accepted). This cost deducted from purchase of Prints themselves, which range in price from 50 | cents to $20.00. Champney's Cherub above copyright 1900 by CURTIS & CAMERON &,or'scs./cates, BOSTON