Life — January 7, 1909 — page 49: what you’re looking at

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Long Winded Clergymen S Sir Roger was going on in his story, the A gentleman we were talking of came up to us; and upon the Knight's asking him who preached to-morrow (for it was Saturday night), told us, the Bishop of St. Asaph in the morning and Dr. South in the afternoon. He then showed us his list of preachers for the whole year, where I saw with a great deal Archbishop. Tillotson, Bishop Dr. Barrows, Dr. Calamy, with authors who have published dis- s of practical divinity. 1 no sooner saw erable man in the pulpit, but I very proved of my friend's insisting upon alifications of a good aspect and a clear for I was so charmed with the grac fulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfac- tion. A sermon repeated after this manner is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor. could heartily wish that more of our coun- lergy would follow this example; and in- of wasting their spirits in laborious com- positions of their own, would endeavor after a handsome elocution, and all those other tal- ents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying to the people Addison—Sir Roger de Coverly. Mrs. Malaprop on the Education of Women RS. M.: There’s a little intricate hussy for you! Sin A.: It is not to be wondered at, ma‘am; all that is the natural consequence of teaching girls to read. In my way hither, Mrs. Malaprop, I observed your nicce’s maid TO CALIFORNIA Spend the winter in California —winter’s garden ! Less than three days en route from Chicago via THE OVERLAND LIMITED Leaves Union Passenger Station, Chicago, 6.05 p.m. daily. Car- ries standard sleepers only. An- other train at 10:10 p.m. Carries standard and tourist sleepers. Descriptive books free. summer F. A. MILLER, G.P.A., - :Chicego GEO. A. BLAIR, G.E.A., New York CHICAGO MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY Everybody asks this question after a fire. The next question, which is just as im- portant, ‘‘ What Company ?”’ nobody asks. The property owners of America pay annually three hundred million dollars in premiums for fire insurance, but not one in ten of them knows even the name of the Company whose policy may be his only asset in case of disaster. Do YOU know? If not, what an astonishing state of affairs for an enlightened, business-like Ameri- can citizen. If you do know the name of the Company, what do you know of its standing or its reputation for fair dealing? The Hart- ford Fire Insurance Company for ninety- nine years has paid promptly every just claim, so that to-day it does the largest Was It Insured? fire insurance business in America. ‘When next you insure tell your agent you want to Insure in the Hartford Losses paid ‘Cash Without Discount” Agents ‘Everywhere ary; she had a book in each hand—th ere half- bound volumes, with marble covers: from that moment, I guessed how full of duty I should see her mistress! s Those are vile places, indeed! Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge !—It blossoms through the year! And, depend on it, Mrs. Malaprop, that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last. Mrs M.: Fie, fie, Sir Anthony, you surely speak laconically. _Six A.: Why, Mrs. Malaprop, in modera- tion, now, what would you have a woman know? Mrs. M.: Observe me, Sir Anthony—I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning; I don’t think so much Jearning becomes a young woman ;—for instance—I would never Ict her meddle with 0 Algebra, or Simony, or or such inflammatory branches of learning; nor will it be necessary for her to handle any of your mathematical, astronomical, diabolical instruments; but, Sir Anthony, I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice. Then, sir, she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and, as she grew up, I would have her in- structed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries; above all, she should be taught orthodoxy. This, Sir Anthony, is what I would have a woman know; and I don't think there is a supersti- tious article in it. Sir A.: Well, well, Mrs. Malaprop, I will dispute the point no further with you: though T must confess, that you are a truly moderate and polite arguer, for almost every third word you say is on my side of the question. Sheridan—The Rivals. comicbooks.com