Life — January 28, 1909 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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The Foxy Old Ultimate Can it be said that in the illimitable and inconceivable there is an Ultimate? Must there not always be infinity beyond ?—Gold- win Smith, in the Springfeld Republican, HE Ultimate is big game. Theodore Roosevelt. has been chasing him around the country for eight years, and hasn’t got him yet, He ran a race with him over the principal railroad tracks, and he played hide and seck with him in the halls of Congress. Now Theodore is going to look for him in Africa. Professor James, of Harvard, has been after the Ultimate also. He in- vented, or rather adapted a modern trap called Pragmatism, and put some nice words in the entrance for bait, but the old Ultimate is a sly dog. He wouldn't get caught. Dr. Lyman Abbott has been “ beating up" the Uhimate for some years—al- most ever since we can remember. He has tried various methods—smoking him out, advertising for him in the Outlook and talking him to death. But the Ulti- mate is still at large. We guess the Ultimate knows his business. But if he is ever to be caught, we susnect that some woman will do it. The Mission of the Irish IR HORACE PLUNKETT’S recent explanation of the mission of the Irish was very interesting. “I person- ally believe,’’ he said in an after dinner speech, “the infusion of a spiritual ele- ment into our too materialistic modern civilization is the highest aim our people can set before them Undoubtedly the spiritual element is strong in the Celtic races, including not only the Irish, but the Scotch and Welsh. In England, both the Archbishops of the Church of Eng- land are Scotchmen. In this town the proportion of male piety among citi- zens of Irish descent must be very con- siderably above the average. In many cases though it is geared as yet to curious occupations. We presume that Mr. Murphy, the Mr. Sullivans (Greater and Less), Mr. Ryan and Mr. Cochran are all more or less busy infusing the spiritual element into our civilization, though they may seem too much disposed to keep our civilization for their pains. HE tuberculosis exhibit, which has become general throughout the country, is designed to give an object lesson in the cure of the white plague to the poor people. It is rather interest ing to think that we should be at such pains to show the poor how they can prolong their lives, without giving them any inducements to do so. Unimportant ONSIDERABLE comment has been made by our papers over the fact that the /ilustrated London News re- cently referred to our Presidential ticket as follows: Mr. James S. Palmer, Vice-Presidentelect of the United States, may possibly look for- ward—, ete. That the Illustrated News does not know the name of our coming Vice- President is regarded as a fit subject of “WHAT NEXT? ’? mirth. But the only difference between ourselves and the News is that they don’t know who Mr. Sherman is, and we are trying to forget it WOMAN is a suffragette when she has no influence over men. Styles HE story of how the hideous style in woman's clothes originated is as follows: The Parisian dressmakers depend upon American trade more than any other. Last year’s panic compelled American women to wear their old clothes, which they had altered in accordance with the change in style. The result was that the Parisians found their receipts dropping off at an alarming rate. They thereupon got together, and evolved a style of gown which was cut so high in the waist that it wasn’t possible to make an old gown over to conform to it. In the Next War HEapQuarters IN THE Frevp, Tuirp Army Corps, U. S. A. Generat Stocxprip spING First Drviston. You will advance your division up Pine Ridge as soon as the Moving Pic- ture Machine is in position, using your old powder, saving the smokeless until out of range of the camera. There has been an increase in royalties from the Histroscope Picture Company. Yours, Generar Biurrincton, Commanper Tuirp Arsy Corrs, U.S.A. JESSIE CHLESME D8, comicbooks.com