Life — February 11, 1909 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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LIQUEUR Peres Charlteu AND YELLOW— NTURI GRAND FINAL At first-class Wine Merchants, Groce Heiter & Co., 45 Broadway, New Y Sol ts for Uulted 8 . Hotels. Cafes, KN. Y. the dependent children in sore need of help. Ty seems to her also the 250,000 American pros. | tutes would like “ to be women,"” too. When men and women work together for the communities of which they are members Judge Lindsay's words ring with truth and hope Where “influence” is trusted the conditions he describes do not exist. New York. Marcverire Ravxiy, Life’s Letter Box foundation of the Republic. These laws in my opinion would not exist at this time if it were not for the powerful influence of woman's suf- frage, which at all times has been back of them, and those who have faithfully administered them. If left to the men of the State any proposition to revoke the right bestowed upon women would be overwhelmingly defeated.’”’—Ben Lindsay Will Live: explain what there is about this to terrify, of “keep us from being women’ most singular of all, affect “our appearance on the street!’ As even the New York Times has discarded this last argument can Lire not bury it, too? The suffragist and the f fragist now follow the fashion with just the same enthusiasm and Jook well or ill precisely fashion decides. In Denmark, Norway, $ Finland, Australia, New Zealand, where women vote, large hats are worn and the dress of the first English woman elected mayor hangs straight down from her armpits. As in the above coun- tries there is an eight-hour law for women, and no night work allowed, they have more time to consider these things. Our grandmothers pickled, and sewed, and made soup and candles, or there were none. They were real economic factors in the commu- nity. Those days are gone. To be deprived of work—to have to invent it—is torture to any normal human being, and leads straight to friv- olity. With new leisure and education women look about and see the prison, the police court, Cablegram in the New York Times reports as the second best selling book in England today ! The Climber By E. F. BENSON Author of ‘*Sheaves,"’ ‘‘The Image in the Sand,”* etc. The story of ambitious Lucia Grimson who gains the goal of her dreams—social leadership—at the expense of all that is best in life, to realize the futility of it all when the law of recompense demands a re- morseless accounting. This is Mr. Benson’s best novel; modern society. a fine study of human character and of (Frontispiece. Fixed price, $1.40) cca © ~—— @ nsxx DousLepAY PAGE & Co. New Yorx. It is Summer in CALIFORNIA ARIZONA, MEXICO LOUISIANA, TEXAS YOU CAN Golf, Boat, Bathe, Ride, Drive. Fish, Motor, Yacht, Cance, Coach EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR Southern Pacific Sunset Route The rae Winter Gatewa: Window Route Bieler ‘Eganewen All the Way New Orleans to San Francisco Ten-day stopover allowed at New Orleans o0 all ckets WHO SAYS I'M SLOW; JUST LOOK HOW LONG IT’S TAKING THE ARROWS ON THIS ROULETTE WHEEL TO § 5 Woman’s Number of Life An Invitation to All Women Writers a the Spelng Lire, will tesue a \oan's which will be welticn ek eserve the usual privties spot sulted to Live's f the wll with those « cleverest and most orietoal { of the week may be expressed 10 one line. All contributions should be sent in before March 1,°1909, addressed to the Editor of Lire. 17 West Thirty-frst Btreet, New York: comicbooks.com