Life — February 11, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Souls SOUL is an imaginary, inalienable and intangible something which cannot be cut out by a surgeon, dosed by a physician, mowed down by the grim reaper or embalmed by the undertaker, but it can be somewhat jollied along by the preacher. Souls are of two kinds,—saved and lost, and, while lost souls may be saved, SLOP! 77 ARE you Tam rue ag VNEQ now 1 youn SPARE Rahenelll “ ADVERTISING PAYS “ USE MODERN METHODS it is hard to lose a soul that has once been saved. It has been said that two souls equal one thought, which equals one or more issues which frequently evolve into an argument or scrap and terminating sometimes in divorce and alimony. Efforts have been made to weigh the soul, but they have not yet got beyond the magazine sections of the yellow newspapers. Ellis O. Jones. BE WANG Mg * lieve RY LASSIE DD) | HAS HER LAQUIE y THIS i 6 Ya Your i CHANCE WN \isr- THE YZ "BENEFIT Moor my LONG WN axo WAR 19) EXPERIENCE SNS SI USS — SS SS === Back to the Farm ELL, Silas, what did you find new down to the city? ”” “Why, somethin’ wuth seein’, The hull place is full 0’ cabs with cash regis- ters on ‘em, an’ red flags to show folks it's dangerous to dispute the fare. They call ‘em taxidermy cabs, ‘cause ef you don’t mind, the drivers ’Il jest take the skin off ye.” * comicbooks.com