Life — March 11, 1909 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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This phenomenon is explained by the fact that in the seventeenth century the colony was peopled almost entirely by the Irish In “The Cradle of the Deep Sir Frederick Treves gives the following incident illustrative of the care with which this dialect has been pre- served. It is quoted from Ober. An Irishman fresh from Donegal arrives at Montserrat, and leaning over the steamers rail, addresses himself in the following terms to a coal- black negro who has come alongside with pro- a2 ; Cuffee, phwat’s the chance for a lad ashore?” “ Good, yer honor, if ye’re not afraid of wurruk But me name's not Cuffee, an’, plase ye, it’s Pat Mulvaney.’ “ Mulvaney Oirish?”” Oi do.” “The saints defend vs! yer been out here? ”’ “A matter of tin year or so."* “Tin year! An’ yez black as me me soul, I took yez for a naygu Companion. And do ye mane to say ye're An’ how leng have Save —Youth’s Tramp: Lady, I'm near perishing from ex- posure! Lavy: Are you a congressman or a senator?— Town Topics. Their Ruling Passion If John D.’s generosity should make him feel inclined To give the Plebs a gallery for paintings, we would find ; By way of stipulation he'd be very apt to say: “All paintings there must be of oil from 26 Broadway.”’ And Andrew C. should give some dough with similar intent, Which, for a home for modern art, must care- fully be spent, No doubt with thoughts of “ Auld Lang Syne,” he naturally would feel That all the steel engravings should be made from “U. S. Steel.’ —Lippincott’s. Getting Into Practice It is often pleasanter to theorize than to per- form, A young law student, says a writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer, was making a study of certain processes of his future profession. He showed an inclination to sit in the house and speculate idly, instead of doing some of the do- mestic tasks which stood waiting. “Deduction is an interesting process,” de- clared the youth to his father. “For example, there is a heap of ashes in the yard. That is evidence that the family has recently had fires.”* “Well, John,’”” interposed his father, “ sup- pose you pursue your studies a little farther by xoing out and sifting that evidence.’’—Youth’s Companion. Milton as a Wit If it is not too late in the day to come for- ward with an anecdote of Milton, the following extract from an old family letter written in 1762 to my great-great-grandfather, may interest your readers. The writer of the letter says (he was discussing Milton with his correspondents) : Possibly you may not have heard this anecdote concerning him. John Vallack—who, I believe, died after you came to Tavistock—told me it, and he lived in London in 1696. Milton, as you “, was blind. Charles the Second had the curiosity to see him, and said “God hath pun- ished you for your malice, etc., to my father by taking away your eyesight.” “ Aye,’” says Mil- ton, “ but before I lost my eyes he lost his head.”” Tt seems to be bridging the long gap of years to be reading a letter containing a “ first-hand ”* anecdote of Milton !—Spectator. ‘The Home is most ‘amily. Directions for Washing AMERICAN HOSIERY Underwear Pure Silk AS Ik fabrics are ly ruined by improper treatment, these instruc- tions are important. The washing and rinsing should be done in warm water, not over 110 degrees. Use no strong laundry soap, soda, chemicals, powders or washing compounds. Pure olive oi soap is best for silk. Wash carefully, rubbing as little as possible, and never on a wa Shape the garments when dryir iron carefully when very slightly damp, Nine Highest Awards, wine wonton "AN HosieRY AMERICAN oerwen THADE MARE Be this label Is on the garment AMERICAN HOSIERY COMPANY 108 and 110 Franklin Street, New Y Unappreciated Sympathy The soda fountain clerk was engaged in viger- ously shaking up a chocolate and egg, saysa writer in the Bellman, when suddenly the gla broke in his hands, and the ensuing deluge made him look like a human éclair. The horrified cay tomer leaned over the counter and tried to be sympathetic. Not knowing exactly what to sy, he finally blurted out, consolingly : “Oh—er—too bad! Did the glass break?” Dripping from head to foot, the clerk looked at him _witheringly “Did the glass break?’ he repeated. “Did the glass break? ”? And then with freezing sr casm, “Oh, no, not at all, not at all! You just happened to stop in while T was taking my mor ing shower."’—Youth’s Companion Ordinary ice water at meals retards digestion. Perrier supplies that sparkling lightness which ealthful and leasant for the whole ny bat Two to find that the a thirst saarted They w dary as while th between ant-look norning laconica three bi cathedra looked my R00 to tell x asked sented | in Sava Argonas You « will hay man w Went to coal cil andar pushed where 3 With the his clot Tuzzle Put the up the a clared h the refc comicbooks.com