Life — March 18, 1909 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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Sparks from Old Anvils (Continued from page 376) Of Wit xpected, since I am upon this should take notice of Mr. Dry- of wit; which, with all the defer- ro the judgment of so great a erly a definition of wit as of ral. Wit, as he defines it, is words and thoughts adapted to i this be a true definition of wit, ink that Euclid was the greatest pen to paper: it is certain there ater propriety of words and the subject than what that of in his Elements. I shall jer if this definition agrees he has of wit. If it be a true {r. Dryden was not only a better ter wit, than Mr. Cowley; and re facetious man than either —Addison, Spectator, No. 62. It may be ¢ Consciousness The area of consciousness is covered by layers f baditval thou lished by long attrition against ¢ thoughts remain very much » day to day, even from week to grow older, from month to from year to year. The tides of akening consciousness roll in upon them daily el eyelids, and keep up the A ratle movement and murmur of ordinary mental oi ein oo the seabed a sromble—the mild forerunner, oF | we close them again in slumber. untain n racludium, of a grunt. we are thinking we are for the safe, * He must be roasted. 1 am not ignorant that listening to the sound of attrition | Ca tafford to lose it when he can geta our ancestors ate them seethed, or boiled—but nert elements of our intelligence. what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument! es a little, they change their There is no flaver comparable, I will contend, her, they roll over and turn to that of the crisp, tawney, well-watched, not ow and then a new frag- urass over-roasted, crackling, as it is well called—the n among them, to be worn and very teeth are invited to their share of the pleas- ce its place with the others, but ure at this banquet in overcoming the eos, brittle iT i sista e adhesive oleaginous—QO, cal Re pesenieat ata citys noroughe ; i {bot an indefnable sweetness growing Wendell Holmes, in Over the Tea~ Garman Sliver ’taeib-em to it—the tender blossoming of fat—fat . Rolled Gold for 25 cts, cropped in the bud. ken in the shout—in the Roast Pig first innocence—the cream and quintessence of pemeapret F the child-pig's yet pure food—the no lean, acies in the whole mundus Slips over the cap and clamps but a kind of animal manna—or, rather, fat and intain it to be the most deli- the pen to the pocket. The n (if it must b so blended and running obsoniorum, | only clip in which spring doesn’t weaken into each other, that both together make but of Hoses Srown porkers things be- | from use. If not found at stationer’s, one ambrosian result, or common substance— nd pork—those hobbydehoys—but a . . F “The E: Elia,” haries Lamb. and tender suekling—under a moon old— | sent by mail on receipt of price. Brom" The. Essexe.of Bite," by. Cartes Please give stationer’s name and address, ] Judicious Flattery Hee amor inmunditiae, the hereditary falling Consolidated Safety Pin Co. Women have in general but one object, which i parent, yet manifest—his voice as yet 192 Farrand St. Bloomfield, N. J. is their beauty; upon which, scarce any flattery ct broken, hut something between a childish Ginette pen. is too gross for them to swallow. Nature has ———=— _ hardly formed woman ugly enough to be insen- rihle to flattery upon her person; if her face is so shocking that she must in some degree be conscious of it, her figure and air, she trusts, make ample amends for it. If her figure is de- A book of 90 plans and photographs of houses that formed her face she thinks counterbalances it. have been built at costs ranging from $1,000 to If they are both bad, she comforts herself that has graces; a certain manner; a je ne scois $10,000. still more engaging than beauty. This truth is evident from the studied and claborate Designed by Leading Architects dress of the ugliest women in the world. An undoubted, uncontested, conscious beauty is of 4 F F . all women the least sensible of flattery upon that Each plan is of a house actually built and is accompanied by head; she knows it is her due, and is therefore photographs of the finished house. In most cases the cost is obliged to nobody for giving it her. She must given, Hou: be flattered upon her understanding; which a ses of frame, stone, brick, cement, shingle, stucco of many kinds, and though she may possibly not doubt of herself, Many sorts of lots, are included. yet she suspects that men may distrust—Lord ‘The book is beautifully printed on coated paper and bound in art paper. Chesterfield, Letters. Sent Postpaid for only 25 Cents - ‘Wrap up Coins in Heavy Paper or send Stamps. Address Professional Courtesy THE JOHN:C. WINSTON COMPANY, Dept. 26, 1006 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Beat Gp vou. lawyers mesa’ by “professional Publishers of “ House and Garden ™ the Illustrated Monthly Magazine. sing a rich client down the line.”’— Cleveland Leader. comicbooks.com