Life — March 25, 1909 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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396 was miserable. Now she’s all right That frequently happens with dogs, you He looked significantly at Dan- this morn- know.” bar. “An idea came to m ing.” he said, “while 1 was looking at that dog and thinking about her, I'm mighty glad you came in. Are you willing to try a foolish experiment?” “Tm willing to do anything.” “Do you think I wife —casually, you formally?” “T think T might bring it about.” “Well, then, just listen ‘ could meet your understand — in- It might have been a one ternoon Danbar w home and upstairs to his wife's sitting room. He di her desk. * Busy, my dear, as v “Yes—my correspondence is growing What vered her all the time s that package in the hall?” “Oh, that,” reminds me carelessly, “ that are you prepared to do me a favor? I know you are aw fully voice was soft. and pleasant. He got the engaged in opening it “I hate to trouble you about such a nail matter, busy.” His package and was said, “but one of the nen in fice—my most valuable FOR LADIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD A MAID (ona HUSBAND) “PE man—has and | Do you think——” contents of the package, find time to dress this doll for a little girl in the hospital, wanted to send her something Here he opened the “you could possibly me?” Mrs. Danbar got up from the desk. Her eyes fastened fixedly upon this new object, with its beautiful pink cheeks, its flufly hair, “How funny friend of Doctor Pruden—said the other evening that he if I had ing afterward what a silly thing to s She moved doll, T s baby face. she exclaimed. “T yours—what's his n: knew I would just love a doll ne, and I couldn't help think toward the color came to her face. “What a dear!” she exclaimed. pas- sionately clasping the inanimate thing and straining it to her breast. The tears “How foolish of “Dear me, I came to her eyes. me!" she murmured. should love to dress it.” She turned almost unconsciously and closed up her desk, still with the doil in her arias. “Jack! I'm a fool!” she exclaimed again, struggling for mastery. Danbar laughed replied, “We are all girls and boys, aren't we? But you wit “Nonsense! he haven't answered my question. you do me that favor?” In reply she hugged the doll tighter than ever. “OF course!" she exclaimed. “Oh, 1 will make some clothes for her, and get a crib and just have the only-—" she paused and looked light was in her have her back!” she loveliest at him: a new, strange eyes—" you can't exclaimed. “She is mine! And her delighted husband, seeing ahead of him visions of a new li full replied, “ Yes, all to yourself, to do just as you Don't be afraid. I won't interfere! Only, I declare, for a mo- ment there I didn’t know but you were aciually going to show your teeth and grow] at me.” Chesterton Todd Medical Maxims O operation is without dishonor, ex- pt_in its own clinic. of hope and promise, dear. please with The path of physic leads but to the grave. Easy money—see appendix. Time waits for no prescription Now behold three things: doctoring. nursing and nature; but the greatest of these is nature. Where there’s a pill there's a pay, Mr, Bird: BEEN TO A WOMAN'S RIG MEETING, EM? THE NEXT THING, Yo! EXPECT MZ TO LAY THE EGGS! What Every Woman Knows HAT her own particular husband is not so large hearted and generous as the husband of some other woman. That her present gowns are wholly in adequate to the occasion. That a trip to Europe at least every other year is necessary to maintain her in health. That her own family physician is the only man who knows anything about medicine. That it is a great mistake not to buy a new motor car every year That Salome isn’t so bad as she thought it was going to be. A WOMAN'S RIGHT comicbooks.com