Life — June 3, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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WRITERS, ARTISTS We sell Stories, Jokes, Poems, Mlustrations, Designs, and ‘all Pubilshabie material on Commisslon, ELIMINATE TIRE TROUBLE eens & and automobiling becomes an ideal pastime and a commercial success. THE BURELL SYNDICATE When a tire deflates from puncture (as below) the casing as well as the ibs Beanewiek Dade. New Tore tube is injured. ‘The casing is weakened through having been run flat. This is called rim-cutting. Ninety per cent. of all blowouts come from rim-cuts. f I NEVER WOULD HAVE COME IF I'D KNOWN THEY MAD A CAT ON BOARD,’” who eschew the pink supplement will doubtless avoid the book, for if they read it it will be with a heavy heart and a sigh of relief when the sad task is ended. We are told in the advertise- and artist were restrained by nothing but pro- pricty. Perhaps the results would be less de- DOW TIRE COMPANY pressing if next time they were given entire NEW YORK—2000 Broadway BOSTON—893 Boylston St. freedom. . Katrine, by aeartney Lane. Harper & DEALERS EVERYWHERE Bros, New York. 190 The charm and vitality of Mrs. Lane's last novel adds another touch of sadness to her un- =— - _ ——= | timely death. “Katrine” is a great advance k yey Janes Yorns and Other Salted Songs. Thomas upon “Nancy Stair,” and Mrs. Lane would Boo S. ‘ Henry Holt & ; ry : ‘ ; oe oi doubtless have improved steadily in power of Those who take delight in the pink pictures | characterization and sense of the interplay of of the Sunday morning papers and whose desire Character and iceldent. IA this book mbe ac for wit and humor is satisfied thereat will be in- * . 5 against the carefully nourished family pride of terested in Davy Jones’ Yarns About the Ice e ‘ ¥ ed y pride The Lincoln centenary has flooded the maine? Cream Berg, the Mince Pirates, ete. ete. Those (Continued on page 753) with machine-made books of no ¢: value athe = - u or interest. “Lincoln's Love Story" is perhaps as convincing as any love story could be which has to be written in the subjunctive mood and where the tensest emotions must be introduced by hypothetical phrascs— doubtless she often felt,” and “perhaps she said,” ete. There is little authentic data to go on in the tale of Lin- coln's love for Anne Routledge, and the book is + Ape Safety Automatio largely made up of very palpable padding. 4 Tie Death of, Lincoln, by Clara B. Lavehin, REVOLVER Doubleday, Page & Co. 1909 The details of the murder of President Lin- . coln, the tragic death of John Wilkes Booth, and | [iq 2 y is not a revolver for you to make tem- the trials of Davey Herold, George A. Atzerodt, P y porarily safe by throwing on or off Lewis Payne, Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, Michael some button or lever, but a revolver O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Sam Arnold and , Dr. Samuel Mudd are here gathered together that sue have made permanentiyand with industry and care, and by dint of pictures, R . automatically safe by the patented ex maps, extracts from contemporary papers, ap- clusive Iver Johnson construction. pendices, ete., it makes a good-sized volume. The r , hook contains interesting material and might to Our Free Booklet, ‘‘Shots,’’ tells the whole story. Send your advantage have been better constructed and bet- name on a postal—it will be mailed free with our full catalogue. ter written, Wer Johnson Safety Hammer Revolver | Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless Revolver Richly nickeled, 22 cal. rim-6re o 32 cal. center- Richly nickeled, 3: a ters a Day Dreams of Greece, by Charles Wharton Stork. bute hey eae eae eee 80| Gor pipe iia nary mrad | J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, . Env length bbl. of blued finish at alight extra com.! Extra length BOL of bleed Gnish at alight extra cost Mr. Stork has made a point of telling a: 2 m ‘Sold by bardware and Sporting Goods dealers everywhere, or sent prepaid on receipt of price if dealer in verse the stories of Ganymede, Psyche, Phile- 3 “ean ‘will not supply. Look for the owl's bead on the grip and our name oa the barrel. mon and Baucis, placing them in their own orig- <->, Wer Jobason’s Arms & Cycle Works, 186 River Street, Fitchburg, Mass. % Lies ‘ is " inal setting. Considering the point he makes *, : ‘York: 99 Cham! treet fambarg, any? ben there is less of the scenery of Greece than might ee Forks Gan Prasceoct Pu EbelaniGoe be expected. The poems are pleasant reading, It Markot Btrcet but give no indication of surpassing merit, nor should we deem they heralded a new talent or an original endowment. Lincoln's Love Story, by Elinor Atkins, Doubleday, Page & Co. 1909. comicbooks.com