Life — June 3, 1909 — page 49: what you’re looking at

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A Library Experience (Continued from page 796) I mean, for the coming year. And, of course, anything that’s printed must be right.”” Ttold her that I would bring her a little book in which she could find all the important epochs sed dates in history arranged just in the order at's mighty sweet of you. I told ladies that I knew we'd find someone here “d krow. And, by the way, my dear, could i month's Making Home Happy? has the finest recipe for boiling rice! I'm no chicken. I've been cooking for twenty But that recipe for boiling rice just on y eyes! Drop the rice (well-washed, ei course), right into boiling water, and let it jor half an hour, if you want to. You'd ised how lovely it is. Take my advice. double-boiler, my dear. It's not neces- sry, and with the new way there's only one jan to wash." Before 1 could make a courteous escape an- ber of the club attacked me. * she began, “you are new here, I hope you will like us all. I was saying to Mrs. Morowitz that you are the ¢ of my friend Gertie Hally, who lives hicago. Do you know her?” I regretted that I did not “Well, I'l send my boy her picture for you to sec. derful, the resemblance! "” Then I supplied the entire club with histories sbich [ knew they would never read, and sent over after supper Really, it’s <1 just in time to find a little girl start- itg out of the library with a cheap translation of Hugo's “ L’Homme Qui Rit.” Very gently I shed her if she were going to read that book, tot telling her what a chronicle of horror it is “No. It's for papa,” she exclaimed. “ He's had nervous prostration, and I want something to make him laugh.’ Itold her that I knew a book a good deal fun- tier than that one. She was very sweet about it, and accepted as a substitute a collection of 0. Henry's wholesome, nonsensical stories. I didn't want papa to have a relapse. 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