Life — August 5, 1909 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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LAE see Do You Ever Go Home? | Copyrignt 19 by Lite Pod Co Then beautify your home with cheerful ‘things, On receipt of twenty-five cents we will send you our little book, the new pocket edition, of L/I PRINTS con- taining 160 reproductions of these most artistic and pleas- ure-giving pictures. ‘BOY'S BEST FRIEND India Print, 22x18 in. Copyright 1908 by Life Pod Co Always a Welcome ‘The prints described, whose prices are given,are PHOTO- GRAVURES of the highest possible quality and finish, STORY THAT NEVER GXOWS OLD Neither care nor expense has India Print, 22% 18 in. $2.00 been spared attain: the very best artistic results. Copyrtebt 1904 by Life Pot, Co. 160 Pictures THE SWEET MAGIC OF SMOKE Photogravure, 22 X17 in. $1.50. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st Street, NEW YORK WRITERS—ARTISTS Weall Storien, Jokes, Perm, Iastrations, Dex abable Btaterial on Covtmis- est prices and can pal ef yor ro Henry James a la Jigsaw A Literary Discovery I TOOK my jigsaw yesterday ‘And made a puzzle in this way— I'm very fond of simple games— I took @ page of Henry James, And this I fastened on a strip Of shingle with a solid grip, And sawed it up—well, I should guess, To ninety pieces, more or less. I mixed them wholly up, and then I tried to make them gee again, And, do you know, when Iwas through I read that page a time of two, And to my-very great The paragraphs before my My wonderment was most intense— Made really quite a lot of sense, And could Be understood! So strange it was I thought I'd see Exactly how it came to be, And sought another copy of His complex little tale of love And there it was in plainest sight, IT W. NOT PUT TOGETHER RIGHT! The pieces fitted to a dot, And made a pretty little plot, But it was not a little bit Like what the author really writ! L wonder if ‘tis Henry's scheme So to conceal his thought and theme That only those on puzzles bent Can find out what he really meant? —B y Gray. There Was a Reason To the leader of a band in Omaha, jocula: spoken of in that locality as “the worst in sev different States.” there once came a man with a request that the band play at a cousin's funeral “Ts it a military funeral?" asked the leader “Not at all,”* was the reply. “My cousin was no military man—in fact, he was never even in- terested in matters military. Nevertheless, i was his express wish that your band should play at his funeral."?) The leader was surpri flattered. “Is that so?” he asked. sponded the other. “He said he wanted every: body in Omaha to be sorry that he died.""—An gonaut, “Your grandfather used to be grand- father’s hired man.” “Yes, and your grand father died owing him a year’s waces. Eh, what ?"’—Clereland Leader, No, this is not Esperanto: Koom oontaw thez yelauoo sandz, And then taak handz Koorrtsid hwen ceoo h: af kist The wayld waavz hwis Nor is it the song of a boy scout who is im ing the bellow of the hedgehog and at the sar time whistling between his teeth, No. It is Shakespeare's lyric, “Come unto these yellow sands,” ete., as rewritten after the Elizabethan style.—London Globe. FOR MEN OF BRAINS THIN MEN’S LAUGHS ARE WEAK, PAT MEN'S LAUGHS ARE HALE. THE BOW-WOW’S IS ACCORDING Remember. Whether naturally perfect or not, your teeth require daily care, and will well repay the regular use of Calvert's Carbolic Tooth Powder. Price from rsctt Sample and Booklet from Park & Ta. New York. Maks . Calvert & Co, Manchester, England. Canadian Depot 369 Dorchester Street West Montreal comicbooks.com