Life — January 6, 1910 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Motorist “WELL, YOU'RE Now.”? Making Sure of the Main Chance H house, Sue: Are you thinking of taking apartment? He: Not unless I should get married. Sue: If you want to live in an apart- ment house you should be sure and get a wife who would make a good cook. He: Wouldn’t it be safer to marry cook who would make a good wife? (pointing) : I understand that the Frontenac’s a nice apartment an wet ar. cmt You'}L REMEMECR THE NUMBE: coownvr, MAVE You DIP THIS MORNING YET? Friend: N-X-No, W-w-wny? "LIP E* pay her duty. A woman's work has just No woman's a zero with rules the nation spots in it. The noblest woma steady "” To vo Ss and e W. Ww. . 10 canva OW often do we curse succeeds by the stand. selves set! DEEN FOR A GOING FOR ONE CHARLES KLEIN Bor January 7, 1867 Facta canam; sed erunt qui me finxisse lo- quantur. —Ovid. Sir, we have seen most of your plays and like them. We understand that you are a Christian Scien- tist, and we should say that for truth and verity these plays of yours are by far the best thing that Mrs Eddy has done. We congratulate you both. We hope that you will continue to. im- prove in your methods, and owe wish you many happy returns of the day. CASPER FREDERICK GOODRICH Born Janvary 7, 1847 non animum mutant qui trans mare —Horace. Coelum currant. Let us hope that the American Navy will always be no more to us than “ thing of beauty and a toy forever "—some- thing to love and pla with and be proud of, but not to fight with Whenever we have had occasion to use it in the past, however, it has not failed us and, although in me- chanical equipment and the number of its ; ships it has not always been in the front rank, it has usually been able to hold its own because of the men who controlled its destinies. Not the least of these in this day and generation is Commander Goodrich. He is all right! Salute! The Suffragette’s Amended Aphorisms MERICA expects every woman to The hand that used to rock the cradle For here we see through a veil with of mankind is A perfect woman, nobly planned begun. the ballot mmand. Whitelock. n who ards we our. am ON TIME Popular Birthdays FRANK NELSON DOUBLEDAY Bors January 8, 1862 It is curious what an effect is pro- duced upon the mind by constant re- flection upon pub- lisher. And an A n publisher at rature, ly motely back the in past, appears to groan In its sleep, to toss rest- lessly. All'sorts of ap- paritions start up There is the spirit of commercialism, so ram- pant to-day, or sup- posed to be. There is a certain spirit of mock originality in which fantastic forms take the place of fundamental principles. Yet out of all this will come some day the great writer. Mr. Doubleday, among the newer gen- eration of publishers, is the most alert and forceful. Daniel Webster said of some one that he was “a steam engine in trousers."’ Mr. Doubleday is a print- ing press and a composing room rolled into one He stands like a scout in the vanguard, eagerly scanning the horizon for new vessels A young man! May his story be a long ‘one, with a constantly increasing, typographical elegance and a deepening sense of the value of art BURTON HOLMES Bor January 8, 1870 “Much have T traveled in the realms of gold.” —Keats It is the duty and the pleasure of this gentleman to detach local atmosphere from various parts of the globe and to bring it where jrecan get the benefit of it Anybody who jas watched the process by which he does this and has benefited by the results can- not fail to admire him for his ingenuity comicbooks.com