Life — February 10, 1910 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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The Same Old Taunt We have bided your pleasure, dear We have caroled your worth, we have lauded your mirth, We are proud of the place that you fill. Will you give us that number Improper, Will you prove those vainglorious vaunts? Our wrath you'll incur if you longer defer And the sting of our poignant taunts. B.D. S. More About Ferrer Duar Lire:: Good for J. A. Roe! Hot-headed, but nevertheless good. Lire made the state- mest and should prove it. That's just what Lire is—a “con- scious liar” in the Ferrer case and a Koownothing one in the other cases. Here are my proofs: General Sherman was baptised and confirmed in the Catholic Church. I refer you to the issue of the New York Herald of the day the general died ; also to the Jesuit priest, Thomas Sherman, his son, and to the monument erected to him in the Catholic cemetery at St. Louis The only trouble the church in Mexico got into was in the office of Lirr, The asservations you make are truly absurd. The state and the church were separated in Mexico fifteen years before Lire. was ery religious order, excepting the Little Sisters of the Poor, was ex- relled. The present laws of Mexico to- day state that a priest may not even wear the insignia of his office—which iw, however, is not, I believe, enforced. You certainly do not contend that Diaz ~a Mason—and his followers are friendly to the church. What trouble, then, has it been in? You are the only ores that heard of it. I refer you to tte laws of Mexico. As to Ferrer: I and a great many ctber clean-minded persons formed our opinions of him from the New York Evening Post, which paper I believe, like Live (giving the devil his due), can- The Only Perfect EXHAUST HORN— Gr tively cannot clog. | Blowsat all speeds with- me ‘ine. Attaches to muffler outlet ean ahead 2% miles. $7, $8, $9, $10, Seeding to horsepower Kiet 152 gives full particulars, 21 THE RANDALL-FAICHNEY CO. Causeway St Boston, U.S.A. Victrola@ Tone That’s where the Victrola 1s pre-eminent. You might be able to build a cabinet that outwardly would resemble a Victrola. You might even copy the inside construc- tion and details, if they were not pro- tected by patents. But there is no copy- ing the superior Victrola tone-quality. That represents years of patient exper- iment—with various woods, with differ- ent proportions, with numerous vibratory surfaces—and it is simply astonishing how slight a variation in size, in shape, in position, produces discord instead of harmony. No, the Victrola tone can’t be equaled! Even though the eye could take in every detail of construction, there is still that same indescribable ‘something’ which makes the Stradivarius supreme among violins, which gives to the Victrola such a wonderfully sweet, clear and mellow tone as was never known before. Hear the Victrola today at the nearest Victor dealer’s. Ask him to play Caruso’s new ‘‘Forza del Destino” solo (88207), and “Mamma mia”, the beautiful Neapolitan song (88206). Then you'll realize the wonderful advance in quality of tone due to our im- proved process of making Victor Records. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., U.S.A. Bertiner Gramophone Co., Montreal, Canadian Distributors, To get best results, use only Victor Needles on Victor Records, Viele XI $1.25 Vignola X01 $250 Mahogany or quartered oak, $200 New Victor Records are on sale at all dealers on the 28th of each month not be influenced. I refer you to the issue of the Post, of the date of Ferrer’s execution, which could not have been in- fluenced by the church, since it was mail correspondence and was written wecks before his “ murder.’ What, then, is Lire’s ideal of an honorable man? Your calumnies have been along the usual lines of the Modernists, who can- not afford to put forth a fair article. An institution with 300,000,000 members a cannot be perfect, but you put it on quite too thick. Isn't an Irish-Scotch Presbyterian writing your stuff? Catholics generally recognize the tribe instantly. A fair test of your sporting blood would be the publication of this letter, a part of it, or one similar to it. Yours truly, W. J. D. (Continued on page 233) comicbooks.com