Life — March 24, 1910 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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ai bile al Sg ® Swivel Catch Adjusts itself to ev- ery motion by the swing of the swivel. fv C°M-C Clasp Neatest and smallest. Cannot unfasten or slip, Garter Without Objections Men prefer it because itwill not tear the stocking and will not bind the leg 25 cents will convince you Toe best dealers have them, or sample ‘Send your dealer's name and CLARK MFG. CO. M6. Summer Street, Boston, Mass, New York, ST Broadway BN pedlg ed ow every box From Our Readers (Continued from page sot) also your general intrepidity in pre- g certain subjects that other pub- lications dodge with great persistency and nimbleness. Your statement appearing from time to time in your publication that Lire and one other are the only publications not under the control of some “ in- terest," strikes. me as mathematically correct. At57 West 28th St.,New York, For past 16 years. Tallored Gowns from 865. ‘J. 1, COMSTOCK, Ladies’ T: A Psalm of “ Life” ELL us not Improper Numbers, Lire is banished for a time, For the newsstands of pure Boston - Will not sell it for a dime. TAILORED GOWN Remodeled, Refitted. On poor Daphne put a fig-leaf, Hang white towels on the line. Auntie’s register—please close it, And the number will be fine. Lire is bright and Lire is truthful, But we do not dare to laugh When the newsstands of pure Boston Will not sell it for a half. Some one surely must have read it, Banished it in selfish glee. “You must not see Lire Improper, But it is all right for me. From a Reader. An Impropriety Impropriety is more or less a matter of environment and education. In Japan they no more think of being shocked at revelations of the human form than Adam did before the serpent demoralized the Garden of Eden, A pony ballet would be manifestly im- proper in Fourth Street, but nobody would ever blush at the display of hosiery upon the stage. A Salome dancer would feel very much embarrassed in a drawing room, but would be quite at home and perhaps even modest in the limelight. Live this week, after much wavering, has issued its “ Improper Number,”’ and will, no doubt, get in bad with the prudes. But, as Lire says, “ Impropriety should be taken young. Impro- priety acquired after the formative pe- riod is much more dangerous; the safest intellect is that which has exhausted the literary classics at a period of life when there is still time for other interests to arrive in due season and successfully * neutralize them,” “No mind properly grounded in the impropriety of classical literature is in any danger whatever from the effects of modern salacists. To those who remember their classics, Three Weeks is a joke."’ Hereafter, let Boccaccio, Rabelais, Bal- zac, Ben Jonson, and the other rare ones be considered not as meat for strong men, but as milk for babies! Then, per- haps, we will be able to enjoy impro- priety without vulgarity, and to approach without the blush of shame the delight- fully ‘Improper Number’? which we have before us! —Cincinnati Times-Star. For BILIOUSNESS Try Hunyadi-Janos NATURAL APERIENT WATER, Avoid Substitutes A Damaging Confession When a woman says, ‘Thank Heaven, I'm through with my Spring house-cleanin, makes a mortifying confession. She admits that for twelve months she allowed her house to grow dirtier, month by month, until it became just twelve times as dirty as it should have been. What excuse does she offer? Why do this thing only once or twice a year? Because of the confusion, the misery, the worry it causes. * House - cleaning time!" Who does not shudder to think of it! 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I am not afraid to send the Duntley Pneumatic Cleaner a thousand miles away and let it tell its own story. I want you to know why this cleaner has won grand prizes in this country and Gold Medals abroad. you to realize that it is cheaper to have a Duntley Pneumatic Cleaner than to be without one. Let me prove what I claim —in your own home. I will take all the risk. If you do not find that the Duntley Cleaner is an actual house- hold necessity, send it back. Duntley Pneumatic Clea: ers are operated by the ordi- |. nary electric light current. Where there is no electricity, hand-power machines |can be furnished. Prices range from $45.00 to $125.00. Small monthly payments, when desired. Fill out and mail to me today the coupon below. J. W. Duntley, Pres., 430 Harvester Bldg., Chicago ~Cut on this Line and Mait Coupon ct Once Duntley Manufacturing Co., 430 Harvester Bldg., Chicago Send me your buok oa let of Duntley Porematic Cleaners for household use, and fife house-cleaning. Name. 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