Life — April 7, 1910 — page 61: what you’re looking at

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7y,Ph. D. Drop "Term opens FZ ‘year have centered fn 5 Copley S4.. Boston. The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 644) on the British possessions, and hardly ever rises o’er the Thames. * 8 « In short, Mr. Shorter—shake! We bear no malice. A long Lire, and a merry one—every week in the year You recall the ditty {ohn Bull. John Rall, your belly’s so full ou cannot era three-legged stool. Was it Kipling or Mother Goose? As Americans, we disremember. (See Worcester.) But, never, never, never must those lines be recited by the New Zealander standing on Brooklyn Bridge (which spans, as ev lishman knows, the falls of and sketching the ruins of the lish language immediately opposite S Paul's W. T. Larned. Who Said It First ? In one of its attacks on Lloyd-George “limited,” but assured) the London Specta tor quoted the well-worn axiom, “You may fool some of the people,” cte., and attributed it, naturally enough, to Lincoln. Comes now a correspon- dent who informs the editor that the saying originated not with the great emancipator but with that immortal advertiser the late Phineas T. Bar- num. It seems that Ainsworth R. Spofford long ago looked the thing up, ran it down, and found that if Phineas did not say it first then it must be credited to that inveterate classic writer Anonymous It cheers us to discover that all the good things in recent years have not been said by Lincoln, Mr. Simeon Ford or Mr. Oliver Herford. All anterior wit is, of course, very properly ascribed to Sydney Smith or Joe Miller. (Mark Twain is a humorist.) Also it grows monotonous when one leads the con- versation artfully up to a certain point, seizes the psychological moment for apt delivery and discharges the volley of verbal fireworks, only to hear some Young Thing with a mink throw pertly vemark: “Say, did you get that from Lire? Isn't it grand!” As we were saying, we are glad to see the credit distributed. In the Rebuild Your Overworked Physique into Sturdy Strength and Vigor How often do you come home at night too dogged tired to even respond to the pleasant reception awaiting you? Life’s struggle becomes more and more intense as the twentieth century progresses. Mentally and physically you must conserve your energies, build up your strength and equip yourself for the test. You must have sleep, good digestion, steady nerves, bone and muscle, clear mind. These can be secured, maintained and enhanced by the use of Pabst Extract The Best Tonic Being an extract of rich barley malt and choicest hops, it furnishes nourishment in predigested form and acts as a tonic. A desire for food is stimulated and power furnished the system to draw quicker, better and greater energy from what you eat. At the same time the gentle, soothing effects of the hops re- store your nerves to their normal state. Peaceful and refreshing sleep is induced, the brain strengthened and new life given to the tired muscles. Physicians of repute everywhere are constantly vouching for the merits of Pabst Extract, The ‘‘Best’’ Tonic, by recommending it to strengthen the weak and build up the overworked; to relieve in- somnia and conquer dyspepsia; to help the anaemic and aid the nervous; to assist nursing mothers and invigorate old age. Order a Dozen from Your Local Druggist Today Insist Upon It Being Pabst A Library Sitp, good for Books and Magasines, te packed with each bottle, Booklet and Picture "Baby's First Adventure” sent free on request. PABST EXTRACT CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS. cuchre of life it isn’t reasonable to sup- pose that the joker goes so often to the same man. And let us be slow in wreathing Barnum’s bust with the laurel of that phrase. If it wasn’t Lincoln's, and if P. T. said it, some time or another, we have a notion of our own where he picked it up. Where indeed but from his peerless prince of press agents—artful arranger of al- literative adjectives in adroit advertise- ments of the Greatest Show on Earth —he whose activities, alas! have ebbed = t pleasing aromatic for all wine, spirit, and soda verages. A delightful tonic and invigor- ator. At wine merchants’ and druggists’. important to seo that it is Abbott's. ere occasion arose for their employ- ment in that literary three-ring circus where the publisher cracks his whip and the Best Selling Author turns back (Continued on page 645) Makes the best cocktail. Aids digestion. A comicbooks.com