Life — August 11, 1910 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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sny and many a year ago t I sat beside the sea, nd L wrote a book for a musical show, divisions three— ade the lyrics all by hand, I said, “ They look good to me was never a King in the blooming show, 1 a tropical scene—not a tree; Nor a dialect part from first to last, ra drinking song. Ah, m No touch of the Ghetto in all the libretto: Not a Jew but the jeu d’esprit! lurgomeister bald of pate, No buxom bar-inaid free, No miser old, with a song of gold, No village gossip. She 1 type T quite abominate, So she didn’t appeal to me! There were songs that rippled of love and youth, a gurgling note of glee, a plot of the good, old-iashioned sort— Just as plain as A-B-C; And a humor deftly whimsical As the shafts of Shaw—G. B.! nil never a show-girl marred iis grace. For there was tione to be; ny ballets nor tableau stunts— rlies with dimpled knee, Nor icatured songs about elephant rides 1 ant isles Feejee! nany a year ago That I sat beside the sea, And I wrote the book for this musical show While the waves splashed heedlessly And never a-manager yet has read That mu-si-cal com-e-dee! Irving Diliow. Perfecting a Mayor W* do not know of any ci that takes as much pains with its Mayors as Lawrence, Massachusetts. Its Mayor is William White. We read that in 1893, when he was a milk inspector, he was present three hundred dollars for trying to extort money from milkmen. But Lawrence still felt that he had the making of servant in him, and ir course of time it elected him Mayor. It has lately been found necessary to send him to jail for three years for conspiracy to bribe. That is discouraging. His term of office expires with the current year, and it will be necessary to wait for a couple of years after that until he gets out of jail before reclecting bee is not convenient to have for M nan who is in jail learning to be good We hope that Lawrence will not give up Mr. White entirely. Having taken so much pains with him it should go on until it gets bis character perfected. He represents too large an faith, hope and reformatory effort to be hghtly doned. useful public investment of EW parlor matches are of the safety Outside Jobs for College Pre- sidents P* DENT TAFT wants to draft President Hadley, of Ya to serve irman of th the stock and bond issues of railroads, and the Di of New Jersey want to draft Wilson, of Princeton, to run crnor. Dr. Hadley is thinking about it, and Dr. Wilson shows a disposition to consent We hope both gentlemen will respond to this call of public duty that their respective universities will make it easy What Dr. Hadl railroads would be ve! commission to in- vestigate mocratic statesmen President for Gov for them to do so. knows about valuable to the public at this time, for Dr. Wilson to be elected Governor of New Jersey would add one more valu- able man to the group of Democrats suit- able to receive the next nomination tor President. There is plenty of precedent for col- lege presidents taking public office for a time. Dr. Andrew White took several years off to be Minister to Germany while he was president of Cornell, ar Dr, Angell, in the long term of his pr dency of Michigan University, often got long leaves of absence to accept Govern- appointments of high importance. xceptionally valuable men ought not to be tied up too close to the duties of president, which can usually be ed for a time without detriment to the college Tue original cause of death is birth. WE MAY BE FAT—DBUT STILL, WE'RE GRACEFUL! comicbooks.com -