Life — September 29, 1910 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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“PRISCILLA, THERE'S THAT husbands in the Garden, Our arrange- ments for caring for our entries are very complete. There will be smoking rooms and shower baths and bridge tables and othef necessary affairs, including all the milder stimulants, and every precaution will be taken to prevent an epidemic. Wives will be allowed to visit their hus- bands for an hour a day while the show is going on. We are now completing arrangements with the railroad companies for special rates from all points east of the Pacific Ocean and north of the Gulf of Mexico. Full particulars next week, with pro gramme and classes. Address all com- munications to Huspayps’ Coxrrsroxpexce Burrav. INSUPPEKAMLE DUKE HOVERING AnoUT YoU AGAIN.” P. S. We have just received the fol lowing letter Dear Sirs: T should like to enter myself in the Mad- ison Square Bench Show for Husbands, which I see advertised so extensively, but, unfortunately, I ain not a patron of’ your bureau. I assume that outsiders will not have the same privileges that your patrons have. I suppose you intend to have all the prizes distributed among your regular cus tomers. If they went to outsiders it would naturally look as if your courses were not doing much ond, Yours, R— H— We are gl] to take this opportunity 10 correct an er ror that may be entertained hy many We state positively that no discrimination will be made in Javer of our own trade. It is not necessary to be a member of this bureau to enier. It is highly important that these two facts be understood: While some classes { prize winners will be judged by their pearance, most of them are so ar- ranged that their chances of winning a prize could not possibly depend upon whether or not they were members of this bureau. Bridegrooms, for example. We welcome our friend heartily and all other husbands without qualification. Man’s Rights and Privileges NE privilege which man exercises is that of being absolutely heipless when it is a question of looking for anything, and he considers it his natural inherent right to have some woman find things for him. The average feminine responds every time, for she realizes the When he tries 10 look for something, as a rule the after appearance of the place would make chaos, housecleaning and the tail of a cyclone turn pale grecn at their inefficiency. In the house his wife finds hat, cravat and other possessions. In fact, it is a family tradition that great-grand- father used to ask, “ Ma, where’s my shirt? '’ and for great-grandmother to respond, “I'm aware, Mr. Clark, I did not hand it to you, but T laid it right beside your bed.’? But he asked her next time just the same. She knew he would. In the office he stands in the middle of the room and asks where his letter book is. That book has been always in one spot for the past five years. In the days of the Garden of Eden Eve had to find the apple and give it to Adam. urgency of the situation. A JOYFUL CCCASION BARY'S FIRST TOOTH comicbooks.com