Life — November 24, 1910 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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RIE BLACK & WHITE SCOTCH WHISKY Ordinary whiskies have some merit—Black & White Scotch Whisky is all merit. Try for yourself. As Black & White Scotch Whisky ages, so its. sale increase: Year after year of increas ing popularity, is sufficient proof of merit to justify your confidence. Petty Details Thanksgiving number of my jolly con- temporary, Lire, has a cover design called “ Unbidden Guests.” Six naked Indians are shown in the shadow of a shutterless window gazing in upon a Thanksgiving dinner of a Puritan fam- ily. Aside from the fact that the Puri- tans didn't go in much for shutterless windows, and didn’t have Thanksgiv dinners at night, and that the didn’t run around naked in late ber in those days, the picture is p y faithful and good.—Morning Telegraph Oh, dear, how fussy some people are! The Sailor Bold “Now, captain, you must sometimes homesick: “No, really. I'm never at home long cnough.""—Sydney (N.S. W.) Bulletin. SAVE MAGAZINE MONEY: New Catalogue, containing 3000 CLUB OFFERS, Free. Send Bennett your name and address tod: Bennett's Magazine Agency, 188 Rendeiph St.. Chic Order all of your periodicals through Bennett. = — Ghhelireraryfoow Littleness of the Great When, through the catastrophe of Sedan, the third Napoleon had lost the imperial throne of France, he scemed on the verge of madness. It was imperative that his mind be won from its broodings. The result was achieved through the medium of a book which a gentleman of the suite read aloud to his Majesty—* The Three Guardsmen” of Alexander Dumas. The Emperor had never heard of it before, This information is supplied by Princess Caroline Mu- rat, whose memoirs have just eman- ated from the Putnams. The ex- ploits, then, of Porthos, of Aramis, of Athos, of d'Artagnan himself, the fame of which, says Du Maurier in “Peter Ibbetson,” filled all France, never reached the ruler of France— until he ceased to be that. May it not likewise be possible that the fame of Rudyard Kipling has never penetrated to King George V? For that matter, has President Taft ever heard of Ella Wheeler Wilcox? To be sure, “her poems could be read aloud to him if he falls in 1912. Egyptian Cigarette of Quality AROMATIC DELICACY MILDNESS PURITY 2 At your club or dealer's THE SURBRUG CO., Makers, New York. RIERA S: eee OUTING PuaLislimc COMPaieY new yoRs cry” @Remember that feeling of warmth—that sort of “tingle” and “glad you're alive feel- ing” that comes with winter? @That's the sort of touch in the December OUTING. It's the most satisfying issue we've ever published. It’s “as big as all outdoors,” and the photographs are remarkable. it’s a fitting pacemaker for the 1911 OuTING—the one magazine to keep you in touch with the outdoor world. @ Before selecting your maga- zines write us for rates, and include OvuTinG. All news- stands 25 cents; $3.00 a year. It may be added to any maga- zine club for $2.35. Liberal offer to local repre- sentatives. Write for terms. OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY; 318 FIFTH AVENUE NEW Yor CITY Literature with the Lid On or Literature Wide Open All men think they know what is meant by the assertion that New York is a “wide open” town. It is at the opposite pole of the procecure known as “keeping the lid on.” ‘The conflict of policy is acute enough to attract national attention. It is less vividly realized that this conflict rages not only in police circles, but in the realm (Continued on page 929) icbooks.com