Life — January 26, 1911 — page 40: what you’re looking at

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By Royal Warrant of Ap- pointment to hie late Maiesty King Edward Vil. From King and Commoner its praise is unstinted Black & White Scotch Whisky Recognized the World Over as The Standard of Excellence At hotel, restaurant, cafe or club, the de- mand for a good whisky is most readily satisfied by Black & White Scotch Whisky The Plagiarist Lire Pustisuinc Company, New York City. Epitor.—I cannot too highly recom- mend you for the way in which you show up the plagiarist in the issue of Lire just at hand. It is not enough to return the article as unavailable to the would-be aspirant to literary honors, as in most instances the plagiarist would mail the article or poem to another publication; but when he is shown up in his true colors, when his friends are told of the false pretenses he has made to gain money, honor and fame, when he is ostracized from his own circle of friends, his neighborhood and home town, he will begin to realize the true crime of a plagiarist, and while the penalty is one of the most severe that can be inflicted upon man, it is none too severe for the man who tries to ermudarmeansine Hamilton Hotel ire IE mere mention of the Hami the best. Yor enjoy allthe beauties of this “Landof the Lily and the Rose’ ef eu live elsewhere, ere you will find a metropolit hotelinthe midst of atropicaleardan W, A. CrawfordHouse, W the present styles it is quite impossible to have a pocket in, on, attached to, suspended from or in any way apper- taining to a gown. With muff, purse, vanity bag and other things to be car- ried in the hands and with skirt to be lifted or held down now and then, with fur, hat, veil and hair to be constantly adjusted, where is a woman of the better class to find enough extra hands to enable her to smoke on the street even if she so desires? Of course these conditions do not obtain among washwomen, and they do not obtain among some authoresses whose pictures I have seen, both authoresses and washwomen affecting more voluminous garments than the style permits, besides being too volum- inous themselves. I don’t presume to give any cause for the actions of those women outside my own class, but as you professed curiosity concerning us, there is your answer. How far inclination would enable one to overcome the state of affairs in- dicated above I cannot pretend to say. My own smoking experience is ex- obtain money under false pretenses in tremely limited. T began with a pipe, the literary field. Yours for a continued war on the plagiarist, Joseru S. Voce, Cnicaco, Itt, December 20, 1910, (Continued on page 233) A Convincing Letter Des ie MAGAZINE Sometimes you do surprise me! Representative Monthly of California In your Christmas number you and the Great Southwest. printed a few remarks from Mrs. 120 to 130 pages every issue. i 5 Good Stories, Interesting Pictures, Gertrude Athérton anent the subject of Graphic Articles, Reliable Facts pI . and figures concerning matt of interest to Homescekers, Land Buyers, Investors, and "Tourists, ee smoking, said remarks closing with the statement that in all probability the bet- — mat BRIDGE. SY, as often 25c ter class of women would refrain from AMBASSADOR 35, : smoking on the street. Then you, the after-dinner size 22C S Lire, keen as is your observation ordi- narily, desired to be told why this should be. You might have asked also how long this should be, and your sec- ond question would have enlightened you. In this day and time, when a woman 5 of the better class can’t even eat an temptation for another olive without spoiling the effect of her In Cork and Plain Tips gown (that isn’t original, but I don’t “The Little know where I saw it), where in that gown would there be a cigarette pocket? You will see at once that with Hep Incomparable! Each a 232 comicbooks.com