Life — February 16, 1911 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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————__ SCANT S€15§°RS, AVE, NyLLv' z The Little Fat Boy soup came in, and the soup was good, The little boy gobbled as fast as he could, And I frowned reproach, as an uncle should. The Fellowed the fish with its sauce of pink; Did the boy say “Yes” to it?—I don't think! Is sherry drink? thing that a child should In came the turkey sausage-flanked, Deeply breasted and stoutly shanked. The boy came twice. Why are boys not spanked ? Beef if you wanted it—That boy did! Wanted it twice, the untanned kid! I caught his eye and he drooped one lid. “MISTAKEN IDENTITY” In came the pudding, a blaze of blue. Wider the eyes of the fat boy grew They piled his plate and he went right through, Oranges next. He disposed of three; Smuggled a fourth to his shameless knee: Reached for an apple, and grinned at me. After dinner his steps I tracked His waistcoat buttons were all intact; And the tale I've told is a simple fact —Punch, Corrected Gussie was knock-kneed, angular and round-shouldered. He had a_ terrific squint, and a mouth like a s roller, All the same, he reckoned on making something of a hit at the fancy dress ball, and his costume was as clegant as his figure was unlovely. v fast-beating heart he stepped jauntily from his automobile outside the town hall, where the ball was being held. The hall porter stepped backward at the unsightly apparition “Great Christopher Columbus!" he gasped, as he regarded Gussie. “No, no, my good man!” chirped Gus- sie, as he tripped through the portals, “Chawles the First, my dear fellow, Chawles the First! "—London Answers. Live is published every Thursday. simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada ard Britis Possessions, $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union $1.04 a year; to Canada, $2 cents. Single current copics, 10 cents, Back numbers, after three months from date of publication. 25 cents No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope Live. does not hold itselp responsible Jor the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Livy is for sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. ‘The International News Company, Breams Building, Chancery Lane, Londoa. £. C., England. AGENTS, Brentano's, 37 Ave. de l'Opern, Para, also at Saarbach's News Exchanges, 16 Joha St, Adetpbi, Strand. W. C.. London: 143 Ree é Faubourg. St. Denis, Paris: 1, Via Gustavo Modena, Milan: Mayence, Germany. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply fo Lire 118 Southampton Row, London, W. C. Prompt notification, should be sent by subscribers of any change of address. Combines quality and durability— Costs but little and never disappoints. Get It From Your Dealer or Write to Us If Dealer Cannot Supply. ROS Send for free booklet “Through My Lady's Ring.” McCallum Hosiery Company NORTHAMPTON, MASS. Largest Producers of Silk Hosiery in the World. Matched mending silk in guarantee envelope with every pair, THE REAL BOY BY JUDGE HENRY A. SHUTE Anthor of “The Real Diary of a Real Boy.” “ Sakes alive, Harry Shute, if it ain't you.” 4 This further account of the doings. ideas, and experiences of that same Plupy whose “ Diary “has had a hundred thousand delighted readers is quite the equal of the first book in its truthful revelation of boy nature, _ The very spirit of boyhood, with its imperious call to constant activity, is as manifest in this continuation of Plupy’s autobiography as it was in his diary—New York Times. I2mo, 368 pages, 53 full page silhouettes, $1.59 FOR SALE E RICHARD G. BADGER, Publisher, BOSTON ERYWHERE comicbooks.com