Life — May 11, 1911 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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high “suns fits at SOTE } no sing free very ibility ponure York qr takes eight months to build a Packard piano. Yet there are people who select a piano after only a few moments’ consideration. — If you give this important matter the time and attention it de- serves—you'll probably buy a Packard. Packard pianos—and piano players— are sold by the better dealers every- where—or direct by The Packard Com- pany, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Send for Catalogue G nd our liberal pay- ment plan—to-day. The Funny Side of Exams. The following selection of mistakes in examinations may convince almost any one that there are some peaks of igno rince which he has yet to climb: “Mute, inglorious Milton.” These cpitaphs are used by a writer who was cavious of Milton's being Poet Orient Magna Charta said that the King had no right 10 bring soldiers into d tell her to mind them akespeare made a mistake in men tioning Galen, who did not live till a handred years after his time. town of Colombo, where ying to make an isthmus. The three highest mountains in Scot- land are en Nevis, Ben Lomond and Ben Jonson. Wolsey saved his life by dying on the way from York to London. A Happy. Marriage Depends largely ona know!- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. This knowledge doesn come intelligently of itself, uor correctly from ordinary every-day sources. Rises’: whete Utustrated) M.D. imparts in a clear, Victor-Victrola The most perfect musical instrument the yjctor-vietrola X world has ever known. The Victor-Victrola possesses all the virtues of the famous Victor, but has improved sound-amplifying surfaces instead of a horn and all moving parts are entirely concealed. Like the Victor “it plays itself”, nothing being left to uncertain skill —therefore an artistic rendition is always a certainty. It brings to you the world’s best music, sung and played by the foremost artists, and delivered in a sweet, pure, mellow tone- quality that is $75 Mahogany or oak Other styles $100, $200, $250 Victors $10 to $100 Victor-Victrola XIV, $150 Mahogany or oak with racks for records ° of ek Stop in any coe store where you see the famous Victor trade-mark absolute and ask to hear the perfec- Victor-Victrola. tion, You'll be astonished and wonder why you have waited so long. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, N. J.,U S.A. Berliner Gramophone Montreal faaadian Distributors. To get best resuits, use only Victor Needleson Victor Records Victor dog Look for the ( ) é on every New Victor Records are on sale at all dealers on the 28th of each month “Those melodious bursis that fill the spacious days of great Elizabeth” refers t Queen Elizabeth used to write in her spare time. Tennyson wrote a poem called Grave's Energy. The Rump Parliament consisted cn- tirely of Cromwell's stalactites. The plural of spouse 18 spice Queen Elizabeth rode a white horse from Kenilworth through Coventry with nothing on, and Raleigh offered her his cloak. When England was placed under an Interdict the Pope stopped all births, marriages and deaths for a year The Deserted Traveller" is the most famous of Goldsmith's works. The Pyramids are a range of moun- tains between France and Spain. The gods of the Indians are chiefly Mahommed and Buddha, and in their spare time they do lots of carving. Every one needs a holiday from one year’s end to another. —University Correspondent comicbooks.com