Life — July 13, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: PUTTING IT PLEASANTLY “ow! witny, TELL ME QeICK—HOW DID THE GAME come our?” “WE ALMOST WON Billy's Prayer H, holy, holy, holy Gee, I wish you'd please take care of me. A kid can’t do the things he'd ought ter I'm not so bad, but only sort’er. The more they want the more I won't, It's “ Billy do” and “ Billy don’t,” I'll try again another day And please take care of me. Will Herford. Boy with Hoop: 1 WONDER WHO 1 CAN GET TO INTERDOOCE ME TO THE GIKL WITIT THE CANDY. News of the Day Proving that Our Esteemed Contemporaries, the “World,” “Herald” and ‘*American"’ Do Not, Nec- essarily, Have a Monopoly of This Sort of Thing O* arriving at Paris, President Diaz (that was) cabled this paper his thanks for having brought on the revolu- tion in Mexico, thus relieving him from all further obliga- tions, The news that it would probably rain to-morrow, as ex- clusively reported in this paper, was placed on our bulletin Uoards as usual and attracted vast crowds. Lire’s fight for a new national post-office was victorious. Postmaster-General Hitchcock has resigned, and in accord- ance with our suggestion President Taft at a late hour last night appointed our head police reporter for the job. last, upon the arrival of our Paris correspondent, who was detained in Paris by the aviation meet The Russian Duma convened Live's great victory for reciprocity is now in sight. y of the Steel Trust (that was) called at Lire, and submitted his testimony on the conduct of the stecl business before going on the stand in Washing- ton. Lire’s prize of $1,000,000 to the one who would walk to and from his office with Mayor Gaynor for one week bas been awarded to a deaf and dumb messenger boy. He can have the money by calling at this office. The enterprise of this paper in having Westminster Abbey decorated with flowers was mentioned yesterday in a long and impassioned speech by Mr. Balfour in the House of Lords Lirr’s plan for new subways, exclusively printed in Lire, was reported on in the Albany Senate. Governor Dix sa there is no doubt about its going through. President Taft in sceret interview, which we agreed not to publish, acknowledged that he received his chief inspira- tion from this paper. Twenty thousand working girls gave a dinner in Lire’s honor last night in Madison Square Garden to celebrate our recent editorial stating that they were downtrodden. Mutsuhoto, Emperor of Japan, has written us a congvatu- latory letter thanking us for ave: another war between this count 1 Japan, by refusing to let Japan have the money and acknowledging that we were right. Our investigation of over 300 Monday washes hung out on the lines has been rewarded with some startling disclos- ures. The head of the laundry trust has been remanded to the Tombs; other arrests will follow A petition from over 1400 soda water clerks, asking us to stop our crusade against deadly soda water fountains, was met by our office boy with a stern refusal. ‘The President's message has met with this paper’s ap- proval. War between this country and England was averted by Lirr’s prompt refusal to discuss the matter. comicbooks:com