Life — August 24, 1911 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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Do you think ‘THE GOOD OLD DAYS were the better days? Charles Wheeler Bell thinks so, and the way he proves it makes one of the funniest books of the year. Witty, snappy paragraphs with human nature in every line, Delicious pictures by Fox, the famous cartoonist of the Chicago Post. Cover in ColorsandGoid. S0cts. net At All Booksellers A.C. McCLURG & CO., PUBLISHERS A Christmas Check Al Ryan, the hospitable flint glass- worker of Lockport, N. Y., and for- merly organizer of the Socialist local at that place, was being congratulated by the boys at the glass factory. “Yes,” said Al, “my uncle out in Tiffin is mighty good to me. The day before Christmas he sent me a check for $100, just as a little Christmas gift.” After the usual congratulatory com- ments had been duly made all around, Al added : “Yes, he certainly is a fine old fel- low. In the postscript of his letter con- taining the check, he said: “*Dear Al, if you manage to get this check cashed, please send me four dol- lars. I need a pair of shoes.’"—The Coming Nation. Dept. L. RADCLIFFE & CO.. 144 Peart 8. New York SECURED On i ATENT FEE RETURNED eich for free search of Patent Office Records. How to] ol Patent and What (olaveat with list of laventions wanted] and prizes offered tor inventions sent free, Patents advertised free. VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., Wasbiagton, D, C, Lines to an Editor (On sending a book for review. Ben Jonson.) After Print for me only just one word, And I will pledge thee mine, If thou wilt give a wholesome puff, That I will not repine. I think my work should be preferred, (Tis very large and fine). Though dullards may not like my stuff, I would not change a line. Considerate On one occasion when Jackson, Bishop of London, had concluded a sermon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, the verger opened the door of the pulpit and banged it with a great noise. Then he whispered to the perplexed prelate that the Duke of Wellington was asleep and that, not lik- ing to touch him, they adopted this method of arousing him. nated Garfield and Blaine. |The Water-Side of Antwerp. |By Ralph D. Paine. A picturesque account of Belgium’s great seaport on the Scheldt. | America and the China Loan. By Frederick McCormick, Corre- spondent of the Associated Press at Pekin. In the September GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON’S \From Malolos to San Fernando In all romantic fiction it would be hard to find anything to equal this story of real fighting. There are incidents of daring and desperate bravery and touches of humor that make it a most absorbing and exciting narrative. Scribner James Ford Rhodes, the historian, contributes a most inter- esting article on The National Republican Conven- tions of 1880 and 1884, the Conventions that nomi- |The Trick Doctor. A story of the South. By Thomas Nelson Page. Kenyon Cox, the eminent Americar¢ painter and cntic, writes of “De- sign,” the elements that contribute to a harmonious and significant con- position. The second part of Edith Wharton's great serial, Ethan Frome. F. Hopkinson Smith's Kennedy Square. Other Stories, Poems, etc. Three Dollare a Year CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS EEE ET Twenty-five Cents a Number —