Life — October 12, 1911 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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:AUT SCISSORS Superior Little Nelly told little Anita what she termed a “little fib.” Anita: A fib is the same as a story, and a story is the same as a lie. Netty: No, it’s not. Anita: Yes, it is, because my father said so, and my father is a professor at the university. Netty: I don’t care if he is. My father is a real estate man and he knows more about lying than your father docs. —United Presbyterian. Get Your Present Ready “T see the young lady next door has a beau.” @ assures me that it is purely a platonic affection.” “In that case, you had better look over something cheap in clocks, or some- thing of that kind.” —Washington Herald. “IT IS AN A UE STOPPETH ONE OF THREE. A Good Rule The story is told of a man who hail great difficulty in spelling words with “ei” and “ie” in them. One day a friend offered to give him an infallible rule for such cases. “It is a rule,” he said, “that in forty-seven years has never failed me.” His friend expressed his delight and waited. The man resumed: “The rule is sim- ply this: write your ‘i’ and ‘e’ exactly the dot just between Home Journal. The Easiest Way Youne Wire: Arthur, dearest, how do they arrange these pickles in the bottle so nicely? Youna Husnanp: They pile the pickles up, Petsey, and then blow the bottle around them, —Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, “Witar we want,” said the publisher, “is the terse, hard-hitting modern style of expression.” “T know,” replied the writing person; “the stuff that sounds like profanity with a little benzoate of soda in it.” —IWashington Star. Chancery Lane, London, F.C. England, AGENTS. Brentano's, 37 Ave. de l'Opera. Parisy also at Saarbach's News Excbanges, 16 Joha St, Adelphi, Strand, W.C., Londons 148 Roe da Fauboarg, St Denis, Paris; 1, Via Gustavo Modena, Milany Mayence, Germany. ‘The text and illustrations in Live are copy ighted. Fer Reprint Rights tn Great Britain apely to Live, 116 Seuthampum Rew, Londen, W Co Prompt netifcation should be sunt by v breribert of any change of addreste Lave {s published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possenions. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 ingle current copies, 10 cents, Back numbers, after three months from Lape, dees mot held itself 5 cent. reurned unless accompanied by amped and addrased envelape. tribution The International News Company, Breams Ballding, FINE—ALL THROUGH The discriminating woman knows she cannot feel well-dressed unless she zs well- dressed—all through. No woman can feel well-dressed: fits awry. A perfect-fitting union suit is the very foundation of good dress for women, and such, Madan, is no matter how fine her frock—if her underwear Priced from $1.00 to $3.00 Uni Suit There are two distinct types of this unusual underwear, the Win-sum and the Seem-less, each made in cotton, mercerized and merino. THE WIN-SUM In the Win-sum, you have a union suit giving the same combination as that found in a summer-weight vest worn with a heavy-weight lower garment—and this without seams, THE SEEM-LESS You have in the Seem-less a union suit with a glove- fitting waist of thinner texturs and with no waist seams to cause discomfort bencath the corsets. If your dealer cannot supply you, send us his name and address, with your height, weight and bust measure- ment and we will fill your order. AN UNUSUAL BOOKLET ON REQUEST "RICHELIEU KNITTING CO. 61 Broad Street Utica, N. Y. By the way, have you entered your Ideas for the $500.00 Richelieu prizes? I'not, ask your dealer for a blank and particulare—or write us. comicbooks.com