Life — October 19, 1911 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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We Are Constantly in Receipt of Important Letters Which Are Too Long for Cur Limited Spac Brevity is Absolutely Essential to Publication Statement from Headquarters Tue Epitor or Lire: Six—I note that you propose to de- vote a forthcoming number of your ad- mirable publication to extolling the merits of this city, and I assume that you have received the necessary permis- sion from Senator Lodge. Strictly speaking, he is a resident of Nahant (‘cold roast Boston"), but his juri: diction has so extended that his co-op- eration is essential to your project. Then I suppose you have scen Mayor Fitzgerald and heard him sing. There are few dwellers east of the Alleghenics who hav. not heard him, At tanquets, rallies, conveucions, prayer meetings and caucuses he sings “ Sweet Ade- line.” Sweet Adeline is seldom present on these occasions. Perhaps she heard him once. If you applaud him a little he will be very grateful. Of course you expect to advertise the Boston number, and you can hope to do little without the assistance of Thomas W. Lawson, He will prepare your copy, BOSTONESE “SAY, ROSS, GIVE ME A DIME TO BUY SOMETHIN’ TO EAT WITII.’ » SIR, FOR THE VERY THAT IT 1S A MATTER or SIBILITY TO PURCHASE A SET OF FALSE MOLARS FOR SUCH A RIDICULOUSLY SMALL AMOUNT.” have your booklets printed and place your advertisements in all the papers, with no extra charge for signature or address. His, I mean, not yours, If you see him during business hours you may get a*day-letter rate. Another man you simply must have— Louis Brandeis. He can save you $1,000,000 at least on this number. Mr. Brandeis is a promising young lawyer and can have your paper copyrighted for you. If you plan to have any funny jokes in it, you had better get it copy- righted. I shall be glad to speak to Louis about it. Be sure not to forget Charles W. Eliot. I know that he will send you some pert jests for your columns, and then he can get you a reading notice in the Harvard Medica Szhool Quarterly. Trusting that with these suggestions you can have your paper printed suc- cessfully, I am, Yours very truly, H. Somerset Martuorovcit. Boston, Mass, Prices Tue Literary Eprtor or Lire: Dear Stx—The adage that “many a true word is spoken in jest” is often il- lustrated in your columns of late to my great satisfaction, and I welcome it to my table accordingly. In this connection I have thought that you might be interested in an article of mine of which I enclose a reprint. The worker does not suffer so much from the low wages which are paid him as from the fact that as a consumer he is stung on all sides when he spends his wages, because he has no standard of values to guide him therein. I recently learned of a case where a woven fabric in one of our department stores sold at 90 cents a yard in the millinery room, when identically the same thing could be and was bought in the upholstery room for 15 cents per yard! Think what this would mean to @ comparatively ignorant young working girl who carned 15 cents per hour. Six hours’ work in one case, one hour in the other, absolutely no difference in the return, UNDER THE HARVEST MOON Some day, if you are interested, I would like to chat with you. You can do much good with sugar-coated pills if the right stuff is inside. Sincerely yours, H. F. Stimrsox. September 15, 1911. Our General Health Epitor or Lire: Dear Sin—Your issue of September 14 contains a letter from Dr. Oliver W. Thorndyke, in which the following sen- tence occurs: “Is it not time that some intelligent organized protest be made against this ‘ wise’ foolishness The writer refers to the activities of certain State Boards of Health, notably those of Kansas and California, the former having issued an edict that all cats should have their whiskers shaved and the latter destroying thousands of squirrels on the theory that they are car- riers of disease. Will you not be kind enough to inform Dr. Thorndyke that there exists in America to-day a very compactly organ- ized body of men and women, two hun- dred thousand strong, organized for the very purpose he mentions, nor has their organization been without results. You might also say to him that the National League for Medical Freedom has successfully opposed monopolistic Federal medical legislation as well as similar measures in more than twenty of the States of this nation, and while do- ing so, has also succeeded most notably in arousing the consciousness of scores of thousands of deep-thinking men and women everywhere to the grave menace contained in any such legislation. We will welcome the doctor to mem- bership in our organization. Cordially yours, Natiowat Leacve ror Mepicat. Freepom, Paut A. Harscit, Secretary. September 15, 1911. This thick a vuleani: giving that we Thin! of cutt regular of the rubber more it does w regular The known Goody. The tiplied in date ¢: are eq year to Ever studies these t ‘ ‘ We ruined cent., rim-cu Cut ti instanc flated Acc avoiaa nearly na ures a comicbooks eon