Life — November 23, 1911 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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Securing a Tenor The Cornhill Magazine tells this story : “A French impresario was taking out to New Orleans an opera company, which by special agreement was only to include one tenor. Foreigners arc usual- ly bad sailors, and the first few days all the members of the company were sea- sick, one of the effects of which malady is that it weakens the voice so much that people are frequently hoarse for several days after their recovery. Ac- LIFE cordingly, as soon as the singers could crawl on deck, they commenced to try their voices, and among them the tenor, who, always anxious to occupy a distin- guished position, went on the bridge of the steamer for the purpose. What was his surprise on hearing an ccho of his own—voice—another tenor. His amaze- ment became disgust when he heard the third tenor running up the scale, a fourth, a fifth. He looked forward and saw two men eyeing him and cach other with intense hatred; he looked aft and Breaks Worlds Records with the aid of DORIAN REMOUNTABLE RIMS | Off Again— On Again— Cone Again This will be your experience, if you equip your car with Remountable Rims—the simple, efficient, common-sense Remountable Rim—-the DORIAN. On Again— Cone Again— DORIAN Pee: tee Always Clean— Always Ready— Never Blots— Never Leaks— Never Fails— The “'Serewdown Cap" prevents leaking. The "Gold Top Feed” Kees the point of the pen wet with fa Sod insures instant writing. \d Iridiuam pointed pen Atel! tationers and jewelers, price $2.50 an Write for illustrated price list MABIE, TODD & CO 17 Maiden Lan. Torwato, Lon NEVER-NEVER-LAND KENNELS | Miss Mary Winthrop, Owner \French Bull Dogs gspoics and Grown Dogs FOR ALE. From only Registered and Blucriuibbon Stock. SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, Telephone. 47 saw two others similarly occupied. The five tenors simultaneously made a rush below to the manager's cabin and de- manded whether he had not expressly stipulated to cach of them that he was to be his only tenor. “I know, I know,” replied the manager, “and I will keep my word. Yow sce, none of you have been to New Orleans before or you would understand. When we arrive the yellow fever is sure to be raging, and as you are fresh from Europe two of you will probably be carried off before nd and two more during the re- One will probably survive; he will be my first and only tenor.” Good Living An Englishman and a Welshman dis- puting in whose country was the best liv- ing, the Welshman said: “There is such noble housekeeping in Wales, that I have known above a dozen cooks em- ployed at one wedding dinner.” y.” answered the “that was be his own chees ‘TO SEE a DORIAN demanstration—Is to REALIZE YOUR NEED for DORIANS Write today for the Dorlaa Bosk Dorian Remountable Rim Co., Dept. C 1804 Broadway, New York. Gentlemen:—Mlease send me your Mustrated and descriptive booklet atout Dorlas Kemountatle Kims, Very try yours, : Ui: INFORMATION Correspondence Solicited from Rellable Dealers, Agencies and Garages n6 Know Your Car AUDED'S ANSWERS on AUTOMOBILES enables you to get mor better service and longer Bt from your car. Contains $12 pages of intensely practic time and moncy-saring information. Fully indexed fot reaty reference. 380 illustrations. Written so clearly and a=@? ie a ° BY MAIL MONEY REFUNDED i nor 1 Theo. Audel & Co., 63 Sth Ave., N. 1. city $1 50 ATENT Ss ‘P Send skereh for tree search o t Office Records. Obtain Pateat and Waattolnvent wus Ostend 4 prizes offered for inrentions sent tree, Patents adverised I VICTOR J, EVANS & CO., Washington, D. G 5 OR “RETURNED comicbookeord