Life — December 7, 1911 — page 51: what you’re looking at

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No common ground 'twixt two ex- tremes— A freak each to the other seems! Thou art woman; And upon this rock I'll build a nation. A very unfair struggle—a Twentieth Century Projectile vs. Seventeenth Century Armorplate. Witch-craft wise, Yet in this guise unrecognized, Is the original witch. Onto this scene bold Cupid's advane- ing— It may be he’s praying, mayhap he is dancing. “He lifted up his eyes, and behold! she looked good to him.”"—Hezckiah 10, 23. The Puritan Pledge “ Here's where I start a mighty schism, Me for this anachronism! Propinquity. Said the Plymouthrockcock to the Littlewhitéwayhen : I haven't been so bewitched since God- knowswhen. “ Nothing happens to anybody he is not fitted by Nature to be; Marcus Aurelius, which “There is a divinity with shapely ends, Rough-view them how he will.” How did’st come hither, my airy maid? Came in an aeroplane, sir, she s An old stone with a new setting. The Eternal Conflict. (The battlefield may be new, but the fight dates from Adam.) The audience, though small, was most appreciative. “Peek for yourself, John Alden.” “Sometimes the absence of the better half Doth much enhance the whole.” “ December 1620—A date on the Plymouth Rock.’ Little fluffy tarlatan, Little dash of pain Makes a Puritan F; Feel like he ain't. a Pee : “To church? or her seek ? Methinks I'll go to week!” acquaintance church—next Who would not be a Pilgrim mak- ing Progress? The Battle of the Wilderness. “The Pilgrim attended Divine wor- ship in the face of odds that would haye discouraged most men."—Old History. These Were Received in Thousands “Pilgrim's Progress,” with varia- tions of Interruption—Finis—End- Ditched,” ete, “A Man's a Man for a’ that.” “To Pure.” Pilgrims’ Chorus, “Lead Us Into Temptation.” the Puritan all Things are Not Landing of Pilgrim Father, and variations. “Extremes Meet” and “ Opposites Attract.” These Were Received in Hundreds “Why Don’t You Speak for Your- self, John?” “Saint and Sinner ”—“ Vice and Virtue "—ete. “The Same Yesterday, To-day, and Forever.” “Get Thee Behind Me, Satan!” “Past and Present ”—“ Then and Now.” A Modern Priscilla.” “You Certainly Look Good to Me.” “Do You Believe in Fairies?” “Innocence (and cents) Abroad.” Rock of Ages. “One Touch of Nature.” “He Who Hesitates Is Lost.” Temptation. “Hell!” “Well, I'll Be Darned!” xosh!” and similar exclamations. “The Great White Way.” Various forms of “Grace.” Just Cause for Thanksgiving, ete. Was Why the Minister Late to Church. “No Place for a Minister’s Son.” “Leg tortions.’ “Well?” “Oh! You Kid!” y—Dozens of Different Dis- These Were Received in Scores “They All Fall for It.” “Look Who's Here.” “Manna in the Wilderness.” “When Joy and Duty Clash Let Duty Go to Smash.” “Now Is the Winter,” etc. “Tt Was Not Like This Olden Days.” “For We Are Only Mortals, After All.” “Let Him Who Thinketh,” etc. “Obey That Impulse.” “Forbidden Fruit.” “When Greek Meets Greek.” in Ye Poor Weak “A Banana Peel on the Doorstep.” “Salem Witcheraft”—Modern Witchcraft. “Irresistible Force and Immovable Object.” + “Naughty, but Ni St. Anthony. Oh, Thou Child of Many Prayers.” The Female of the Speci “Parting of the Ways.” “And Thou Beside Me.” olomon in All His Glory.” “Your Young Men Shall See Vis- ions.” “He Came, He quered.” Saw, She Con- The Next Contest Will Begin in Life’s Auto Number, January 4, 1912 comicbooks.com