Life — February 29, 1912 — page 3: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

To J. M. Barrie HAT are you busy at, Barrie, my laddie-boy? Is it you're golfing, pursued by a caddie-boy? Man, are you preaching, romancing or joking now? What is the blend of tobacco you're smoking now? Maybe you're writing in hoot-awa’ dialect Sketches of orthodox elders and high, elect Kirkmen of Glasgow, or Thrums, or Glen Quharity, Long on religion yet lacking in charity, Banning all pleasures as covertly sinister Give us some news of your braw Little Minister All in your true, Ecclefechan-Glengarry-tone— Where is the voice that is sweeter than Barrie-tone? There on my table with covers all gilded. up, “Peter and Wendy “—the book you have builded up Out of the games we've all played but forgot about, Out of the dreams that you know such a lot about— Spreads, to recall 10 us poor ephemerides, How once we roved in the Golden Hesperides, Roved in our childhood when dreams were realities. Come! Let's adventure in new principalities; Fly through the blue empyrean, ecstatical ; Skirmish with Injuns and villains piratical ; Battle with lions and monsters reptilian; Slip from the gnashings of jaws crocodilia Massacre grizzlies and tigers Hyrcanian; Wander in wonderful caves subterranean; Build in those underworlds marvelous palaces Proving the dogmas of physics pure fallacies; Dance with the mermaids and cope with those subtle fish, Shark and octopus and terrible cuttle-fish ; Sport in the tree-tops with monkeys that hand to us Mangoes and nuts and are perfectly grand to us; Dig buried treasure in islands with cannibals; Conquer like Caesars, Napoleons, Hannibals! our leader, and fearless we'll follow you, . though the maw of Leviathan swallow you! Old are the dreamers who, when they awake, believe All that they dreamed in their childhood was make-believe. Older are they who, engrossed in endeavor, land Seldom or never at all in your Neverland. Oldest are they that forget, in their gravity, Fren that they dreamed in their youth and depravity, Modding and grubbing to win just a penny more, Too dull to sigh for Arcadia any more! Surely, such renegades we shall not show ourselves. Mast we grow up—like them? Not if we know ourselves! Arthur Guiterman, If your car skids on wet or greasy pavements with a set of VACUUM CUP TIRES, we will bear the full expense of your tire equipment. of our branches or agents, and if, after a reasonable trial the tires do not ‘ulfill every claim we make regarding their anti-skid qualities, return them and re- ceive back the full price you paid. The above out and-out guarantee against skidding is in addition to our exceptional guarantee of 4,000 miles of actual service. These guarantees are made on faith. They are unqualified in any way and they are justified. Ba a pair of VACUUM CUP TIRES for the rear wheels of your car from any PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP TIRES cannot skid, because the cup-shaped rubber knobs molded into the tread grip the road with a suction hold. The tolling of the wheel seiamatialy releases cach cup by raising one side fit, 4 no power is lost. Safer going makes faster facuum Cup Tires insur service, too, than any Ico tac eee Tras ches Un ebber cope wer dove, the ead chek brat regular thickness Comes into use with its full service still ia reserves PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER COMPANY, JEANNETTE, PA. BRANCHES: Probe os bea, Bee ote A, Gab ste ictne re b Francisco, $12-14 Mission New York City, 1700 Broadway Los Angeles, 930 So. Main jing 100°; in sales for 1911 and the consequent of our manufacturing facilities enables us to announce A REDUCTION IN PRICES OF FENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP TIRES. ‘Vacuum Cup ring 4,000 miles service, will now be supplied at practically the same prices ed for less effective Non-Skid Tires of other makes, offered un- Ni as liberal gua Databayue and Price Liste will led promply upon application comicbooks.com