Life — September 12, 1912 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite | A certain preacher became wise to the fact that he was not making a hit with his congregation. The parishioners did not scem inclined to seck him out after services and tell him he was a pansy He suspected that they were rapping him on the quict. VANISHING CREAM GIVES YOUR SKIN THE EXQUISITE The preacher knew there must be FRAGRANCE OF JACQUE- something wrong with his talk. He had \ MINOT ROSES, been tryi to expound in a clear and straightforward manner, omitting for- cign quotations, g up for illustr: tion to his points such historical char- acters as were familiar to his hearers, putting the stubby old English words ahead of the Latin, and rather flying low along the intellectual plane of the regation that chipped in to pay his salary. But the pewholders were not tickled: They could understand everything he said, and they began to think he was i common. | So he studied the situation and decided that if he wanted to win them and make everybody believe he was a nobby and | boss minister, he would have to hand out | a little guff. He fixed it up good and plenty. On the following Sunday morning he got up in the lookout and read a text that didn’t mean anything, read from cither 5 direction, and then he sized up his flock “ is Different! Some kinds of cream require violent massage. This seems temporarily to benefit, but ultimately loosens the fine face muscles, producing a flabby effect. Vanishing Cream is applied gently. It immediately sinks into Cl the skin — vanishes — without leaving a trace of itself—and builds up the tissues, Koy As good complexions are the result of prevention, rather than cure, Vanishing Cream is prepared for this purpose. It is not greasy, will not ee soil veil or gloves, and consequently can be used immediately before going CO It is made from the most valuable substance known for use on the 4 = O@® with a dreamy eye and said: “ We cannot out. ‘ ds : . 2 § more adequately vcice the poetry and C skin. This skin-softening material, prepared expressly for this cream, is ticism of our text than in those fa- rapidly taken up by the skin and completely absorbed. miliar lines cf Ikon Navrojk great Icelandic poct, \| Pond's Extract @mpany’s VANISHING CREAM conforms to the same high standard which characterizes all the Pond’s Extract Company’s products. Constant use of it will not promote the slightest growth of hair, or injure one in any way. Send us 4cin stamps for a large 10c tube; use it and you will quickly see how radically diferent Vanishing Cream is from every othercreamon the market. Address Pond’s Extract Co., Dept. L, 131 Hudson St., NewYork. THACKERAY wrote in 1849 in praise of i‘ HERE were never | |. before published in this world so many volumes that contained so much cause for laughing and so little for blushing, so many jokes and so little harm.” Pond’s ‘The oldest product of the Pond’s Extract Com- pany, frst produced in 184, should be inevery ouschold for use in emergency, particu. Extract [iver thove everyday iniaries cust as cuts, bruises, burns, etc, At all druggists’ or send 10c for sample bottle. his head solemnly, He seemed to recog: nize the quotation. Members of the con- gregation glanced at one another as if to say, “ This is certainly hot stuff!” The preacher wiped his brow and said “To hold is not to have— Under the seared firmament Where chaos sweeps, and vast futurity Sneers at these puny aspirations— There is the full reprisal.” This is no less true to-day. A Specimen Copy sent post free for 8 cents in stamps ; or “ PUNCH " is sent weekly for one year, inclusive of ‘*Almanack,” tor $3.40. Address: “ Punch" Office, 10 Bouverie Street, London, England Ne When the preacher concluded this ex- tract from the well-known Icelandic poet he paused and looked downward, breath- ing heavily through his nose, like Ca- mille in the third act. A stout woman in the front row put on her eyeglasses and leaned forward so as not to miss anything. A vencrable harness dealer over at the right nodded 17at he had no doubt that every one within the sound of his voice remembered what Quarolius had said, following the same line of thought. It was Quarolius who disputed the contention of the great Persian theologian, Ramtazuk, that the soul in its reaching out after the un- knowable was guided by the spiritual (Continued on page 1782) comicbooks.com