Life — September 26, 1912 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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Rhymed Review Where There's a Will (By Mary Roberts Rinchart, The Bobbs- Merrill Co.) The shrewd old Doctor left by will Hope Springs (with drug-store sul- phur-yellow), With baths for curing every ill, To Grandson Dick, an idle fellow, Provided: Mr. Dick should come At once, posthaste or © faster, And run Hope San-a-tor-i-um For sixty days without disaster. But Mr. Dick, the prince of chumps And ne’er-do-wells, unduly tarried ; For first And after that eloped and married went and caught the mumps Then came, but dared not show his face For fear of getting what was due him: An actress lurked about the place For breach of promise bound to sue him. Arriving now, just in the nick, One Alan stranger, Agreed to mask as Mr, Dick Pierce, a square-jawed To save Dick's heritage from danger. But Alan's hard, tyrannic law, Among the patients raised a riot He made them tramp and chop and He banished drugs and fancy di ale an venval of MONOGRAM $2. re ie eibtr 90 to us and get GIL 3208 Spring Ganten St. perfect lighter. Occuptes no more space n. the pocket than a penell. Indispensa- joker, hunter, nd auto” 7 Sent Nickel ipald complete with pocket clip plated ter $1. Agents and Dealers wanted, W. J. ANDERSON 1124 Foster Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. XUM AKE thisdemonstration yourself—in any of our stores—or, better yet, right in your own home. Clean any rug or piece of upholstery as thorough- ly as you can by the broom or brush method. Go over it again with any other vacuum cleaner. You will get out more dirt this second time than you can get by the most thorough old-fashioned methods. 35,000 ALREADY IN USE Finally, go over it a third time with a Duntley Pneumatic Cleaner. The results will surprise you. For the first time you will get out the real dirt—the old, ground-in, dangerous, germ-laden dirt, that neither sweeping nor any other machines ever get. The Duntley will really clean house—carpets, walls, curtains, chairs, sofas, every- thing, without the bother of moving them. It is not merely a suction sweeper, but an actual vacuum cleaner—not merely a fan or blower, but a positive vacuum pump. DUNTLEY PNEUMATI CLEANER Universal Motor—Alteraating er Vireet Carreat witheot chance We want you to know, too, by making the test yourself, not only how efficient Duntley methods are but how easy and how economical. Write today and we will send you our booklet together with the address of our nearest store. Duntley Products Co., Dept. D., Erie, Pa. Duntley Products Co. Dept. D4 Erie, Pa. Send meyourbook (free) and tell me about dem- onstration in my town. Name Address Cty state Street, Portland, Ore ie Cai ©. Jo DANIKL CO., 4 RESPONSIBLE AGENTS WANTED IN UNASSIGNED TERRITORY They swore they'd leave, but couldn't go; For stirring up the over-fed No other house was there to hold them, Will cure degeneration fatty.— And since the roads were blocked with And Mr. Alan Pierce has wed snow A lovely heiress known as Patty. They had to do just what he told them. I guess the book will make a hit, Ere long those bullied patients found For those who love to laugh will prize it; And ‘twouldn’t startle me a bit Their torpid livers less distressful— And now Hope Springs is world-re- nowned ; If anyone should dramatize it. The new régime is most successful. —Arthur Guiterman. 1843 comicbooks.com