Life — January 16, 1913 — page 37: what you’re looking at

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

LIFE Now curled upon the rug he lies, Yet, as I write, his head he raises To gaze at me with anxious cyes, As though to bid me sing his praises ; Then, dozing off again, renews The ecstasy of ancient habits, And, whining in his dreams, pursucs A multitude of phantom rabbits. The pleasure of his daily round Might, were his nature less convivial, In process of the years be found . | Somewhat monotonous and trivial; I Want to Give You Each night the handiwork of Spratt He hails with healthy acclamation, “ 99 Human Energy Each day he greets my stick and hat My book explains the laws governing right exercise With furious barks of approbation —some of them for the first time, It shows clearly and y why a few minutes daily of movements | One would suppose a walk with me ly directed to reach your internal organs— Scace ‘merited a iste greet: all ‘of v which are muscular—will do ely more for Scarce merited such boisterous greet your health and strength than hours of random exercise. ing, : I offer it to you free, because I want you to under- Yet blissful prospects he can see isadouble #% d the principles underlying The Thompson Course. Of _ - le meeting . N which has Drought thousands of men from uncertain f many a courteous wayside meeting compliment— health and inefficie nto fuller, seful and With her dogs, who never fail hag pealth and inefficiency into fuller, more useful ai ith other dogs, who never fai it is the best to the best. What serener life, T F © rouse an interest none may meas Sooner or later you will adopt the principles of my y sedentary fife will. You will find ure, has a daintier, fe a palate z Es a real contribution to the science of et the ape i making the most of oneself. It is startling, yet ob- And ect the apexiof Bis: tail touch than a brig! viously true. Sending for it puts you under no obliga. A-trembling with mysterious pleasure 1 a acept to read 1 as though (e were written by glass o} t, delicious **: J. EDMUND THOMPSON Though you might think that each sur- Sulte 98, Exchange Building, Worcester, Mass. mised That he had many a canine brother, — Tkey all seem curiously surprised, Day after day to sce each other My Terrier In that prickled ear and eager eye Astonishment may be detected, A Scotch patrician, sandy-haired, And those spasmodic leaps imply Thame a gambol Round some forgotten lowland laird, I wish my pen for him could claim Companions of his morning ramble ; A character for great astuteness, It sparkles on the tongue as well as in He wakes a Northern memory still Or hopes of an enduring fame the glass—fragrant with the bouquet of Of salmon in the river leaping, Based on phenomenal acuteness; + the finest grapes—distinctively Of grouse that call upon the hill, But since I hope that I possess exquisite of flavor. And sunlight on the larch-wood sleep- A reputation for veracity, ing. T have not in the public press ¢ 7 f of Cook's and the cost of forei Alas! his lot is cast in lines ols ancesloten of BiassamRehy: bh made champsencs i represented That more prosaic patterns follow, Of no attainments he can boast— akin Cocks fot all oconons, Far from the fragrance of the pines, I venture the confession sadly— From heathered slope and misty hol- Though round the table he will coast Sold Everywhere tow | And beg assiduously but sadly; d To all among the hurrying wheels Yet his devotion makes amends, an Where crowds are thick and streets And when my nerves are strung and Served Everywhere are gritty, restive, A close attendant at my heels, The best of faithful silent friends, American Wine Co. He treads the pavement of the city. I find him pleasantly suggestive 4 St. Louis, Mo, 120 ‘The difference between the cost ————— For I am sure that here is one Who, whatsoe’er my fault and failing, A Happy Marriage | Whatever I have said or done Depends largely on a knowl- Will spa ¢ rough abuse an 1. ‘edhe ot stan eboie tooth ill spare me rough abu and rai about self and vex and their ing ; felation to life and health, . i c This knowledge does not When criticism waxes cold, . come iotelligently ot Itself, In hours of bitter introspection, nor correctly from ordipary, Still in that doggish heart I hold every-day sources. acer A changeless standard of perfection. SEXOLOGY He reads me morals, too, who find (IMustrated) wiping So much to agitate and vex me, wholesome way in aetvolaets: f-P- imparts Io a clear, And to the riddles of mankind Knowledge ay So many answers that perplex me; He who his little life surveys With spirits buoyant and unfi And needs such trifling joys to raise His tail to a contented wagging. rt © Daughter, Oe rt to Her Daushter. Alfred Cochrane, = nee Nee ear “he eae “BEING AN OWL IAS GNE COMPEN- lishers, Messrs. Henry Holt & Com- SATION) ANYHOW. MIGHT TELEGEAMS pany, New York. ARE CHEAPER” WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK comicbooks.com