Life — March 27, 1913 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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Rhymied Review The Valiants of Virginia (By Hallie Erminie Rives. The Bobbs- Merrill Co.) When Mr. Valiant (christened “ John”) Was wrecked by rude financial he Great Factor in Business | The day when a business man could afford to carry an inaccurate watch is long passed. The successful man has no use for a watch whose time must be confirmed. Proof of the accuracy of the Hamilton Watch is found in railroad service—where accuracy is an absolute necessity. Over one-half (562%) of the railroad men on American roads breakers, where Official Time Inspection is maintained carry the He flitted South to dwell upon His father’s broad Virginia acres. A maid more fair than tongue can tell He met a-hunting bright and carly, Who, when you came to know her well, Responded to the name of * Shirley.” She saved him from a horrid snake, He rode so straight, he looked so killing, That when he asked her would she take His heart and hand, the maid was everywhere. Ramilton {Patch “The Railroad Timekeeper of America’’ Hamilton Watches are made in correct sizes for men and women and sold by jewelers Movements only are $12.25 and upward. Complete watches, willing. certain sizes, are $38. $0 to $150. Had ever Love a thornless rose Since Eve and Adam were evicted? To Shirley came the Time of Woes A Colored Sage had done predicted. movement. Her lover's Pa (the story ran), One Beauty Valiant—dashing fellow, Long years before had shot a man And killed him dead in stern duello. Since he that fell (as Shirley thought) Had been her mother’s favored suitor, She didn’t hardly feel she ought To marry John, so like the shooter. While John bewailed in deep distress His girl's perverted sense of duty, Write for “The Timekeeper”’ It illustrates and describes the various Hamilton models and isa book well worth reading if you are thinking of buying a fine watch. HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY Dept. K, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Ask your jeweler about them; also about fitting your present watch case with a Hamilton D. R. Wood, xagineer of “The Teen eth Century Limited," New York Central Lines, bas carded a Hamilton Watch tor years. AT ARMAGEDDON WITH BRANN THE ICONOCLAST A MESSAGE FROM ELBERT HUBBARD ELL did Emerson say, ‘When God turns loose a thinker, the earth trembles.” Brann was nothing if not a thinker. He had Phosphorus Plus. Also, he had the courage of his convictions. The Devil of Fear, which holds most of us in moral subjection, never bothered Brann. @ Brann’s methods were not always above reproach. He sometimes “‘ foozled,” it can not be denied. But the principles for which he battled were on the side of Right and Truth. His Armageddon was the “‘ Pou Sto” of Reason. @ Brann voiced a vigorous protest against the follies and foibles, the shams and vices which he saw everywhere revealed. @ Herz Brothers, of Waco, Texas, are publishing the cream of Brann’s writings in two beautiful volumes. To me, the set is worth the-Three Dollars asked, just for that wonderful little prose poem, Joseph and His Brethren or Poti- Phar’s Wife. @,Brann did not employ the synonym—he used the right word always. He had an inimitable style and never made the mistake of calling a spade aclub. {He did not write for the sake of writing, but because he had something to say. He had ideas, opinions, dreams, and, also, the rare ability to get them down in unadulterated Americanese. {| Poe once said he never hada thought that he could not express on paper. Read Brann’s writings and you will say with me, “Neither did Brann.” § Brann’s published works, as stated above, can be had in two substantial volumes, for just Three Dollars, net—add thirty cents for postage. Liberal dis- count to dealers. Hustling representatives wanted for all localities. Good profits assured. HERZ BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, WACO, TEXAS She learned she'd made an awful mess— Her mother’s love was Mr. Beauty! Still Shirley would have lost her beau Because she’d meant to wait till morning ; But, from the court-house, clear and slow (As prophecied), in solemn warning The clock at midnight struck thirteen! With hair flung free and bosom heaving She rode across the starlit scene In time to keep her John from leaving. So, “heavened in each others arms,” We leave these pretty lovers cling- ing, The moonlight flooding woods and farms And all the nightingales a-singing. Arthur Guiterman. comicbooks.com