Life — May 15, 1913 — page 45: what you’re looking at

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LIFE ety and suble quote you awards eed. TAGTON ERENT PHOENIX SILK Stylish vax Chough for dress » economica enough wear, there Efe en questions—but Phoenix Silk Hose is the only logical dase puree yoann E coupled with its low cost steerer it as as= inexpensive in the end as cotton hose. = In distinctive 4-pair boxes MEN'S, 50c., 75c., $1.00 Pair WOMEN'S, 75c., $1., $1.50, $2 Pair At All Good Dealers “Made in America” by PHOENIX KNITTING WORKS 234 Broadway, Milwaukee Our Greek Bootblacks The importation of Greck boys for use as bootblacks in the United States ted about 1895, when the Greeks be- gan to secure their monopoly of the in- dustry by taking it away from the Ital- ians and the negroes, confining it, how- ever, to stands or booths. Most of the carly padrones have become fi y independent. Their success attracted other Greeks to this industry, and in a short time almost every American city With a population of more than 10,000 had bootblack stands operated by them. Thus the traffic in Greek boys began to flourish, —From “Child Labor in the City Streets," by E. N. Clopper (Mac- mitlan). What would Socrates have said to this? Gallantry are those that show lines of detail f WOMAN with angelic smile, thet the eye can not grasp endires With hatpin sticking out a mile, tale, The pictures snapeslley You gouged my eye with movement deft; But I don’t care; I've got ane left HELTER: How aid you cure your Sarcernar lon peylage boy’s infatuation for that trained fast to ne mre TR nurse? Skevter: Let him see her without her uniform on. Dept, R, $23 Rant 34th St. Sew Yor THE TRUCK TRIUMPHANT 1000 Federal Owners Have a Message for You We have the detailed story of every Federal truck that ever left the Federal factory—the story of the man who bought it and the story of the man who drives it. We have a detailed report of the hauls, of the cost of upkeep—for we build character and integrity into the Federal truck. We have a detailed report of the efficiency, of the economy of trans- portation affected by the Federal—for that is Federal service. We will give you the reports, the un- sand Federal Owners. We offer you Fed- biased testimony of these ohe ‘thousand eral evidence before we offer you Federal business men and manufacturers who have — Trucks. bought Federal trucks and repeated their orders to improve their own service and to save their own money. - That was our purpose in perfecting this are rordering Federal trucks and, through system of tabulated reports from one thou- us, will tell you why. These are a few of the one thousand representative firms who have bought and Seattle Taxicab & Transfer Co., Seattle, Wash. — Tripure Water Co., Ottawa, Canada Searchlight Gas Company, New York. N.Y. Detrolt United Railway, Detroit, Mich. Chicago, Il. Meler & Frank, Por: Ore. 7 Detroit, "Mich. Breuner Furniture Co., San Francisco Gat. Pacific, Gee & Flectric Co. San Fi z cp e Sacramento, t & Company, ite. “ Oakland, C: a American Bank Note Co., New York, . . Detroit Stove Works, Detroit, Mich. San Diego, Cal. Emmons Draying Co., San Francisco, Cal. ‘The Fedcral today has national distribution and national appreciation, It is a national institution. The Federal is today, just as the name implies and its service demonstrates, the national standard of Truck-Efficiency, Truck-Reliability and Truck comicbooks.com