Life — July 10, 1913 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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Coming July 9—Minnesota State Music Teach- ers’ Convention, Duluth, Minn. It is rumored that the works of Wagner, Bee- thoven, etc. will be resuscitated and remodeled along the classic lines of modern ragtime, thus preserving these old favorites from utter obscurity, At Present, say musicians, it is practically impossible to do the turk trot to “Tannhauser" or the “ Moonlight Sonata.” Christian Endeavor Convention, Angeles, Cal. Arrangements for the ception of the millennium on the Pacific coast will be made. What with the opening of the Panama Canal, there is no telling how soon it may happen along. Quarterly mecting and picnic of the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Woman's Suf- frage Party. During the day the men of Cuyahoga County will cook-their own meals, wash their own dishes, and quiet their own babics. National Convention of Elks, Roches- ter, N. Y. The same species of ,Elk so often bombarded by impulsive hunts- men in the Adirondacks. July 10—Celebration of admission to the Union in 1890. Los Wyoming's Since which time Wyoming has more than paid its initiation fee by furnishing Wild West Stories to eastern magazines. Twenty-fourth Convention of Minne- sota Bankers’ Association, Duluth, Minn. A telegram, it is hinted, will be sent to President Wilson protesting against the new Currency Bill on the ground that it places the control of the people’s money in the hands of the people's representa- tives. This is not fair to the financiers, say the financiers. July 11—Start of the Glidden Tour, Minneapolis to Glacier National Park. Aviators in acroplanes will accompany the automobilists to see that no mishaps befall them on the way. Second anniversary of the wreck ot the Federal Express, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, at Bridge- port, Conn., in which fourteen persons were killgd. The manifest improvement in the management of the New Haven road during the past two years readily may be seen. In the last important wreck there were but six dead. Jaly 12—Anniversary of the birth of Henry D. Thoreau. A gentleman who would have made an excellent failure as a politician. Refused to admit the Divine Right of Dollars. Did not keep office hours. Was never asked to name his price. Orangemen’s Day. decided bull movement price of shillalahs, Grouse, hare and stag shooting begins in England. Until the humming-bird season opens, King George will spend his week-ends grouse shooting in hither Scot- There has been a in the market ‘WHAT IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO THE LINER BY WIRELESS? JO READ IT, HOLD THE PAGE HORIZONTALLY AT THE LEVEL OF THE EYES, CLOSE ONE CENTER OF THE PICTURE, land. In order to remove all exertion from the sport this year, the grouse will be herded into a chicken coop and then dynamited. The King is an enthusiastic sportsman. July 13—Carnival and games of the Clan-na-Gael at Celtic Park, New York City, involving a football game between Cork and Tipperary. Discussion of the Irish Home Rule question, however, will not be included among the day's activi- ties. Automobile race from Paris to Trou: ville and back to Paris. Pessimists be- lieve that this race will largely be lost, occurring, as it does, on the thirteenth day of the month, 1913. July 14—Anniversary of the fall of the Bastile and the beginning of the French Revolution. Parallels. drawn between that state of affairs and modern labor conditions are frivolous, irrelevant and unnecessary, say prominent capitalists throughout the country.” July 15—St. Swithin’s Day. If rain falls on this day, according to an old glish tradition, it will continue for forty days. Pioneer Day in Wyomin; to the age of prairie schooners and muzzle-loaders by the age of aeroplanes and safety razors, The women of Nebraska will put into circulation their initiative petition for equal suffrage. A clarion note of warn- ing against this dangerous has been sounded by the innovation Nebraskan EYE AND LOOK FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PAGE TOWARDS THE saloonkeepers. They believe that wo- man’s place is in the home. Convention of the Progressive party (née Bull Moose), to be held at Water- ville, Me. The loyalty of the Progres- sives is conclusively demonstrated by their choice of Waterville. July 16—New York Athletic Club Entries for the tango and turkey trot events are practically filled. Due to the strenuousness of present-day terpsichorean art, the ball will be di into twenty rounds. (Marquis Queensbury rules.) “IP YOU MOVE YOU ARE A DEAD MAN!” “YOU'RE WRONG, MY MAN, IF I MOVE IT WILL SHOW THAT I AM ALIVE, YOU SHOULD BE MORE CAKEFUL OF THE USE OF YOUR Worps.” comicbooks.com