Life — August 21, 1913 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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August 22—Business Session of the World's Peace Congress, The Hague, Holland. The Balkan Allies have re- gretfully announced that they will be unable to send envoys to the peace congress, They need every able- bodied envoy on the firing line. Student Conference for . Young Women, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. At which conference, it is rumored, the American girl will face the grim fact that the slash skirt is no! becoming. August 23—First Annual Outing of the Associated Traveling Salesmen of New York, College Point, Long Island. Indicating the tendency toward the higher education of traveling salesmen. Tammany Hall, the well-known polit- ical issue, will nominate its candi- dates for Mayor of New York Ci for Comptroller, and for President of the Board of Aldermen. Which will be adding considerably to the ordinary burdens of the unfortunate candi- dates. Mayor Gaynor is searching Epictetus for a paragraph to fit the situation. August 24—Anniversary of the Mas- sacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572, in which thirty thousand Huguenots were put to death throughout France. While in the year of grace 1912-13 only three hundred and fifty-eight thousand per- sons were killed in the Balkan un- pleasantness. Civilization goes ever forward. Old Home Week, Geneseo, N. Y. The inhabitants of Geneseo evidently have not realized that homes are going out. According to fashionable apart- ment house brokers, very few homes will be worn this season. August 25—Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene, Buffalo, N. Y. The substitution of hygenic reprimands for the old-fashioned rat- tan rod will be widely approved by the American school-going public. On the other hand, it is feared that the days of the painted peppermint-stick and the lolly-pop are numbered. Grand Circuit Racing, New York City. As a gambling proposition, how- ever, many persons will prefer the New York mayoralty sweepstakes. “EE Coming Volksfest of the Delaware Saenger- bund, Brandywine Springs Park, Del. The volksfest evidently views the drinking question with an open mind. Annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs, Tacoma, Wash. In view of the inflammable nature of the country, plans will be considered for the establishment of an asbestos curtain between Mexico and Californi: Ninth Triennial Congress of the International Codperative Alliance, Glasgow, Scotland. To the great THIS IS JU THE “KOMA Way. T TO REMIND YOU THAT NUMBER” 1S ON ITS American public, however, this fact is entirely overshadowed by the informa- tion that E, Smith, a right fielder, will join the Cleveland American League baseball club. August 26—Twenty-third Annual Conference of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Montreal, Can- ada. A law automati lly exonerating employers from liability in the cace of fires, wre ete, will be presented for consideration, it is rumored. Such a law, say the employers, would save the large expense of an “ investiga- tion,” while obtaining the same re- sults. The University of Washington base- hall team will leave for a tour of Japan, thus reversing the late legend of the Japanese invasion. Fifteenth Annual Conference of the American Hospital Association, Bos- ton, Mass. Among the more frivolous events planned is a social vaccination hour, which will be largely enjoyed by everyone except the patients. National Conference on the Educa- tion of Dependent, Truant, Backward, and Delinquent Children, Buffalo, N. Y. Mexico will kindly put down the gunpowder and step to the head of the class. August 27—The Smoke and Dust Abatement League of Pittsburgh will open its exhibit at the Pittsburgh Ex- position. Considerable smoke and dust may be obtained in Pittsburgh at al- most any extemporaneous moment by merely opening the doors, Annual Reunion of the Association of the Descendants of John White, Lancaster, Mass. Annual Reunion of the descendants of immigrant John Folsom, Exeter, New Hampshire. The descendants of John Smith, however, still continue to lead the world, as a casual perusal of any city directory will attest. Baby Parade, Asbury Park, N. J. The parade is a part of the recent world-wide campaign for babies’ rights. The perambulator-floats will bear large banners inscribed with the legend “Votes for Babies.” The local police do not anticipate any militant tactics, however, 4 yy AAA nl