Life — September 25, 1913 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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[i VOL. 67! SEPT. 25,1913 No. 1613 “While there is Life there's Hope” Published by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY A. Mittre, Sec’y and Treas. |17 West Thirty-first Street, New York English Offices, Cannon House, Breams Bldgs., London, E. C. {J.A. Mitcnene, Pres't. WING to Mr. Martin's absence in Europe, readers of Lire will be deprived of his editorials during the next few issues. Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1912, Live's Fars Ate Fuxo has ‘been in operation twenty-sir years. In that time it has expended $139,304.44 and has given a fortnight in the country to 34.748 poor city childre The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary contributions, which are ac- knowleged in this column, Previously acknowledged $6,557.50 “In memory of R. B. K.” + $.00 Elsa and Roger Richards. sess 6.00 “Barney” .....0005 3 10.00 Mrs. Howard H. Henry... 5.90 “A Friend” ...... $6,609.40 ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS. From Mr. Morris Gotlieb, Ridgefield. Conn., donation of new clothing and hats from his store. Four flannel gymnasium skirts, nine blouses, and ten tennis racquets from Alex Taylor & Co., New York City. Life's War Contest HE avnouncement of the winner of Lire’s War Contest will be pub- lished in next wee issue. THE GREAT HY! The Nervous System HE nervous system rises in the medulla oblongata’ and from thence flows rapidly in a general southerly direction into the mountains and valleys of the organism, winding gracefully around those parts of the skeleton where it can cause the most trouble, and branching out into high- ways and byways where, as the Irish- man’ once observed, “the hand of man has never trod.” The nervous system makes its own flora and fauna as it goes along and hums merrily to itself as it performs its daily work, sometimes sitting up far into the night to complete its la- bors. Nothing, indeed, pleases a nerv- ous system more than to keep busy. Therefore, at least here in America, no self-respecting nervous system sits with its hands folded and looks off dreamily over the distant landscape, dotted with tisements; but every nervous system worthy of the name is up with the lark—or before—planning the duties of the day, practicing throwing to first base, and in fact, warming up for its coming battle. There was a time when nervous systems were content to loll around and do nothing; indeed, they were so unambitious as scarcely to be known. Now they support whole families of celebrated bacteriologists and pathol- ologists and have furnished an ad- ditional topic of conversation—one of the greatest benefits anyone can con- fer on mankind. Every country, in- sanitariums and adver- deed, is now known as civilized in ac- cordance with the number and extent of its available nervous systems. Every nervous system when young should be watched over carefully, until it is strong enough to toddle by itself; it should then be taken to the city where it can grow up in congenial sur- roundings and become properly edu- cated, The best diet for a nervous system is a proper combination of noise and alcohol. Apply in increasing doses un- til the desired results are obtained. Farmer: cee wutz—tnat’s A panpy! Painter; you Like IT, EM? “you pet! you's EVER GET SUN- STROKE WITH THAT 03 comicbooks.com