Life — January 15, 1914 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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A Flight of Fancy Prague, Austria—Jules Vedrines, the French aviator, flew to-day from Nancy across Germany, without de- scending. The distance covered was about 400 miles. Vedrines intends to continue to Constantinople. —Associated Press Dispatch. Bee. Jules Vedrines has made a flight— A perfect record breaker !— From Nancy, at a dizzy height,— But why did he forsake her? The world is ringing with his name, Since, by a lucky chance, he Achieved this share of deathless fame,— But who is Nancy? Is she an over-ardent lass, Who gave him adoration, Which came to such a pretty pass, He took to aviation? Or, cold coquette, as false as fair, Who scorned each fond advance he Had made, and drove him in despair To fly from Nancy? Perhaps he loved at first, this Jules, Then, on reflection riper, Perceiving he had been a fool, Declined to pay the piper. Perhaps, when he had drunk his fill Of Cupid's necromancy, He saw no pledge of peace until He flew from Nancy. Though Gallic humor, it is true, Incited him to tempt ire, Without descending once, he flew Across the German Empire. He must have tired of frowns, or smiles, For when he fled from France, he Sailed steadily four hundred miles Away from Nancy. The sages say that love is blind; So he, at least, we hope’ll See other maids to charm his mind In gay Constantinople. lf Nancy is the sort I think, She led him such a dance, he Tis Not Years That Make One Old But rather mode of living and eating. A good means of attain- ing a ripe old age is found in T mak man live better and by placii him in right relation with his foodtand Chcies out the best there is in it by promoting assimilation. Try @ course at home. Nearest dealer og C. H. EVANS & SONS, Hudson, N. Y. | It a metropolitan power-house there must be generators large ;enough to fumish millions of | lights and provide electrical cur- rent for thousands of cars and factories. Each monster machine with the power of tens of thousands of horses is energized by an unobtrusive little. dynamo, which is technically known as an “exciter.” This exciter by its electric im- pulse through all the coils of the One Policy _ Was bound infallibly to shrink, And fly from Nancy. An interview with Jules might yield The facts, or some suggestion; But Turkey is too far afield For me to ask the question. Besides, I would not go, not I, To satisfy mere fancy,— Still, I should like to know just why Jules flew from Nancy. Eric Moore. The Energizer of Business generator brings the whole mech- anism into life and activity. A similar service is performed for the great agencies of business and industry by the telephones of the Bell System. They carry the currents of communication everywhere to energize our intricate social and business mechanism. United for universal service, Bell Telephones give maximum efficiency to the big generators of production and commerce. | AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One System __ Universal Service “GRACIOUS, WE MUST BE HEAVY! HOW WE MAKE HIS BACK SAG.” comicbooks.com