Life — February 5, 1914 — page 35: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Little Mother Hans and Liz said I told lies This mornin’, while my baby slep’, An’ I wuz tryin’ to keep them still While we played jackstones on my step. I said one year—'twas country week— A woman took some girls an’ me "Way, ‘way off—to the grandest place, Where flowers an’ berries all wuz free! An’ to a house with twenty rooms, Where just one man an’ woman stayed. I had a bedroom all myself, An’ never wuz one bit afraid. Hans said there wasn't no such thing, "Cause in a bedroom there must be Your father, mother, an’ the kids; An’ then some boarders, two or three. An’ nights when it got orful hot You slept out on the roof, or walk, Or fire-escape. But Hans don’t know! I scorns them vulgar children’s talk! Oc-o! Don't I wish some country folks With twenty rooms had one to spare For such a little girl like me, With ol” plaid dress, an’ yaller hair! —Ella A. Fanning in New York Times. A younc man, having broken an ap- ointment with Dr, Franklin, came to him the following day and made a very handsome apology for his absence. He was proceeding, when the doctor stopped him with, “My good boy, say no more; you have said too much already; for the man who is so good at making an excuse is seldom good at anything else.” pe lruit Direct to Your Door If you want Grape Fruit of the best quality and with the real flavor, let me ship you a special box direct from my own Nurseries in Cocoanut Grove, Florida. Grape Fruit from this far southern section of Florida is grape fruit par ex. cellence. Every piece carefully selected and packed in a box containing from 36 to 80 according to size, the 46, 54 and 6q sizes being the most desirable. Cost per box delivered at your house or nearest express office is $6 anywhere east of Chicago; small additional express charges ‘to more distant points. Order a box of my delicious fruit and you will want it regularly. isfaction guaranteed. Grape fruit shipped to. foreign countries with transportation and duty charges prepaid. DF S , J. WAINWRIGHT, Jr. I'S NO JOKE TO BE DEAF bh, — Every Deaf Person Knows That. | MAKE MYSELF HEAR Da) After being deaf for 25 years with (Jp these Artificial Ear Drums. I wear 1 them day and night. They are per MeGatel ta trem fectly comfortable.No one sees them, P= Sev. 4 1h8 Write me and Trl to you a tree story, how I got deal sod Dow I pethe myst bear’ Agave. NABISCO Sugar Wafers make an irresistible appeal to the palate. These bewitching dessert confections are made for the joyful occasion, the sotial gathering, the feast. ADORA— Another dessert confection invariably popular with the hostess. These little wafers are pleasing to look upon, entrancing to the taste, whether served with desserts or eaten as a confection. FESTINO —Their resem- blance to an actual almond is most attractive. FESTINO conceals beneath the most deli- cate of shells an enticing sweet- ened, almond-flavored filling. CHOCOLATE TOKENS—A dessert confection. An unusu- ally pleasing chocolate-covered sweet with a filling of creamy goodness, NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY NAMING THE ANIMALS “LOOK AT THE TEXT OF THIS PICTURE, ADAM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPrLL. GEO. P. WAY, Atif far Bram Co., 92 Addlade St, Detroit, Mich. RHINOCEROS ” comicbooks.com