Life — July 16, 1914 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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e priecin! Bedegy y to Lane, Rhymed Reviews Henry of Navarre, Ohio (By Harold E. Porter. The Century Co.) 'Y taste, I know, is shocking bad, My point of view, I own, is narrow; I don’t like novels grim or sad,— Raw chunks of life that shock and harrow. I think Thalia, now and then, Should oust Melpomene and Clio And let us read of nice young men Like Henry of Navarre, Ohio— A hearty specimen of those Whose passions rarely burn intensely, Who, lightly touched by earthly woes, Enjoy this vale of tears immensely. This Henry was—as all Navarre Would pretty readily acknowledge— That thriving borough’s rising star ; But when he sauntered back from college A Harvard junior, square of chin, An All-American Right Tackle, He found himself enshrined within The city’s social tabernacle. Each year he served a different queen Who kept his heart from growing colder ; The first was Helen, seventeen ; And next came Alice, ten years older ; DIARY. November 12, 1813. “Tt was mighty stormy last even: feg—too stormy f¢ To get to the tavern too stormy for me thoa, T OLp OvenmoLr Rye te company epovgh, anyhow! Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 years" has proven good company for five generations. Its pure, mellow flavor and rare bouquet make it the first choice wherever good whiskey is appreciated. Aged in charred oak barrels, distilled and bottled in bond. A. OVERHOLT & CO. Pittsburgh, Pa, The Telephone Emergency 'HE stoutest telephone line cannot stand against such a storm as that which swept the Middle Atlantic coast early in the year. Poles were broken off like wooden toothpicks, and wires were left useless in a tangled skein. It cost the telephone company over a million dollars to repair that damage, an item to be remembered when we talk about how cheaply telephone service may be given. More than half of the wire mileage of the Bell System is underground out of the way of storms. The expense of underground conduits and cables is warranted for the important trunk lines with numerous wires and for the lines in the congested districts which serve a large number of people. ED S But for the suburban and rural lines reaching a scattered population and doing a small business in a large area, it is impracticable to dig trenches, build conduits and lay cables in order that each individual wire may be underground. More important is the problem of service. Overhead wires are neces- sary for talking a very long distance. It is impossible to talk more than a limited distance underground, al- though Bell engineers are making a world’s record for underground com- munication. Parallel to the underground there must also be overhead wires for the long haul, in order that the Bell System may give service universally between distant parts of the country. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy One System Universal Service Then Dorothy, that maiden prim, And Elsie jones, a transient bless- ing, A “kid” who lost her grip on him By putting up her hair and dressing. But when (as B, A.’s sometimes do) He earned his daily bread, well-but- tered, He married Alice Number Two, A rosy little girl who stuttered. Ah, well! this world is full of care, As Father Adam wrote so truly; But should a fellow court Despair Or tragedize his life unduly ?— Or nurse a grief to goad the soul As Juno's gadfly tortured Io?— Or let the darned old planet roll, Like Henry of Navarre, Ohio? Arthur Guiterman,