Life — July 23, 1914 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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And George Did The new battleship schools instituted by the Secretary of the Navy have made some startling contributions to literature. Here is the essay of a Filipino sailor who was told to write about George Washington : George Wassingham was sore because Americal persons is not free. He sale to England on. (naming his own battleship) and say to King “I express declaracion of indypendence for Amer- ical persons.” King he say “ Nothin’ doin’ and Mr. Wassingham tell Admiral Dewey to shoot turret guns at him. Bime-by King he say he will not rule Americal persons egain, “Let George do it" say King and to-day Americal persons is free.—Ladies’ Home Journal. “Wuat is the difference between a philosopher and an optimist?” “Well, a philosopher takes things as they come, while an optimist, if they come with the dark side uppermost, turns them over."—Boston Transcript. Life: 11's THE BEST PLACE FOR YOU, MR. TOY PISTOL The Benefit of the Doubt At the club the other night a member of the Seventh Regiment found himself the center of a group who were dis- cussing the likelihood of an invasion of Mexico by the National Guard. Cheerful remarks about the penetrative powers of Mauser bullets peppered about him. Everybody had kindly suggestions to make—such, for instance, as that a medal neatly adjusted over each bullet hole would make him look as good as new. The victim took it very well. “T'd like to contribute just one remark to this discussion,” he said. “If I'm reported shot in the back, remember that I may have turned around to encourage my men."—New York Call. > “Are you married, my man?” a lady asked a sailor. “Yes, indeed, fourteen children. “Poor fellow, traveling about like this!’ And don’t ever get homesick?” “Only when I'm home, mum.” —London Opinion. mum—married and “He's a self-made man.” “T know. He surely made a mistake in not consulting an expert.” —Detroit Free Press. Live ts publ Pomessioas.” $5. 100 8 year in advance. to Canada, $2 cents, "Single carrent copies, 10 cents. Bacl 25 cents. "Temues prior to 1910 ext of print. No contribution will be returmed unless accompanied by stamped and addrested envetipe, LAVE dott mot Nid taelf responsible for tha last or momereturn of wnselicited Cent r@utions. shed every Therday, simattancously tm the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British ‘Additional postage to forelga count numbers, afte ies in the Postal Union, $1.08 a year f three months from date of publication, Lape ts lor safe by all newsdeaters In Great Be 4 may be obtained cisles of the world.” ‘The foreign trade supplied trom L1PR'S Leadon Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, EC. The text and dlustrations 44 Southampton Bi ve, fn LUE are copyrighted, For Reprint Rights in Great Britain app to Lire, mW, Prompt mot(fcation should be sent by subscribers of any change of address, A Providence Doctor Says: “The 36x44 Englebert I pur- chased last July as an experiment and used on my Stearns-Knight has now done almost 7,000 miles and is still going. tyres. It has worn out three I have at last found the tyre I wanted and will do no more experimenting.” MADE IN BELGIUM trom booksellers ta all the principal | EEE pp yNpyy EEE P PEE TEE PEEP EPP PPP YT