Life — September 10, 1914 — page 43: what you’re looking at

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The New Yorkers The New Yorker acquires his mind early in life. He was born into the bustle of all modern won- ders with “big propositions” that ran to the hundred millions all about so that he can no longer get the shock of human surprise.—Robert Herrick, in Chicago Tribune. Ho” pathetic are the imaginings of people, especially western-dwell- ing people, about New York and the New Yorkers! It is true that the New Yorker acquires his mind early in life, but he seldom acquires it in New York. He acquires it in Canada, or Texas, or California, or somewhere in Europe, or in the South, or in New England. Only a handful of the existing New Yorkers who are active in affairs were born in New York. Our greatest city is not much of a birthplace, nor yet a notable place of residence, but as a training-school and center of stimula- tion there is something to be said for it, It is a great school, especially for graduates who got their preliminary education somewhere else. Reports on Food HEESE—Climbing. Coffee—Going down. Milk-—A blue outlook. “Good FISHIN’? YESSIR; YE CO DOWN THAT PRIVATE ROAD TILL YE COME TO TH’ SIGN ‘TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED’, CROSS THE FIELD WITH TH’ BULL IN IT AN’ YOU'LL SEE A SIGN ‘NO FISHIN AL- LOWED '—THaT’s 17” Frequent Sailings, India, China, Philippines, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Winter Tours in India. Round World Tours. For full information apply Cunard Line, 21-24 State St. New York. “is Without penalizing your bank account you can now drive a car of distinctive class Here is a car that will never be built by the thousands—because it is a special class car for special class men. 1200 Moline-Knights for 1200 men of means This magnificent Moline-Knight sells for $2500—but if you are one of the 1200 men of means to whom we appeal the rice will mean nothing, because you ow from experience that price does not always determine actual value. To the man who loves his motor car as a man who loves a good horse—the man who knows there can be spirit in a piece of machinery and friendship in luxurious finish and equipment—if you are such a man, we offer the Moline-Knight as a car of capability and refinement. Moline Automobile The Moline-Knight is guaranteed 50 H.P., 128-inch wheelbase, four speed transmis- sion, spiral gear rear axle, 36 x 434 inch Goodrich or Firestone tires, Bosch plugs and ignition. Wagner electric starting, left hand drive, center control, Power tire pump, and other conveniences. Send to- day for descriptive literature. Dealer fps ubtittte.cal ce t once for advance information regarding and Limousine to be to the ight line. East Moline, Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. On Relatives S it not time that the question of one’s relatives should be settled, either by a National Board of Arbitration or by some properly constituted tribunal? For many years relatives have been held up to ridicule by popular humorists; they have been accused of lighting down upon us at the most unpropitious moment, of constantly wrangling over trifles, and, in short, of displaying, with apparent pride, every petty meanness known to humanity—and that is saying a good deal, Apparently, Charles Lamb started the joke going many years ago in his essay on “ Poor Relations”. Since then every writer has had his fling at it. Are all rich relatives officious, offensively prying and, in time of one’s distress, niggardly uncharitable and maliciously inhuman and cruel? Are all poor relatives cringing, contemptible, bad-mannered, sycophantic and slovenly? If ‘so, ought they be subject to government control? Ought there to be established by our ubiquitous law a minimum scale of offenses which relatives are permitted to commit? If not so, ought they not to be triumphantly vindicated and the incident closed? Let us have, as Pope suggests: “A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain.”