Life — January 28, 1915 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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sAUT SCISSORS AvT NULLus Two Manhattan physicians were en- joying the breeze from the front scat on the “hurricane deck" of a Riverside Drive bus one bright afternoon recently, when part of their conversation was overheard, It ran like this: “T performed an operation for appen- dicitis on the wife of a millionaire "said the stouter of the pair. said the other. “ What was she suffering from?” —Boston Advertiser. For Smokers Only Cuotty: When"I was a boy, you know, the doctor said if I didn’t stop smoking cigarettes. I would become fceble-minded. Miss Kren: Well, why didn’t you stop?—London Evening Standard. “Have you ever thought seriously of marriage, sir?” “Indeed I have; ever since the cere- mony."—Boston Transcript. THE STOWAWAY It Can't Be Done How did the world get started, son? Why, some one said, “ It can't be done!” That settled it. The troglodyte Came out of darkness into light. “Tt can't be done!” somebody said, And lo! the green fields gave us bread. With that taunt ringing in his cars Has man gone upward through the years. You should have seen the mill wheels run When some one said, “It can’t be done!” “It can't be done!” they said before A sail put out to sea from shore. ince world’s remote and dismal dawn Those magic words have spurred us on. It drove Columbus where the sun Went redly down, “It can’t be don “It can't be done!” the weaklings said, And lo! the Wrights flew overhead. “Tt can’t be done!” was what they cried When Fulton offered them a ride. ‘They said it, and Marconi sent His message through the firmament. That is the way it happened, son, Praise God for this, “It can’t be done!” —St, Louis Post-Dispatch, rx is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Ja and British Possessions. '$s.o a year in advance, Additional postage 10 foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 8 year; to Canada, 2 cents, Single cor rent copies, 10 cents. Back numbers, after three months from date of publication, 25, cents. Issues prior to t910 out of print. ; The tert and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lire, 114 Southampton Roto, Londom, W. C. Lire is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from bock- sellers in all the principal cities in the world. The foreign trade supplied from Lirt’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London. E. C. No contribution will be ‘returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Live does no: hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of timo licited contributions. Prompt motification should be sent by subscribers of any change of address. Honestly —have you ever, not just to be drinking Champagne but as a real connoisseur, inhaled the bou- quet of EXTRA DRY smacked your lips over a sip of it, reflect- ed its sparkle in your eyes? Drink Cook’s critically —that's the way to get the fullest enjoyment out of it. American Wine Co. St. Louis, U A Life’s Premium to Subscribers Copr. Life Pub. Co. WHERE LOVE IS (By Angus MacDonall) A reproduction of this picture in full color, show- ing the vivid golden light effect of the desert, and measuring 15 by 10 inches on paper 21 by 16 inches in size, will be sent on each yearly subscription en- tered before April 1, 1915. A subscription to Lire is the best possible gift, whether to yourself or some one else—a copy of Lire every week, fifty-two copies a year, and this picture, all for the regular subscription price.* *Subseription, $5.00 Canadian, $5.52 Foreign, $6.04 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street, New York cone clear ing coulc take Th ough “Wh “Yor do 4 agree “Ss as al regai to be comp heard flock not | can’t “y Secor very. feath I sho taker: “Tt perar loftily of un being fashic and \ sociat “1 hasn't bad-d: