Life — February 4, 1915 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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

FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC Found > "THERE was once a young man, Svetaketu Aruneya, who was un- learned in the things of this world, and he set out to discover the beauti- ful. He went to a sculptor, and to the sculptor he said: “What is the most beautiful thing in the world?” The sculptor took him into a studio and showed him an inchoate mass of marble, upon which he had been work- ing for some time, and he said: “This is the most beautiful thing in the world.” Svetaketu Aruneya was not satisfied, and so he journeyed on and came to a young man like unto himself, and he said unto him: “Tell me, I pray you, what is the most beautiful thing in the world?” And the young man’s eyes glowed with pride and he led him away to where a freckle-faced girl was toss- ing hay in the meadow. She had large ankles and her hair was frowzy and unkempt, and the young man said: “There, O Student, is by far the most beautiful thing in the world.” But Svetaketu Aruneya was still not satisfied, and so he journeyed on to a city, and he came to the head poli- tician, and he said: “O Politician, tellest thou me what “EMRE ° is the most beautiful thing in the world.” Thereupon the politician smiled and answered: “O Son of Curiosity, that which is most beautiful is most invisible. That which has the truest curve and is most pleasing to the senses is that which one cannot behold.” Then the politician took him to the capitol, and ke waved his arms and he said: “The most beautiful thing in the world, O Earnest Young Man, is the last bill which I succeeded in getting through the Legislature.” Still, Svetaketu Aruneya was not satisfied, and he left the city and wandered along the road, and at the foot of a hill he saw a small boy play- ing in the dust, and the boy's eyes were bright with a shining light. And Svetaketu Aruneya said to him: “O Youth, so much younger than I, and in whom wisdom may therefore dwell, tell me, I pray you, what is the most beautiful thing in the world.” And the youth lifted his hand to the top of the hill, and the road went straight up and was lost beyond, and he drew his finger across the top of The Doctor: al A STRONG AVERSION TO WATER. the hill, where the vanishing line of the road made its horizon, and he said: “O Stranger, over there beyond that hill lies the most beautiful thing in the world.” “Are you sure?” asked Svetaketu Aruneya. “Tam sure,” said the youth, And Svetaketu Aruneya knew at that instant that what the youth said was true, and that the most beautiful thing in the world lay beyond the line of the road; yet he wanted to be sure, and so he said again to the youth: “T believe you when you say that the most beautiful thing in the world lies over beyond the line, but one more question: Have you been over there and seen it?” “Not yet,” said the youth. Thomas L. Masson. RIGADIER-GENERAL: I want to get the most powerful pair of binoculars you have. Optician: Here you are, sir. Made in Germany. With these glasses you can even see the United States Army. A SURE SYMPTOM! HE MUST NOT GO OUT WITHOUT BEING MUZZLED AND HELD IN LEASH