Life — February 4, 1915 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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L-FFIE —Are you saving the commissions on your insurance each year? MIE POSTAL LIFE ls the ooly Company that opens to the polite #0. that thise dontio tered lorsrance-protection at tow cont can deal directly tor it. either personally or By corres 7 es ane wt pa tae eae ane Te Tera Fe, proach ‘the Gret year, less @ moderate advertising = Dangeat pu ou pet the Rete Cow. sot ea tS ges ag piidend ot D290 Bibe pony Reinniog at the cla of the weond year, the POSTAL pays. comtingeat dividends ‘besides, de- Peodingon earsings asia the casect other companies. Soh isthe POSTAL war: sts open to yoB. Call dent New York. Lexicographical Freaks NE finds curious things in dic- In the Century Dic- tionary, for example, Nancy Hanks is entered under “N”, and described as “a fast American trotting mare”. You say to yourself, “The real Nancy Hanks will be under ‘H’. What an interesting distinction!” But there is no Nancy Hanks under “H”, though one finds on the page Hannah, de- as “mother of the prophet tionaries. it a curious twist of the lexicographical ‘mind that put in’ the mare who went around in 2:04 October, 1892, and left out Lincoln's mother, after whom the expeditious mare was named! 'S SAKE, TRY TO REMEMBER THAT!” Why Not Fight the Cause? ONCERNING the foot and mouth disease, the Homeopathic Envoy tells us: The disease, so horribly expensive in increasing the household bills, breaks out afresh from its cause— serums—and they have begun anew “their fight against the disease”. Why not remove the cause? When, philosophically speaking, the cause is removed, the effect ceases of itself. Butchering and quick-liming thousands of cattle does not remove the cause, it only increases the cost of living. Put away the evil of your ways—your serums, vaccines and other diseased filth—and, according to your own admission, you have put away the cause. Paid for the Blind A tradesman in a certain town put a labeled. A few weeks after- outside his shop onc day, For the Blind”. ward the box disappeared. “ Halloa! box for the ‘blind’? he was asked. “Oh, I got enough money,” “And,” pointing upward to canvas blind that sheltered his shop wi dow, “ there's the blind. —London Answers. CUT THIS OUT > ana send your name and $2.00 to ARCHER M HUNTINGTON, Treasurer, he replied. the new Not bad, is it? " What's happened to your OF BRAINS IGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST— Room 122, The Vanderbilt Hotel, New York City, and acknowledgement will be sent “Peace Founded on the Sanctity of Contracts between Nations" THE LA FAYETTE FUND This winter on the Aisne, along a battle line extending a hundred miles, in trenches of frozen earth, the men of covered with ice and driven by hail and sleet, are fighting for the ideals It is not only shells that kill, but there is the suffering Will you help to relieve that suffering? of Democi from cold and exposure, ‘When in the snows of Valley Forge your ancestors this Republic, the strangers who came to their aid were LaFayette and the people of France. Let us now manifest our sympathy by efforts to — racy. relieve the suffering of her Soldiers. Mra, Jobo Jaceb Aster EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mr, Richard Harding Davis Miss Binity 84 Mes, Joka Jay Chapoan Mra, Areber M. Huatingyoa Mrs, Heary Rogers Wiathrop MARQUIS o£ LA FAYETTE Mason-Gememar USA 1776-1778 Mr Wa. Beverly Rogers Me, Robert L. Bacon Mr. Frederic R. Coadert Me, Rawtlas Cotteort Mr. R. Bayard Cettiog Me. Caarles D Wetmore THE LA FAYETTE KIT to be devoted to the immediate relief of the unavoidable suffering of the men in the trenches Two Dollars provides, and by arrangement with the French authorities dispatches to the trenches, a kit of The whole of each contribution goes to the soldiers in the field EACH KIT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: 1 Pair Woolen Gloves AMERICAN MADE GOODS. Fleece Pines Sit ‘2 Eleece Lined Drawers \bdominal Belt with Six Safety Pins Colored Handkerchief 2 Pair Woolen Socks Dark Small Cake Soap Heavy France and her Allies. ler struggled to create Mr, PRIN W Livermore Mr. Philp M. Lydtg THE NAME OF THE CONTRIBUTOR WILL BE ENCLOSED _IN EACH KIT “w seems | languag of the re When you wa areal drink ask for M sour six dollar: fall quart: Rosska