Life — July 8, 1915 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Anthony Comstock NTHONY COMSTOCK at the age of seventy-one has finally lost his job as post-office inspector, though doubtless he continues to be an officer of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, Anthony has done in his time a great deal of useful work as an expurgator of pornographies, but his discre- tion has never been trustworthy. He has always been prone to discover and suppress more vice than there was, and of late years he has done it in more haphazard fashion than ever, persecuting in some cases persons not in a position to fight him, but whom, in the judgment of normal observers, he had no just call to meddle with. He never had education or enlightenment enough to he a fit trustee of such powers as he has been permitted to exercise. His successor, if there is to be one, should be selected with great care, The trouble is that the office the duties of which Comstock has discharged is so uninviting that it must always be hard to find a person of the requisite intelligence who is willing to undertake it, For Bridge Experts Only 1GH-HANDED PROCEEDINGS: Doubling and re- doubling. Role. Diskew The Pup: Weit, 1 WoNveR WHAT Me sees IN THAT?” Revised Versions 'OMAN’S place is in the limelight. Go ahead first and take chances on being sure you are right afterwards, My country! May she always be half-way right; but if she ever happens to be all right—still my country! Do unto others as you know they would do to you if they ever got the chance. If at first you don’t succeed, bribe, bribe again, Never put off until to-morrow what you can get some- body else to do for you to-day. OH, TREAT IT KINDLY! Old Adages Disproved That People Who Live in Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones. THERE are so many reasons why this adage is no longer true that it would take up too much space to enumerate them all, A few, however, will be sufficient. A glass house can readily be scen through. This is an immense advantage, because glass can be made in such a way that the people back of it can see through it, while those on the outside cannot. Besides, glass can be made so thick that no stone can break it. The real point of the adage, however, is supposed to be allegorical, and to imply that when you are vulnerable yourself, you should he careful about attacking others. But this is only because you have not applied yourself sincerely to the technique of your art. The main point is to learn how to throw stones. Always hit the one you are throwing at. The immense advantage of living in a glass house under these conditions is that it is positively foolish to say anything more about it. On the Safe Side IRLIE: I've been reading, Harold, that kissing is hygienically unsafe, and think of the numbers of times you have kissed me! Harowp: Oh, well, “there's safety in numbers", you know. comicbooks.com