Life — October 21, 1915 — page 46: what you’re looking at

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That the human voice may be transmitted across our continent by telephone is the marvel of this age of wonders. Yet the full significance of the achievement is not realized if it is considered strictly as a coast-to-coast connection. The Transcontinental Line not only bridges the country from east to west, but, by having finally overcome the great barrier of distance, it has re- moved the last limitation of telephone communication between all the people of the nation. This means that the voice can be sent not only from New York to San Francisco, but from anywhere to any- where—even from any one to any one —in the United States. s The Man in the y , Wy | ° Multitude Wherever you are, it is possible to reach any one of our hundred million population. You can single out from this vast throng any par- ticular individual with whom you desire to speak. To bring this about, the Bell System has spent years and millions, extending its lines everywhere, antici- ting the ultimate triumph. It has ad the foresight and the courage to unite this great country, community by community, into one telephone neighborhood. With success achieved by the Trans- continental Line, the established Bell highways make you, wherever you are, the near neighbor of your farthest-away fellow citizen. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy _ Universal Service Efficiency HE eminent surgeon summoned his head office nurse and said: “ Have you looked up his financial rating through our private bureau and ascer- tained how much money he has in the bank?” “T have.” “Have you seen his family physician who first sent for me and arranged with him for his commission?” “T have.” “Then order my car and I will call on the approaching widow and tell her that it remains for her to say whether an operation shall be performed or not, but that in case it isn’t done I shall not answer for the consequences.” Next! The first requirement in education of childhood and youth throughout the world is such a revision of the definition of patriotism and such modification of the methods em- ployed in the inculcation of this virtue as will lift the sentiment out of the racial, national and territorial boundaries into what may be termed the source of international relationship. —Mrs. Moy Wright Sewalt BLUE ribbon and an Iron Cross will be presented to the lucky person who makes the best guess as to what this really means. But it is doubtless comprehended under the term “idealism,” a word which stands for almost anything. We suppose the idea is that chil- dren and youths have at present a definition of patriotism which has got to be knocked out of their heads and supplanted by something else which is more comprehensive. The best way we can think of doing this is for all the children of one country to be moved into another country long enough to imbibe some of its patriotism—then to all the other countries in turn. Any child who wants to be an international patriot—what- ever that is—ought to be able to make the rounds of the principal countries before the age of twenty-one. That's one way of circumventing war. Too Good “Well, Dinah, I hear you are mar- ried.” “Yassum,” said the former cook, “I'se done got me a man now,” “Is he a good provider?” “Yassum. He's a mighty good pro- vider, but I'se powerful skeered he's gwine ter git kotched at it.” —Birmingham Age Herald. Va: Herbert Tareyton London Cigarettes ROUND THE WORLD TOURS BO ‘The Best Regular Services & ‘A Pull Information tror EGYPT, INDIA, CHINA, PHILIE CUNARD LINE, 24 State St.,N.Y. PINES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW comicbooks.com