Life — November 25, 1915 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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An exchange prints the following list of words ending in “ ough,” and adds the pronunciation of the more obscure words, so far as ascertainable from the diction- aries: Messrs. Gough (goff), Hough (buff), and Clough (cluff), though tough enough, thought through the day that they would visit Mr, Brough (broo), who, hav- ing a hiccough (hiccup) and a cough, lived in a clough (cluff or clou), with plenty of dough, and a tame chough (chuff), kept near a plough in a rough trough, hung to a bough over a lough (loch). A slough (sluf) of the bank into the slough (sloo) injured his thorough- bred’s hough (hock). No wonder the foreigner shudders at those four terrible letters! —Youth's Companion. ,BACARDI Makes The Perfect Cock! Mickey oF Highball, Try Ic! In the Sere ard Yellow “TI am getting old,” confessed Uncle Pester. “Age is crecying on me. I notice the signs more and more frequent- ly. For instance, the other day, when the circus was here—" “Why, you went to it!” “Oh, yes! I went, but I got kind of tired of the hard seats before the big show was over and didn’t stay for the concert at all!"—Kansas City Star. GREAT BAR SPRING WATER SO cents the case of 6 glass stoppered bottles BILTMORE NEW YORK he center of Business and Social Life of the Metropolis 1000-OUTSIDE ROOMS JOHN MSE.BOWMAN PRESIDENT Eat and Grow Thin Thousands have done it safely and comfortably by the instructions in this book. Readable, practical, definite. By Vance Thompson. Price $1 at booksellers or from E. P. DUTTON & CO., 6°! RIRTH AVENUE Among the passengers on a train on a one-track road in the Middle West was a talkative jewelry drummer. Presently the train stopped to take on water, and the conductor neglected to send back a flag- man, An express came along and, before it could be stopped, bumped the rear end of the first train. The drummer was lifted from his seat and pitched head first into the seat ahead. His silk hat was jammed clear down over his ears. He picked himself up and settled back in his seat. No bones had been broken, He drew a long breath, straightened up, and said: “Well, they didn’t get by us, anyway.”—Argonaut. A tenenoontal of Abbott's Bitters with yont Grape Prnlt makes an ileal appetizing tonic. Sample of stamps, C.W. Abbott & C Bom Lucky First Coster: Well, poor old Bill's gone. Secon Coster (scornfully): Poor, in- deed! Luckiest bloke in the market. Couldn't touch nuffink wifout it turned to money. Insured ‘is ‘ouse—burned in a month, Insured ‘isself again’ hacci- dents—broke ‘is harm first week. Joined the Burial Serciety last Toosday, and now ‘e's ‘opped it. I call it luck."—Tit-Bits, In a Pinch, use ALLEN‘'S FOOT-EASE Tue applicant for the post of butler seemed somewhat dense, but in other re- spects fairly suitable. Almost as an after-thought the mistress of the house put a final query: “I suppose you are a single man?” she asked. “Er—er, no mum,” he stammered. “T'm twins!" —London Opinion. EGYPTIAN DEITIES “The Utmost in Cigarettes Plain End or CorkTip —FWY iN (a bottle in the hand is worth two on the shelf” the“ TOP-NOTCH My comicbooks.com