Life — January 27, 1916 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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A Prayer of the English E drew the sword—but not for selfish gain— That we the weak. Wherefore, O Lord, have pity on our pain; We listen, Speak, ht keep our faith, and help And lead us forth to victory in Thy name, That once again may peace be in all lands, That little children starve and die no more, And where the cannon stands To mow down men in ghastly, bleeding swaths, Again may happy peoples till the soil, Knowing that never war-mad tyrant’s paths Shall lead them from their toil. Oh, hear us, Lord. Thou knowest well our hearts; Thou knowest that we strive to do Thy will. Help us that we may stoutly play our parts As fits Thy people still. Dwight Spurr. ‘H'! 5 a terrible failure as a dog, isn’t he?” The limit. I call him Dardy—that’s short for Dardanelles.” “WE WON'T BE HAPPY TILL HE GETS IT" (With apologies to Pears's soap) “LAP ENE * Why Not Run Bird? 'ORMER CANDIDATE CHARLES SUMNER BIRD of Massachusetts has written to Chairman George W. Perkins of the Progressive National Committee that Hughes and Roosevelt are the only two men who can beat Wilson, and that the Republicans must nominate one or the other of them if they expect to win “Theodore Roosevelt for President!” exclaims Mr. Bird; “Elihu Root for Secretary of State! What a sigh of confidence and relief would come from every section of the country!” Has Mr. Bird any assurance that if Mr. Roosevelt were elected President Mr, Root would be his Secretary of State? The last heard of these gentlemen they were not pulling together. Mr, Bird seems able to get more votes than any other Progressive, except Hiram Johnson in California. Why not run Bird? Bird for President and Root for Secretary of State! Roosevelt for counsel, maybe! The Republicans will be lucky if they get as good a man as Mr. Bird to head their ticket. He is the leading Pro- gressive; the best link, moreover, between Roosevelt and Root. Getting Something to Read TR other day a man in New York paid nearly a million dollars for a library of books because they contained a lot of good reading; or so it was reported in the papers. It is a good idea to buy books for the purpose of read- ing them, and it is highly conceivable that in a million dollars’ worth of them there is a chance that a few are worth reading. Especially if they are old books. A mil- lion dollars has been spent in worse ways—in founding certain newspapers, for example. “HYS vour best girl gone back on you?” Tue Errictency Exrext: You'll have to wait until I consult my card index system. This Is the Way They Do It ORKS of Robert Browning, a poct. London (any old date). Life of Robert Browning. By Cadwallader Caper. Life of Cadwallader Caper, the man who wrote the life of Robert Browning. By Eugenia Jibber. Life of Eugenia Jibber, who wrote the life of Cadwalla- der Caper, who wrote the life of Robert Browning, with intimate correspondence between the Jibbers and the Capers, all edited by Blissfield Kerfloperton. Life of Blissfield Kerfloperton, who edited the corres- pondence between—ete., etc.,—and who in this work, com- pleted during his last illness, was assisted by a beautiful trained nurse named Miss Mabel Bedticker. Life of Miss Mabel Bedticker, the trained nurse who as- sisted Blissfield Kerfloperton, who—(and so on ad in- finitum).