Life — September 28, 1916 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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A Blunder It was bathing time and from the bed- room of twin boys came the sound of hearty laughter and loud crying. Their father went up to find the cause. “What's the matter up here?" he in- quired. The laughing twin pointed to his weep- ing brother, “Nothing,” he giggled, “only nurse has given Alexander two baths and hasn't given me any at all.” —American Boy. “Wat would happen if an irresist- ible force should immovable body?” “Tt is not necess.ry for anything to happen. [ maintain that arbitration is always feasible.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. meet an “ Miseety offered the man who saved ife half a dollar.” Did the man accept it?” “Yes, but he handed Miserly twenty cents change.”"—Christian Register. “THE LITERARY oUTFUT” “Like the Poor Wicar™ The vicar's wife was tireless in dis- couraging the use of tobacco. According to the good lady it was the weed which made a veritable wilderness of the rose- garden of life. “Well, Annie,” she remarked to one of the village lasses about to get married, “TL hope your chosen is one of the non. chimney variety. Docs not smoke?” “He ain't what you'd call.a slave to the habit, ma'am,” replied the girl, “but he ain't exactly a stranger to it. I don’t feel called on to put a stop to it, neither. You see, I want him to be happy and comfortable about the house when we're marries “Surely he would be just as happy without that dreadful tobacco?” ad- vanced the lady. “Paps he would, ma'am, and p'r’aps he wouldn't,” came the answer; “any- how, I wouldn't like him to keep on findin’ jobs out 0” sight every few min- in eatin’ corfy berries, Tit-Bits. utes, then com: like the poor wicar. “ Henrorp is a pacifist, isn’t he? “Rabid! Why, he wouldn't let his wife have cartridge paper on their din- ing-room wall.”"—Boston Transcript. “Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Tw Auihitional postage t6 Canada and. Briti advance, foreign countries {2 the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; to Canada, 2 cents, Single rent copies, 10 cents. Back numbers, after three months from date of publicatio ts. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. he text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain epply to Live, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. ossessions. "$5.00 a year CONSTRUCTION Recommended for Fine Business Stationery by the most competent printers, lithog- raphers and engravers in the 216 princi- ies of North America. They buy Construction Bond direct from us in large quantities and carry it in stock to meet your demands for quick service, fine workmanship, high quality and good value. Write us on your business letterhead for specimens of fine business stationery produced on Construction Bond and the names of the concerns in your locality who can supply you. W. E. WROE & CO. 200 E, Ilinois Street, CHICAGO, ILL. Lire is for sale by all newsdeale s in Great Britain and may be obtained from bock sellers in all the principal cities in the world. The foreign trade supplied f re’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buil London, B.C. No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addre envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of w licited contributions, Prompt notification should be sent by subscribers of any change of address, Footpad (whose victim is a surgeon) : THE OPERATION MAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND THE PATIENT WILL SOON Recover. cier the exe sper this to s thin was Yea wer kno best Se mod proc Not La Mitehell comicbooks.com