Life — January 25, 1917 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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gl bad be oe SAuT SCISSORS SI) Aut NULLUS ° Great Provocation Mr. Wood was the kind of man always asking obvious questions, The other morning he was passing the home of an acquaintance and stopped in astonish- ment. In front of the house were two large moving-vans, The lawn was strewn with furniture, pictures, ete. Mr. Morse, the owner, appeared, grimy, weary and ill-tempered. “Hello, Morse!” cried Wood, “ Are you moving?” “Not at all,” snapped Morse. “I'm just taking my furniture out for a ride.” —Harper's Magazine. Similar Tastes A French lady recently married be- cause the bridegroom's taste and hers were similar, “I don't care very much for him and he doesn’t care very much for me,” she explained. —London Opinion. sacs The Only Way eid dota! The Irish sergeant had a squad of re- noiden- ‘ cruits on the rifle-range. “Tid. tore ./ He tried them on the five-hundred-yard range, but none of them could hit the target. Then he tried them on the three- hundred-yard, the two-hundred-yard, and the one-hundred-yard ranges in turn, but with no better success. When they had all missed on the shortest range he looked around in despair. Then hestraightened up. “Squad, attention!” he commanded. “Fix bayonets! Char-r-ge!” —Everybody’s, Intimidation GENTLEMAN (giving alms to a beggar): Now play me a beautiful piece on your clarinet! Beccar: No, sir; I can't play! I only carry the instrument to frighten people! —Meggendorfer Blatter, “Hey, what did you go and sell them apples fer?” “ Ain't they fer sale?” BILLIARD TERM “ REVERSE ENGLISH” “No. Them was the samples we take out to our automobile customers.” —Columbus Ci Live. is published every Thursda Canada and British Possessi * in advance. to Canada, from date of publication, 25 cents. imultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, ‘tle registered in U. S. Patent Office. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $4.04 a year; ents. Single current copies, to cents. Back number Issues prior to 1910 out of print. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Live, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. after three months $5.00 a year , England. 1rt is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from book- sellers in all the principal cities in the world. The foreign trade supplied from Live's London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Live does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unso- licited contributions. |. Notice of change of address should reach this office ten days prior to the date of issue to be affected, Bon Bons Chocolates French Bonbonnieres Purchases Packed ready for safe delivery and shipped to any address, on request NEW YORK Afternoon tea served in the Luncheon Restaurant, three to six MELLOW MELLOW as « moon- bathed landscape—pure as a wood- land stream—tich as the store- house of Mother Earth—“old as the hills"—Cascade, Original Bottling Has Old Gold Label Gro. A. DickEL & Co. Distitiers, Nashville, Tena, “SSA aS | comicbooks.com