Life — April 19, 1917 — page 39: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Truth T is characteristic of the greatest men that they tell the truth. The power of exact definition, in all ages, has been the test of real greatness. In a crisis, all men instinctively turn to the one who is able, calmly, without fear, unprejudiced, to tell exactly what is the matter. The greatest men are not great because of their intellect, but because of their character. Character is founded on truth. There were many abler men than Washington—Hamilton was a better financier, Franklin had more creative energy. There were abler men than Lincoln. Seward was more intellectual. Grant was a better soldier. But the nation put its life in the hands of Washington and Lincoln because they could be trusted. Wash- ington told the truth. Lincoln told the truth. Lloyd George tells the truth, Earl Grey is more intellectual than Lloyd George; Herbert Asquith is much more brilliant. Lloyd George is the greatest man in England, not because he has the best brain, but the best character, be cause, through all the surging eddi and back currents of an imperilled na- tional life, he is able to see the truth simply, and to tell it simply. Without hypocrisy, without smugness, with no striving for effect, with no trick and no evasion, Lloyd George tells the truth. And because he tells the truth, England will win the war. Tur Taxt Vartet: A real crat—London Opinion. Evans’s Depilatory (with complete outfit for applying) obviates the one drawback every woman Tecognizes in the cut of the décolleté gowns of the present fashion. Tt is a soft powder which, applied occa- sionally, keeps the underarm and other parts of the skin entirely free from superfluous hair, There is no safe way of removing hair permanently. the complete outfit. Money back if you nt it. At drug or department stores or © cents and dealer's name. GEORGE B. EVANS, 1105 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Makers of “Mum? An Advertisement by THE PULLMAN COMPANY Coast to Coast. Through the far-reaching service of the Pullman Company it is often possible to arrange a railroad journey so that the night may be spent on the train, thus effecting a saving in hotel accommodations and the hours often unnecessarily used for day time travel. The Pullman car includes in its construction not only the asset of increased safety, but every conven- ience afforded by the most modern hotel that can possibly be adapted to the limitations of car con- struction. And the service further includes the personal attention of employes trained to anticipate the individual requirements of the traveling public. In the deserts of the Southwest; in the western mountains; in rural communities throughout the country, everywhere, regardless of local conditions, the traveler today can obtain, wherever he may board a Pullman, the same high standard of service that he would find in a Pullman car leaving the terminal of the great metropolis. Standardized and extended to serve in equal meas- ure travelers in practically every community, the facilities which the Pullman Company affords for convenience, safety and comfort are equalled by no other similar organization in the world. Who Does Your Thinking? HO does your thinking? It will pay you to look into this occasionally. If you don’t wish to do your own thinking, or if you haven't the time or the energy or the mental capacity, then you should at least get someone to perform this function who is capable of acquitting himself of the task in an acceptable manner. People are apt to be very careless in this regard. Too often they adopt as their own, thoughts which have passed through and been distorted by so many mental middlemen that they hear only a remote resemblance to the thoughts as they were thought by the original thinker. The best motto is, “Do your own thinking,” but if you accept a substitute, get a good one. — —_ comicbooks.com