Life — June 28, 1917 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Wiis Lid Se tps i | LINGERING THE LAST STRAW A CAMEL GOES MAD IN A DRY TOWN An Auspice Era ARE: auspices increasing? There are no reliable statistics, but such would seem to be the case. Auspices are now being propagated by more bodies than ever before. Besides, there are more bodies than ever be- fore. Auspices, first began to be en- couraged and maintaincd—to be put on their fect, as it were—by the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church, They were exalted, that is, they occupied an elevated posi- tion. When anything was to be “pulled off” it was done under the auspices of the ladies of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. The thing spread. Every little auspice began to chirk up, to believe that it had a career before it. Combinations of so far as we know, auspices were formed. A new auspice era had set in. Aus- pices had come to their own. Now practically everything worth while is done under auspices. If you want to take a dive in a swimming-tank, it is done under the auspices of the local Young Men's Christian Association. If you wish to hear a_ lecture (which you probably do not!) on the difference between the drama and vaudeville, by the eminent art critic, M. Gam- brinus Clover foot, it is under the auspices of the Woman's Club. If, during your wife’: desire to learn how to boil eg pices of the Civic Society. In view of the lamentable deficiency in the national treasury, it is to be wondered at that no tax has been placed upon auspices. This undoubtedly is an oversight If every auspice were made to pay its share of the burden, we should all be on easy street. absence on a motor tour, you » you do it under th = comicbooks,