Life — November 29, 1917 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Who? 10, when my country had to fight, Gassed like a geyser day and night, To Kaiser William’s great delight? La Follette! Who, when the world was full of tears | And Liberty was dark with fears, Chilled every heart with gibes and jeers? La Follette! Who, when the Hosts of Crime held sway, With Freedom's very selé at bay, Who dared applaud their Devil's pl: La Follette! Who wasted Time when Time was all We had to mect the righteous call To stay the Hun’s High Carnival? La Follette! Who yet must pay the penalty The Fates reserve for such as he If any God of Right there be? La Follette! ILKLB. War's End OME obdurate people insist upon expecting an early end to the war. Sidney Webb, political economist of London, reminds people there that peace, when it comes, will come sud- denly and unexpectedly. Sir George Reid, lately premier of Australia, who lectured in New York on November 7th, said the men at the front are much more sanguine than those at home, and that he had heard a general at the front predict that the war would end so soon “that I shall not even mention it.” The general quoted spoke before the Italian set-back. Nevertheless, feelings at the front are interesting. r makes a queer combination when a man with a “yellow. streak” is “called to the colors.” NATURE NOTES OSTRICHES HAVE THE REPUTATION OF BEING PEEPING TOMS, AND THEY OFTEN TOKE THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND TO SEE WHAT THE WORMS ARE DOING. no money—try t It’s thirty-three years, come next Septem- ber, since I began supplying the choicest of Gloucester’s famous mackerel direct to the homes of families throughout the country. Our Own Home Kind People here in Gloucester, the leading fish port of America, laughed at_me when I began to sell mackerel by mail. They didn’t realize how hard itis for other people to'get good fish. Tut T did. So I decided to make it easy for everybod where, to have full-flavored, wholesome fi kind we pick for our own eating here at Glouces- ter. 65,000 families are buying from us today. Fishmen for Gen- erations You see, I know fish, My folks, *way back, have always been fish- men, They helped found Gloucester in 1623. My boyhood days were spent aboard fishing boats. Catch- ing fish, knowing the choicest and picking “em out, cleaning and curing them the right way, has been my life’s job. Thirty Years’ Development Today our business is housed in a modern, four- story concrete but with 20,000 square feet of floor space; fitted with the most improved and sanitary equipment for cleaning and packing fish. Standing at the water's, edge, the. fishermen’s catches are brought right into the building. They fo to your table with “the tang of the sea” in them, A tat, tender, ling of pepper, Salt Mackerel Direct from the Fishing Boats to You Your pail is read; 0 Hie he Fish first. Such a Good Breakfast! Mackerel broited to 8 sizzling brown tome butter, a eprink- 1 @ tooth co fat, meaty, juicy mackerel—send Frank é. Mure PRESIDENT Fall Mackerel, Fat and Tender Most of the fish your dealer can buy are Sprin fish, thin, dry, and tasteless: What T've selected for'you are Fall fish, juicy and fat with the true salty-sea mackerel 7. We clean and wash them before weighing. pay only for met weight. No hicads and no tails, Just the white, thick, meaty portions—the parts that make the most deliciow: neal imaginable. You probably have never tasted nackerel as good as mine. Send No Cash— Try the Mackerel First I want you to know before y ny fish will please you, If there is. ty of a risk, T want it my expense. m salt pay possi Just’ mail. the ¢ and I'll ship at once a y ‘mackerel containing 10 fish suf- ficient for 3 0 prepaid, so that your have a real Gloucester treat Sunday foley Da f. if my mackerel are not bet- ter than any you have ever tasted, send back the rest at my expense. If you are pleased with them— and'I'm sure you will be—send me $3.90, and at the same time, ask for “Descriptive List of Davis? sold onl Fish,” y direct, never to dealers, Remember: Meat, flour, potatoes, everything has Kone "way up in’ price. In comparison, Davis’ mackerel is low. An economical food—s0, good cat, $0 nutritious! The “Sea Food Cook Took that goes with the fish will tell you just how to repare them. Praaue Mail the coupon now wi busines he Card, letter bead oF wafer ines Beat 301 Ceara West Goacester, Rass, Without obli- gation please send ine.all charges 7 pbtehaid, a pail of Davis’ Mackerel — to 7 _ contain 10 fish, each fish sufficient for 3 or 4 people. I agree to remit $3.90 in ten days or return e fish. 7 Frank E. Davis Co. 301 Central Wharf 7 Gloucester, Mass. th Name Street. comicbooks.com