Life — January 10, 1918 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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night if youre but a LUDEN~ite lo throat ticlde will you have at Not poetry—but “‘cold facts.’ The menthol prop- erties in Luden’s relieve irritation in air passages almost immediately—but a, Luden-ite has more than one use for Luden’s—that’s why it pays to have a package in pocket, home and office. Always » have Luden’s handy at your bedside. No coloring, no narcotics. Not touched by hands, Luden’s yellow sanitary package guards purity. Luden’s Give Quick Relief \ 5c as usual The Husband’s Announcement Scene: A modest little home, with shabby furniture, but everything neat and clean. Enter husband. To wife, who is sitting quietly crocheting. Hvs8anp (throwing himself in a chair It's come! Little Comedies of Married Life CAUTION: LIFE employs no direct travel- ing representatives; it does not offer prizes, college courses or other in- ducements for agents to canvass for subscriptions. subscriptions on any such basis should be turned over to the author- ities as a swindler. Anyone soliciting Be sure to place your order with a reliable bookseller, news agent or solicitor, if you do not mail it to LIFE direct. Be te LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street, New York Huspann: I’m discharged. For thirty years I have worked for that company, and now that I am no longer profitable to them they let me go—the worst of it is that I haven't saved a cent. We shall starve. Wire: Nonsense! You always were a pessimist. I shall be glad to have a change. Huspano: A cl Wire (calm Yes. During the past thirty years you have given your salary, amounting to between four and five thousand dellars, to me, haven't you? Huspanp: Why, yes. Wire: Well, I've saved nearly half of it each year. With the accumulated interest, it amounts to seventy-five thousand dollars—a tidy sum, and it all belongs to me. Oh, never fear! I'll keep it. My next husband—and a fine fellow he is—will not marry me for money. Huspanp: Your next husband! What do you mean? Wire: That I shall marry at once— a more cheerful person than you. Huspanp: But you are married to me. How can you— Wire: Simplicity itself! I can di- vorce you for non-support. How can you get work at, your time of life? ? ONTAIGNE always contended that humor was the best conceal- ment for craft. Therefore he advised his pupils in diplomacy to become regu- lar subscribers to Lire and study it carefully. ‘ WAR NOTE THE ENGLISH DELIVERED A SMASHING BLOW ON THE GERMAN BASE The Jar of Musterole on the Bath-Room Shelf When little Susie had thecroup;when Johnny got his feet wet and caught cold; when father sprained his knee; when granny’s rheumatism bothered her—that jar of Muster- ole was right there to give relief. Musterole is a_ clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard and other home simples. It pene- trates down to where the congestion causes the ache the cold. And the heat which it generates usually carries off the congestion to- gether with the cold or sprain or rheumatism. Yet its heat isa non- blistering heat. Musterole even feels cool a few moments after you have applied it. And the ease usually comes immediately while youarerubbing on Musteroleover the place. Keep your jar of Muster- ole on the bath-room shelf—handy. Many doctors and nurses recom- mend Musterole. 30¢ and 60c jars— $2.50 hospital size. The Musterole Co., Cleveland, Ohio comicbooks.com