Life — March 21, 1918 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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Simple and Cheap BALTIMORE who had Aarne of a gang of darkics in an oyster cannery, was approached one |) aay by one of the men, who asked for a day off to get married. “Why, Ah thought you was already a married man,” said the manager. “Suah, boss, Ah'm a mahried man. Ah'm mahried goin’ on foah times, row.” I “Well, yoah suah have had bad Inck burying so many wives, George.” “No, boss, none er dem women done died on me yi “Not dead? Then yoah have had lots of experience in the divorce coahts, George.” “Deed, boss, Ah hain’t never done git a 'vorce yit, neither, Hit’s dis heh way. Me’n Mirandy we's mahried ‘wont a yehr, an’ den ev'rything done bus up an’ we goes seprate ways. "Bout a yeah, an’ Mirandy she comes | ter me an’ she says she want ter git mahried to Caleb Crane, an’ axes me if she do, docs Ah goin’ make trouble foh her. ‘Sakes no, Mirand tells her. Yoah go’long an’ git mahried to Caleb, an’ Ah’ll git mahried to Sukey White. Well, boss, me’n Sukey we gits mahried all right, but pretty soon ev'ryting done bus’ up ‘tween us, an’ Den Ah mahries Lily Wil Sukey mahries in, too. ’n me’s done split up, too, an’ Ah’s coahtin’ Vi'let Harrison.” “But aren’t you afraid will be getting you for bigamy, man we leaves. ay orge? ‘There are laws against marrying with- out a divorce, you know.” “Lawsee, boss! Ah doan mess up none wid dem lawyers, an’ Ah reckon dey won't mess up none wid me. An’ as fer dem laws—what do de laws keer ‘bout what a niggah do?” ou can drink all you want of WLLONA NON-INTOXICATING ‘No Goverament License Required The more you drink the better for yourself Drugeists avd Dealers Established 1786, HUDSON, |L. E. Waterman Company, 191 Broadway, New York, N. Y. The Writing World The Fighting World The World of Business Men The Scholar's World The Social Whirl All use the best known Pen Wateriians Idea FountainPen This is the Pen Dependable It is the friend of most writers and thinkers. It is the confi- dant of men and women of affairs in private and public business. It consummates the great affairs of the world and its statesmen. It retains the home ties during absence. It keeps friendships intact. It is the chum of students the world over, and an inseparable companion for the traveler or camper on land or sea, in peace or war—a world of help within itself. It is a good pen, made to last. \f In Self-Filling, Safety and Regular Types. A style for every preference and a pen point for every “hand.” $2.50, $4.00, $5.00 and up. Sold at the Best Stores Mlustrated folder sent on request. Avoid substitutes, Roston Chicago San Francisco Montreal London Buenos Aires Progress in New Jersey HE State Board of Health of New Jersey, upon the opinion of the Attorney G appears to entertain moral opinions which differ so radically from the arch: standards of most boards of health as to deserve special mention, This B. of H has actually had the temerity to deny the application made by Rutgers College to practice neral, ic vivisection, The law in question was passed more particularly for the purpose of permitting the Rockefeller Institute to practice vivisection. That is bad enough. But if the application had also been granted to Rutgers, a precedent would have been established which would have enabled any school in the state to inaugurate classes in vivisection. Think of the possibility of perverting the minds of young people in this wholesale way!