Life — May 9, 1918 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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SSAUT SCISSORS Not Enough Scenery The negro stevedores of the southern states of the American Union have been Aut NULLus The Ratio First Water: When I first saw that man he couldn’t have been making more than one thousand dollars a year. I'll bet it’s ten thousand dollars now. Secoxo Water: How do you know? st Warter: Why, he used to give cent tip, but now he only gives me The Lamb. a fift a dime- A. cotoxen Baptist’ was exhorting. “Now, breddern and sistern, come up to de altar and have yo" sins washed away.” All came up but one man. “Why, Brudder Jones, don't yo" want yo “T done had my sins washed away.” “Yo' has? Where yo’ had yo’ sins washed aw “Ober at de Methodist church.” sins washed away?” conscripted and shipped in great nu to ports in France for unloading the in- ¢ American steamers. ess has quite captivated the gayety- loving French, who never tire of liste: to their laughter and their ragtime songs. When the want to get a dock. yard job done in double-quick time they usually order a brass band to play lively negro tunes alongside the ship. Every stevedore thereupon “steps lively,” and apparently his heavy labor becomes to him a light and joyous t One steve- dore, to whom the Atlantic voyage had been a test, exclaimed: “ Mah goodness! Ah never knew dere was so much water between dem tew countries! Dere ain't enuf scenery for me, no sah, an’ if de United States don’t build a bridge across dat dere Atlantic, Ah’s agwine to be a Frenchman for life.” —Christian Science Monitor, Their cheer. eg bosses” Ah, Brudder Jones, yo’ ain't been washed ; yo’ jes’ been dry cleaned.” —Ree WHEN THE 's Mirror. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, ( Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U.S, Patent Office in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Back numbers, after three Issues prior to 1910 out of print. rare copyrighted. For Ret ss Buildings, F ‘anada, 52 cents, Single current copies, 10 cents. cents © of publication, 2 e text and illustrations i apply to Live, Rolls Hous are MUN GETS MIs us ion, $1.04. years 1s in Great Britain England. Sur: You've been to Palm Beach? Isn't it lovely there? A perfect Garden of Eden, He: Yes; but—er—a trifle more dressy, don't you think? —Boston Transcript. GRANGE GUN PERFECTED Live. is for sale by sellers in all the y Lirr’s Ls all newsdealers in Great Brita neipal cities in the world. Th on Office, Rolls House, Rreams Buildings, London, ributions twill be returned unless accompa Lire docs not hold itself responsible for ons, Notice of change’ of address issue to be affected. ths the loss or non-return 0} uid reach this of nd may be obtained from beet foreign. trade supplied trex 22 cd by ‘stamped and eddr ten days prior to the date ¢ The Diary of a Nation War Editorials from LIFE BY EDWARD S. MARTIN What the Reviewers say about it: From the San Francisco Chronicle: These papers are all very informal. They make no pretense at covering thi whole diplomatic field, and yet the are luable as a history of Amer- far more Vv; 's reactions to the European war than any other record which has thus far come under review. facts plus an intelligent and most inter- esting interpretation. They are the main Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. Any Book Store, $1.5 A HOME NIGHT AN EASY CHAIR A GOOD BOOK D A BOTTLE OF _ Lysw OF COURSE KING OF TABLE WATERS comicbooksseamay