Life — January 8, 1920 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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“This storm won’t last— “| knew it was coming, and I know it’s most over—by my Zycos Barometer” NOW when a storm is coming and its probable duration. Know all about the weather and its vagaries hours ahead. Made possible through possession of this Tr cos Aneroid Barometer (No. 2252) The only barometer adjustable for any alti- tude up to 3500 feet. An exclusive Tycos fea- ture. Richly finished handsome brass case, easy reading dial. Your dealer can supply you. If you experi- ence any trouble remit us—$1s—specifying No. 2252—we will send it at once. Safe delivery guaranteed. Price in Canada and the far west correspondingly higher. Send roc in stamps for booklet “ Practical Hints for Amateur Weather Forecasters.” Xplor Instrument Companies Rochester, New York ; There's a Treos or ‘Tekir Thermometer for every purpose The Great Desire By Alexander Black S it love, honor, fame, money—what are peo- ple after, anywa: That was the question Anson Grayl asked of New York when he came to that “City of the Successfully Single,” an unworldly and enquiring young man. He wanted to write a book—The Great Desire— in which he would answer that question. And, instead, Life picked him up and made him live the book he would have written and answered the great question in terms of his own experi- ence, Here is New York, the City of Today: a group of real and interesting people. $1.75 HARPER & BROTHERS Established 1817 AT WHOSE BEHEST? Pigs “T have a friendly feeling towards pigs generally, and consider them the most intelligent of beasts, not except- ing. the elephant and the antbropoid ape “The dog fs not to be mentioned in. this connection. 1 also like bis disposition and attitude towards all other creatures, especially man, He is not. suspicious, or shrinkingly submissive, like horses, cattle and sheep; nor an impudent devil: may-care like the goat; nor hostile like the goose; nor condescending like the or. ‘a flattering parasite like the m “The Book of a Natural- by W.H, Hudson, HAT beast that frisks beneath the pine, The palm, or banyan, Deserves from Man a valentine As Best Companion? While some will pause irresolute, While some, in combat, Will pit the Banded Bandicoot Against the Wombat. While some will say the Spermophile Is more than human, Or eulogize the Crocodile, Or lithe Ichneumon, Or else pronounce the Marmoset A perfect corker, My truest friend, my only pet Remains the Porker. The sweet Domestic Pig, renowned For every virtue, While there is any food around Will not desert you. Yet stays the Captain of his Soul, Like me or Henley, True as the needle to the Pole, And always cleanly. With all four feet his brimmng trough He gaily steps in. How brisk he is to scamper off! How full of pepsin! I love his pink, tip-tilted snout, His romps and racings. His linkéd sweetness long drawn In sausage casings. for writers. young or old. The universities recognise (f this, for over one hundred members of the Engi faculties of higher institutions are studying ia cur 150-Page illustrated catalogue tree, Plean Addae The Home Correspondence Sch _Dept 22 Springfield, Mass. ec ee 908 The Dog? The Dog has had his day In fact and fable; But would a Dog adorn a tray Conveyed to table? Then though his friends with howl and groan The welkin waken, The Dog is naught! The Pig alone Brings home the bacon! Arthur Guiterman. but still in the heart of things THE BILTMORE Use se Major’s Ce Cem heteapirttoreh All three kinds, 15: le. For sale at all dealers. a comicbooks.com