Life — September 9, 1920 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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464 OUR. FOO CONTEMPO LIS ARIE ars Ex-Ambassador Walter Hines Page was formerly one of the editors of World's Work and, like all editors, was obliged to refuse a great many stories. A lady once wrote him: : You sent back last week a story of mine. I know that you did not read the story. For as a test I had pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20, and the story came back with these pages still pasted; and so I know you are a fraud and turn down stories without reading same.” Mr. Page wrote back : “Madam: At breakfast when I open an egg I don’t have to eat the whole egg to discover it is bad."—IWriter’s Monthly, Whar the country needs is not a phono- graphic record to preserve a candidate's voice, but something to preserve what's left of the voice of the people —Paducah (Ky.) News-Democrat. Speaking of dropping a hint, there’s a hint in every drop! “Obey that impulse!” Buy a * “Scotch Mist” ! Then if it rains who cares! A gentleman’s overcoat of hand- some Scotch cheviot. Rainproof! All wool, of course. All our clothes are. *Registered Trademark. Mail orders filled, ROGERS PEET COMPANY Broadway Broadway at 13th St. “Four at 34th St. Convenient Broadway Corners” Fifth Ave. at Warren at 41st St. NEW YORK CITY DEITIES “The'Ultmost in Cigarettes ‘Plain Enid or Cork Tip People of culture and refinement invariably PREFER, Deities toany other cigarette. Ata ball game between a South Carolina negro team and a visiting team of similar color a negro preacher was acting as um pire. The pitcher had gone rather wild, and had permitted all the bases to fill. An- other man came to the bat, and the nervous pitcher shot one over. “ Ball one,” yelled the ump. The pitcher tried again. “ Ball two,” was the decision. Another effort by the hurler. “Ball three,” said the umpire. The pitcher saw his predicament, and made one master effort to save the day. Ball four,” yelled the ump, “and the ’s out.” How come, I’se out?" inquired the en- raged batter. “T'se repelled to put you out, nigger. Don't you see dar’s nowhere else to put you?” reasoned the umpire. —Columbia (S. C.) State. Otherwise All Right A prominent clubwoman says that wom- an’s besetting sins are envy, laziness, glut- tony, jealousy and revenge. Outside of that she is, we presume, the angel we have al- ways liked to picture her. —Boston Transcript. WILE EP LEP ERED, S. ANARG eM Unfair Competition “ How's business?” “Not too good—thanks to some d rascals who are selling goods at reaso prices."—Le Journal Amusant (Paris). Some of us are beginning to love Vice for the enemies it has made. BOGALWSA “The New South's Young City of Destisy” Never heard of it? Well, the payroll of Bogalun’s Industries is $250,000 monthly, Write the Mayet No Soap Better — For Your Skin— Than Cuticura Better Days’ Work is the contribution of Pj Flowers to the business world’s efficiency. what a difference they'll make on your desk. It’s good business to remember your customers with Flowers A the Plortsts’ Telegraph Delivery Association comicbooksRgiyy