Life — August 11, 1921 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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is- d- he h- he of ly ut ot it 11 August Denatured Anecdotes When Dr. Eliot Took the Count ] R. SCOTT FITZGERALD, who, 1 it will be recalled, was during the Fall of 1920 the Dean of American lit- erature, one day strolled .with Charles W. Eliot. “T find it very hard to keep step with you,” said Mr. Eliot with just a trifle of peevishness in his otherwise cultivated voice, so,” said Fitzgerald brightly. Dr. Eliot often repeated this remark to his family circle, citing it as an instance of the superiority of the present generation. Tagore Gets the Tag R. EDWIN MARKHAM, the celebrated poet, was upon one oc- ion dining with Sir Rabindranath ‘Tagore, whose recipe for growing whisk- ers is known wherever the bulbul bird feeds upon the succulent alfalfa. Over- come by emotion, Mr. Markham, who had not been at the table more than an hour, suddenly laid down his hoe and exclaimed : “Ah, now I see it all, beloved. You are the Edwin Markham of India.” With that rare presence of mind which, even when making a tour of the women’s clubs of Kansas, never deserted him, Sir Rabindranath replied: “Tf this be so, then you are the Rabin- dranath Tagore of America.” It has often been declared that, as an example of mutual restraint shown by two great men, this stirring incident is unequaled. Harding’s Witty Rejoinder T is well known that Mr. Harding while President was extremely def- erential to the Senate. One day a dele- gation from that body waited upon him, and with becoming candor asked if he Gursew Parrot: Aw, what’s the use of an education, anyhow? Sisce they got this loud-mouthed thing IT never get a chance to talk. Autoist: Kentucky Mountaineer: Can you tell me where I'll get board and lodging for the night? Keep right along till ye come to whar the road’s tore up, foller that till ye strike a washout. If ye get over the washout, stop at the fust cabin on yer right. The owner'll fix ye up if he don’t take a dislike to ye. had any mind to do anything about for- eign affairs. “That’s up to Hughes, boys,” he re- plied brightly, “as it illy becomes me to do it myself.” This quaint reply afterwards became a password, so that two senators en pas- sant would smile, and say, “This is on Hughes,” which pleased the President greatly, he being a _ well-dispositioned man, It Pays to — se ID that ad you put in the paper yesterday get quick results?” “T should say it did. I advertised for a night watchman and last night our place was robbed.” Opportunity for Children ORE children are being kept out of school for work on farms and ranches than for all other causes com- bined, according to the National Child Labor Committee. Can nothing be done about this? Hitherto the cotton mills and canneries of the South carried off first honors in all matters pertaining to child labor. They held all records up to sixteen years. Why have they allowed the farmers to get ahead of them? A searching investigation seems to be in order. ‘HOMAS A. EDISON asserts that the world is moving faster. Satiri- cal laughter echoes from what is left of our great white ways. ——— comicbooks.com