Life — October 11, 1923 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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the cute YORK See the Ancient Glories of the Mediterranean ND now a Mediterranean Cruise under Canadian Pacific mar agement, on the magnificent “Empress of Scotland’ (25,000 gross tons), sailing from_ New Yo January 14, 1924. Every- thi g Canadian Pacific standard— there is none better. Is Egypt Your Mecca hits historic excavations? This e will give you 14 days in Palestine and Egypt at an inclu- sive rate. Fascinating shore ex- cursions to different points from Mediterranean ports. All details looked after by competent repre- sentatives. nt cities and ancient glories: Rome, s, Constantinople, Jerusalem. Pictur- races and costumes; Algiers, Tunis ro, aglow with the sunny charm of , Madeira, Cadiz, Gibraltar. Gor- geous cross sections of the world we live in; Naples, Monaco, Lisbon. A touch of Old England—Southampton and London— on the way home. A wonderful winter vacation, this Canadian Pacific Mediterranean Cruise. And it costs ore to travel so than for accommo- ons at a first-class hotel anchored to street. Fares $800 up. Limit 600 gers. ict full particulars now. Write, phone or ton at the nearest Canadian Pacific steam- shin agency. Mediterranean Cruise o ote IT SPANS THE WORLD \. ¥.—Madison Ave. St : ELLANS FOR INDIGESTION 25¢ AND 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE LIFE Wanted: A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Theatregoers Its Aims 1. To repress that individual, in the seat directly behind, who vocifer- ously explains the entire plot (should there be one) prior to the rising of the curtain. 2. To refuse admittance to those who come only for “a good cry.” 3. To furnish each seat with a read- ing light and a readable book. 4. To keep out all “theatre part 5. To fine (heavily) all lyri who rhyme “home” with “own “hug” with “lov with “meet me 6. To place in jail (for sixty days) all ham actors who tell anecdotes about other ham actors. To punish, by fine or imprison- ment (or both), any producer who permits a “sport number,” depicting the girls in riding clothes and the chorus men in bathing suits. To hurl bodily into the street that one who doesn’t know when to cease applauding. 9. To suppress all adaptations from the French, in which the heroine announces that she'll “tell the world there’s no place like little old New York.” 10. To suppress all adaptations from the Russian (without reserva- tion). 11. To equip all gentlemen’s smok- ing-rooms with ventilators. 12. To place under arrest the so- prano who warbles sentimental ballads before the curtain. 13. To put to death, by slow torture, the speculator whose tickets are for the wrong evening. 14, To abolish all first nights. Cc. G. S. ” and “sweetie A Thought on the Fate of Poets Ports have such a perfect trust In what will blossom from their dust! To most, some inward eye discloses That their rich mold will nourish roses, While others sing in touching phrases That they will bloom in pink-tipped daisies, And here and there a modest lad Consents to sleep with clover clad. Not one has ever had a doubt That from his crumbling bones will sprout The fragrant flowers of the spring, And not some low, plebeian thing. I think ’twould be a nice surprise If from a poet’s grave should rise A cabbage, stout and crisp of leaf, To garnish prosy folks’ corned-beef ! G.O. R. The Largest, Most Modern, - Most Replete Steamer -Crutstn Next Winter to~the MEDITERRANEAN '-the Specially | on the Nile. ‘THOS. COOK Chartered Red Star Liner BELGENIAND Jan.19 to March 26, 1924 | { HIS mammoth, palatial steamerabounds inunique and novel features —features | | which make her the ideal ship for just such a Cruise de Luxe. Broad, glassenclosed promen- ade decks, magnificent public rooms, large, airy and superb- ly fitted staterooms with hot | and cold running water and private bathrooms in plenty. | The most distinctive dining- room-service afloat—here you may order meals in your own way at your own time. | A master-hand itinerary,em- bracing romantic Spain, Gibraltar, Algiers and Tunis; Naples and Pompeii; Athens, | Constantinople, Palestine; a long stay in Egypt— Cairo, the | upper Nile (the Valley of the | Kings), etc. Stopover privi- | leges in Europe, returning by Majestic, Olympic, Homeric, , ete. | Under the management of Cook’s Travel Service—the | World’s Foremost Travel | Organization—the Owners of , the Finest Fleet of Steamers | & SON NEW YORK: ©. 5 245 Broadway. “561 Filth-Ave. Boston Philadelphia comicbooks.com