Life — September 4, 1924 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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28 He takes his pipe 1800 miles into China No, it isn’t because his wife objects to his smoking in the house. We don’t know that he has a wife, for that mat- ter. Mr. Mellor takes his pipe far into the interior of the Land of Confucius be- cause he is attached to the good U. S. S. Palos, which, among other waters, sails the upper Yangtse Kiang. This is what Mr. Mellor writes: Larus & Bro. Co., Richmond, Va, G. S. Schloss, Dear Sir: I have just been reading a letter that was sent to our canteen yeoman and thought that this would be a gvod time to tell you of our appreciation of the fine tobacco that your firm shipped us. I feel that I can say the same for the crew of this ship. Yes, this sure is an out-of-the-way place and we sure enjoy a good smoke. We feel that we can at least rely on your tobacco always being fresh, espe- cially that in the glass jars. This ship is now eighteen hundred miles in the interior of China, on the ‘One’ of the is riding the hills Chung King: and there is but what carries one of your small tins of tobacco with him on these trips. Every man on the ship smokes Edge- worth and quite a few chew it, too. Speaking for all hands and the ship's cook, ean say that we will uphold your fine tobacco on this part of the river, as every man is for Edgeworth first, [ast and always. Best regards to Edgeworth from the crew of the U. 8. S. Palos on the Yangtse River. ponies “Sincerely yours, (Signed) Robert N. Mellor. If you would try before you buy, let us send you free samples of Edge- worth and give you a chance to learn at first hand why so many smokers like it. Write your name and ad- dress to Larus & Brother Com- any, 63 South 21st Street, Richmond, Va. Edgeworth is sold in various sizes to suit the needs and means of all purchasers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice and Ready- Rubbed are packed in small, pocket- size packages, in handsome humidors holding a pound, and also in several handy in-between sizes. We'll be grateful for the name and address of your tobacco dealer, too, if you care to add them. To Retail Tobacco Merchants: If your jobber cannot supply you with Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Company will gladly send you prepaid by parcel post a one- or two-dozen carton of any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice or Ready. Rubbed for the same price you would pay the jobber. Tis All for Good Luck (Colin O'More, Irish tenor, in private life is James H. Hornberger.”- is Names wid the smell o° the praties an’ wheat to thim, Names wid the odor o’ dillisk an’ peat to thim, Names wid a lump o’ the turf hangin sweet to thim— Brannigan, Flannigan, Milligan, Gilli- gan, Duffy, McGuffy, Mullarky, Mahone; Hornberger, Kornberger, Horowitz, Gorowitz, Hoffman and Koffman and Cohen and Kohn. —George B. Ryan, in Boston Herald. Ina Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Le roi s'amuse A friend brought in this story about Douglas Fairbanks. He once asked Fair- banks what he would like to do if he were free to do precisely as he liked. Fairbanks was frank. “I'd like to have forty new suits of clothes,” said he. “Then I'd like to go to Monte rlo, I'd come out on the baleony wearing a new suit and every one would say: “There's Doug Fairbanks. movie actor in the world.” “Then I'd go to my room and change clothes and come out again.” —Corey, in Louisville Courier-Journal. The best Bitter Disappointment A manufacturer had for some time boarded a poor student free of charge, and the latter had become very friendly with little Karl, the ten-year-old son of the family. One day he informed Karl of his parents’ wish that he should tutor him in foreign languages. “Ach Gott,” replied the youngster re- proachfully ; “and I thought we were go- ing to be friends!” —Fliegende Blatter (Munich). 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