Life — October 16, 1924 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Famous Hobbies Amonc the well-known collectors in his country one sKould not forget: Peggy Hopkins Joyce, whose hobby collecting husbands. Although Miss ce’s collection is not the greatest in sal bulk, it contains the rarest and 1 varied specimens, rank A, Munsey. In a brief span Munsey has collected enough news- pers to give every man, woman and d in America a two-weeks’ tryout a cub reporter. Sergeant Alvin York, During the r gt. York's hobby was collect- Since then he has been lecting medals. His collection has wn so rapidly that the public was ced to purchase a farm for the ng hero to pasture the darn thngs. Indrew D. Mellon has collected more ses than any other one man in mod- ) history. His mysterious popularity ong the common people must be cribed to some other cause. fenry Ford collects Trouble. What- r he says or whatever he does, Mr. rd manages to add one more Trouble his collection. As a side line Mr. rd collects money. He has been re- ted the richest man in America since day John D, Rockefeller gave away it thin dime to the little girl on the ryboat. Taf. njo players get three dollars an This is pretty easy picking. German Army OFFICER’S FIELD GLASSES Slightly Used 8 Power 9-85 Postpaid Genuine German War glasses reine at «xceptionlly ‘edvantageous rates o wufactured by most of German optical factories. Many "were, received: direct from the Allied Reparations Commission. Finest achromatic day and night lenses. 40 mm. objective. Dust and moisture Pupillary adjustment. Ruilt according to strictest military standards. “nil lasses guaranteed ia perfect condition. Shipped, insured, upon receipt of check or of full cash refer a ihe! | py your field glasses today. HENDERSON BROTHERS Largest Importers of Field Glasses in America 97 Federal Street Boston, 9, Mass. posit ire rage plasses ret Now comes the perfect shave with this masculine toilet water that keeps the face fit Now when you lay the razor down after the last stroke, try this stimulating emollient to keep your face fit. Now know a face that is free from blemishes, from infec- tions. A face that is easier to shave. A face more attractive, with skin healthy, ruddy. Note, too, how the use of this—the only really masculine toilet water—harmlessly closes pores, preventing undue per- spiration and its attendant “shine.” This men’s toilet water is Eau de Cologne—No. 4, famous since 1709—available again after 10 years’ absence due to the war, Refuse substitutes—insist on the bottle and carton as illustrated. Go today to your drug store and get Eau de Cologne— No. 4. Use it on your face after shaving—see how it stimu- lates the skin—gives a new glow of cleanness and health! In three sizes at druggists 2-o2., 65c; 4-02., $1.25; 8-0z., $2.00 Exclusive Sales Agents HAROLD F. RITCHIE & CO.,, Inc. 171 Madison Avenue, New York City Service Laporarories, Inc., Cuicaco Sole Importers and Distributors for the U.S. A. Tasist on the genuine tn this bottle and carton. Out of the Slough of Despond Nosopy in the office had ever paid any particular attention to Johnson. He was one of those quiet, modest, meck fellows who seem to be born to obscurity. For six long years he had sat down to his desk each morning promptly on the stroke of nine. Tired, worn, haggard and foot-weary, his gray cheeks ac- centuating dull, lifeless eyes, he would slip into the accounting department like a mouse, drape his coat limply over a costumer, and bury himself in his ledgers. But on this day the door flew open with a bang and Johnson burst into the office like a tornado. Head erect, eyes sparkling, cheeks aglow and chest thrown out, and prancing with all the grace and agility of a chorus man, Johnson fairly sailed over to the cos- tumer, borrowed a coat hanger, arrange: his coat with meticulous care, lit a cig- arette, and strutted over to his ledgers. Immediately he was the center of a wildly gesticulating group of interested, admiring and curious fellow clerks, and was literally buried under an avalanche of excited questions. “What's the mat- ter?” “A boy?” “A girl?” “Twin: “Somebody die and leave you mone: Johnson laughed. And such a laugh that office had never heard before. “Hell, no,” he said; “!'ve found a place to park my car.” FP. ASK. comicbooks.com