Life — November 20, 1924 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Another Case of Heredity I pon’t know how I met him, nor how we got into conversation. It loesn’t matter, anyway. “Have you ‘Crimson Crime’?” he asked. I said. “I haven't.” “Well, sir,” he continued, “I knew furnace was out—I felt the house grow cold—and still I couldn't leave hat book. It's absorbing—magnetic!” “You don’t tell me,” I murmured politely. s a mystery tale which taxes the magination to the limit. It has an in- eniously tangled wave of criminality, 1¢ supernatural, and love. The book s full of the zest of adventure and anger.” ?” said I. Here was a man vhose opinion did not suffer for lack i expression. “Have you read Stained Glas: I asked in turn, I diately wished I hadn't. Th. revelation in religious hought?” said he. “Not yet. But I understand that it is a boldly frank nd fearless discussion of the prob- ems of the modern church as disclosed through intimate and personal biog- raphies of twelve religious leaders from Roman Catholic to Salvationist. Am I right?” In the main,” I replied, weakly. “I do quite a bit of reading,” he vol- unteered. “Last week I read some vignettes of child life contrived with For the Best of Assembled in readiness PEARL NECKLACES the greatest value is assured the private purchaser or) 0 DREICER&C° Rearts, Fe els, Precious Stones 560 FIFTH AVENUE Mew Yorks Christmas Gifts—| } HIS Christmas give all your friends “Ole Missus” Fruit Cake—The Gift of Perfect Taste—thoughtfully chosen by you but without the usual shopping bother. Made in Dixie, by outhern cooks, from Lucy Thompson's recipe, of citron from Spain, cherries from France, pineapple from Hawaii, nuts from Italy, and many other good things, it comes to you (or to whomever you wish) rich and pure in its handsome metal container. Let us lift the Christmas gift burden from your shoulders. Send us a list of your friends, enclose $2.50 for each two-pound cake and $6.00 for each five-pound cake, and we'll do the rest. Prices include carrying charges. You have just time enough left to, order for Thanksgiving. NATCHEZ BAKING COMPANY Department C Natchez, Mississippi the utmost artistry and beauty. Then I read a gorgeous tale of uncharted seas and untrodden shores; the amazing life story of a man who dared; an in- teresting new volume by an eminent naturalist which gave an authoritative account of the flora and fauna of a great region, and a stirring, stimulat- ing and clearly told history of the ad- venturous career of Lafayette.” “ ‘Quite a bit’ is right,” I said feebly. “Then, too,” he continued relent- lessly, “I have been looking a little into the literature of music. It pays, you know.” “Oh, yes,” I mumbled. “Everybody reads some trash—so much is published. But you read it and forget it. Not so with the thoughtful book that improves with successive readings. You read it, re- member it, and value it as a proud possession. Take ‘Harmony George,’ for instance. Written without rancor “TELL US ABOUT YOUR FIANCE.” “om, ME 1S CHARMING. 1 PICKED MIM OUT TO GO WITH MY CHESTNUT Dress.” —Le Rive (Paris), comicbooks.com