Life — June 25, 1925 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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28 Reg. U.S. Pat. Of. JOHN DAVEY Father of Tree Surgery $50,000 per year for scientific training alone Davey Tree Surgeons are trained before they are per- mitted to enter the field force of the Davey Company. This training is never done on the trees or at the expense of the client. The Davey officials, who know Tree Surgery values, guarantee the ability and the reliability of the experts whom they send to treat your price- less trees. The Davey Institute of Tree Surgery is maintained, at a cost of nearly $50,000 per year, to give scientific training to regular employes. It is open only to men already in the Davey organization; and all expenses are paid by the Com- pany—in order that the service which you buy may be scien- tifically accurate and mechan- ically perfect. Davey Tree Surgeons are local to you—anywhere between Boston and Kansas City, be- tween Canada and the Gulf. Write or wire Kent, Ohio. THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT Co., INC. (150 City Bank Building, Kent, Ohio Attach this coupon to your letterhead and mail today THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO,, Inc. 150 City Bank Bldg., Kent Ohio, Gentlemen: Without cost or obliga- tion on my part, please have your local representative examine my trees and advise me as to their condition and need. What the Canaries Sang to the Whales Three hundred whales in the middle of the ocean; Right where the Gulf Stream crosses the Atlantic— And one lone ship surrounded by com- motion! Three hundred young whales, somewhat corybantic. The mate sang hymns and the skipper was frantic, And Peterson, the swore Hed never seen that many whales be- fore! bosun, swore and The skipper skipped, and manfully he shouted, The mate called the bosun terrible names, But the whales only spouted And played their little games— Leap frog, squat tag, follow the leader; Young whales, frolicsome whales were they, Even their play Ot the ship's progress was rather an im- eder. Think how it bothered those seafaring men! But just exactly then, Under the hatches, which were none too strong, A thousand canaries bubbled into song! That ship's was exclusively canaries— They sang ike a thousand flutterball fairies, They sang the songs of the midgets of creation, The wee things, the little things, The shy things, the tiny things, Of every tribe and nation. And three hundred whales stopped frol- icking and dashing, Spouting and splashing, And swam attentively, orderly and still, To hear the canaries musically trill Of the wee things, the little things, The really important things, With hilliputian skill, cargo Three hundred whales burst wetly into tears, They were only young whales, but large for their years, And they were ashamed of their horrible size— The song of the canaries had opened their eyes. They wanted to be little things, Wee things, tin; Little yellow prize! things, lutterballs, singing for a The ship sailed on through the deep At- jantic, The mate sang hymns, the bosun swore. The whales went sobbing to a northern shore. And the noise of the canaries drove the skipper frantic’ —S. K.,, in Spokane Spokesman-Review. Collarette. sideboard or ocean pete without Abbotts Bitters Aids digestion. Sample ¥ mall, 25 eta. C, W. Adbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. Hopeless Lavy (trying to get seats for very popular musical comedy) : If 1 come back in an hour's time, do you think it would be any good? Box-Orrice Orriciat: No, madam. Lavy: But sometimes tickets are re- turned—people die. Box-Orrice Orriciat: Nobody would think of dying before they've seen this show.—Punch, Enjoy the Joy of “THE LUXURY SHAVE” HE instant lather, the beard reduced to wax-like soft- ness, the once-over shave that is close and smooth, the re- freshing fragrance of the Royal Fern—all this makes the Fou- gere Royale Shaving Stick the choice of men who are accus- tomed tothe best of everything. The Luxury shave includes also Fougere Royale Facial Soap, EauVegetale,and Talcum. HOUBIGANT HOUBIGANT, INC. 16 W 49th Street New York comicbooks.com