[Illustration: SYMPATHETIC COAL DEALER--“_I’m terrible sorry your family is suffering, but I haven’t an ounce of coal that isn’t contracted for._”] [Illustration: “_Oh, it breaks my heart to hear that your children are suffering and if I had any coal to spare I’d let you have it._”] [Illustration: “_Oh, your sad story overwhelms me with grief and I wish to express my deep sympathy._”] [Illustration: “_I’ll send the coal right down. If you need any more just let me know._”] DOES THE END JUSTIFY THE MEANNESS? [Illustration: THE COAL OPERATOR--“_Honestly, I hate to see all this suffering upon all sides--_”] [Illustration: “_But, Great Scott, just see how much money I’m making! I’ll soon have enough to endow a college._”] THE COAL INVESTIGATION [Illustration: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE COAL CONSPIRATOR--“_Now, answer me explicitly. What per cent of hydrogen does the average ton of coal contain?_”] [Illustration: “_Now, do not attempt to equivocate or evade this important question. If a ton of coal weighs a thousand pounds, how much does a ton of anthracite coal weigh compared to the weight of a ton of bituminous coal?_”] [Illustration: “_Do you or do you not know whether a ton of anthracite coal dating from the paleozoic age burns more readily than a ton of bituminous dating from the pre-glacial epoch? This has an important bearing upon our investigation._”] [Illustration: _The Committee submits its report._] “ANARCHY ISLE” [Illustration: SUGGESTED BY SENATOR HOAR] THERE IS NO CLAUSE IN THE NEW NICARAGUAN CANAL TREATY AGAINST BILLBOARDS [Illustration] “IN THE SPRING THE YOUNG MAN’S FANCIES LIGHTLY TURN TO THOUGHTS OF ST. JOE” [Illustration: _The Michigan “Gretna Green”_] THE ARRIVAL OF THE INDIANA AUTHORS AND POETS [Illustration: A LITERARY EVENT IN CHICAGO] THE ANNUAL CRUISE OF THE DOROTHEA AND THE ILLINOIS NAVAL RESERVES [Illustration] THE NATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT GLENVIEW [Illustration] SOCIAL HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON, D. C. [Illustration: THE TEA AND PUNCH ROUTE ON CONNECTICUT AVENUE DURING THE BUSY HOURS] ONE RESULT OF THE MODERN METHODS OF THE UP-TO-DATE CHURCH [Illustration: “_John, I just know there’s somebody trying to get in our front door._”] [Illustration: “_Now, do be careful when you open the door, John._”] [Illustration: “_John, John, don’t open that door!_”] [Illustration: “_Gee! I didn’t know w’ere te toor-bell wass at._”] [Illustration: “_Oh, John, I just know something dreadful has happened to father!_”] [Illustration: “_Gee! if dere hain’t no answer, I guess I’ll mosey back. Gee! dis is a peach of a night._”] GENERAL CHAFFEE AND VICE-GOVERNOR WRIGHT ARRIVE FROM THE PHILIPPINES [Illustration: “_Let us give them a Filipino welcome that will make them feel at home._”] THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOOTBALL TEAM-- [Illustration: AS STAGG DESCRIBES THE CONDITION OF THE TEAM BEFORE THE GAME--] [Illustration: AS THE TEAM REALLY WILL BE DURING THE GAME]