Life, 1894-12-27 · page 50 of 53
Life — December 27, 1894 — page 50: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two unrelated items: **Main Cartoon/Story ("Mr. Phineas Upjohn"):** The top illustration and accompanying text tell a humorous anecdote about a Detroit domestic servant who plays a prolonged prank on a tramp. When he asks for food, she tells him to wait in the shade. She repeatedly appears at the door, raising his hopes, then disappears—torturing him with anticipation. When he finally breaks and asks how long he must wait, she reveals she's been deliberately toying with him the whole time. The joke's point: the servant gets "merriment" (revenge/amusement) at the tramp's expense through psychological manipulation rather than simple refusal. **Advertisement:** The remainder is a Tiffany & Co. advertisement for their "Blue Book" catalog (1895 edition), emphasizing "No Advance in Prices of Diamond Jewelry" and "Tariff Reductions in" imported luxury goods—suggesting contemporary trade policy debate affected jewelry pricing.
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MR, PitNeAS UPJOHN DID NOT UN TO CAUSE—— D AT FIRST WHAT THERE Was ™e qr SO MUCH MERRIMENT AMONG OPEN WINDOW. HIS FRIENDS WHEN HE STOOD AT HIS Tuere’s one hired girl in Detroit who ought to have a medal. The other morning a tramp came to the kitchen door where she presides and asked her for something to eat, It wasn't the first one who had so presented himself, and she was not at all pleased to see him, but she didn’t show it in her manner. “Will you sit down in the shade there,” she said pleasantly, ‘and wait till 1 get it for you?” *: Certainly, ma'am,” he said unctuously as he picked a soft place and deposited himself upon it.’ She went into the kitchen and the tramp waited. He continued to wait. Every now and then she would appear at the door and hope would spring in his breast, and he would smack his lips only to see her disappear again. Finally the strain became too great for him and he came to the door. Oft from a portrait on the wall Beauty of form and face look down ; A memory of the manor halt, A head perhaps, that wore a crown, Nor shall the beauty that hath been Be lost from us and pass away, While modern maidens for the skin Use Packer's Tar Soap every day. Ladies who are willing to give Packer's Tar Soap a fair trial, using it regularly for a few days, will be surprised at the clearness and healthful glow which the complexion will assume “ Excuse m2, ma'am," “Oh, no, I’ haven't you all the time. eat?” “Yes'm.” “ And dida't you say you would 2” ++ Yes'm ; but I'd like to know how long I've got to wait.” She laughed merrily. “That's so,” she said, "I never thought of that. You'll have to wait only six weeks of such a matter,” and there was something in her tones that prejudiced him against her so that he went abruptly. —Detroit Free Press. ¢ said, I thought you had forgot me, ma'am. she chirruped. “I've been keeping an eye on Didn't I tell you to wait until I brought you something to IFFANY “BLUE BOOK.” Messrs. Tiffany & Co. are now prepared to send the ‘95 Edition of their annual ‘*Bluz Book” to any ad- dress without charge. This catalogue contains no cuts or illustrations, but a concise enumeration of all their latest products, importations and Holiday Novelties with the mini- mum and maximum prices of each. { No Advance in Prices of Diamond Jewelry Tariff Reductions in Clocks, Bronzes, Pottery, Glass and all Imported Novelties. Correspondence Invited. TIFFANY & CO. UNION SQUARE NEW YORK Mention Life comicbooks.com