Life, 1900-09-13 · page 20 of 20
Life — September 13, 1900 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with one small cartoon joke. The main satirical content is a single-panel comic at bottom-left, captioned: "HERE, WAITER, YOU HAVE CHARGED FOR THREE SOUPS INSTEAD OF TWO." The waiter's response: "YES, SIR; THERE IS THE ONE I SPILLED ON MADAME'S DRESS." **The joke's context:** This mocks the waiter's absurd logic—he's charging the customer for soup he *ruined* by spilling it on a woman's dress, as if the customer should pay for the accident. It satirizes poor service and restaurants' audacity in overcharging patrons. The humor relies on the waiter's obvious dishonesty presented matter-of-factly. The remainder is **period advertising** for food/drink products (Lea & Perrins sauce, Evans' Ale, Martell's brandy, Ripans Tablets for digestion, Beeman's gum, olive oil, etc.)—typical for Life magazine, which subsidized itself through ads targeting affluent readers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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