Life, 1904-03-03 · page 30 of 38
Life — March 3, 1904 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with some humorous short anecdotes**. The advertisements dominate—for Trimble Whiskey, "The Real" Safety Razor, Dunlop Detachable Tires, Hartford Rubber Works, and Old Crow Rye Whiskey. The left column contains brief satirical vignettes about human foibles: Charles Francis Adams's skeptical questioning of God while at Harvard; a stingy father making his son wash windows as a birthday gift; a miserly hotel proprietor obsessed with preventing theft; and domestic disputes over trivial matters (etiquette, noise). These anecdotes mock **everyday hypocrisy and penny-pinching behavior** among the middle and upper classes. They're presented as amusing observations of foolishness in "contemporary" American society—the magazine's stated purpose. The page reflects early 1900s advertising and humor conventions: brief jokes, product endorsements, and light social commentary rather than pointed political satire. The overall effect is lighthearted mockery of bourgeois pretension and stinginess.
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<< OUR FOOLISH ONTEMPORA' Cuartes Francis Apams the noted while at Harvard for at good In fact, it was his legs were in front, ' erally com, . since a Unitarian clergyman ¢ Harry was particu- t larly pious in bis conversation, so much so that . Adams finally revolted. 1 “Is ble, Harry,” he began, in a tone of y “ T wish thee health, absolute astonishment, “that you really believe in a I wish thee wealth, ' God?" I wish thee gold in store, f Harry looked for an instant, and I wish thee heaven upon earth ; nswered : arley, if you're ma What could [ wish thee more Ia y that I do."—New Yor b t Tar Sovra ror Hosrrranity North e North Carolina, 1s the best inn South, a Sareryeaen I NO TIME TO SPARE. 10. years old, aged th : The mean man whose birthday gift to his son con: by time, IWhis Phila. *& New York. Rey iskey sisted in wash the windows so the boy could * * eee . ~- not artificially. ESTABLISHED 1793. , Jeol out snd see “ Green Label. ; family The Manor, Asheville, ntroduces its readers. He was proprietor of a| ; country hotel. : The r { the hotel kept everything under : lock and key, there wa no chan for the ual loafer to get newspaper, pen, ink, seap or t else free There were not even free t s in the o : One day c { tooking at For Hard-to-Shave Men } The over the ‘The man with a tender skin and a touch beard may now shave ’ ! ot th Is for “ 94 Aimsrif with comfort—a razor f Theonlysatety razor thut is bo : | The Real" Safety Razor, It permits the correct draw cut, ‘ Cuts elvan, emooth and eren, bas a rigid hand! S ‘ ENDS BOSTON better controt of the blade than the folding hand HOTEL VENDOME, BOSTON, o1 razor, It is quicker and easer than any other razor, The {deal hotel of America for permanent an safety device 1s adjustabie to either hand. transient guests, R ry finest atect, Cull concave, Price §2 at dealers, or from us if dealer hasn't It, §2 ree Macer I say, Chimmle, when yer look 1 turned if it does work to suit you the Arst time you use it, restaurant wir don't It ake yer w GEO. W. KORN RAZOR MFG, CO., DEPT. E LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. Ancots Wanted Rrerywhere . Water? ully ge it makes me en a n’ trust. —Ex. t he a “do you ink there for an honest, cultured, and really , nIities 2” y." he replied. “I want to hire that ind of an to write my speech on the Ship e Subsidy bill."—Chicago Record-Iteratd. j benefit mind and sody ; Abbott's A ten up the me Barrens ¢ tora build up wasted tssuc, RONG ON ETIQU yes, he's great on etiquette. i ‘ To take the new “ Dunlop” - - Made under the a treet with off the rim (the new rim) G. & J, patents (and there- At ide of | loosen one screw only—and t fore of a construction long i —Roston Transcript | off it comes. And the rim 3 since past the experimental : t Y ed to wood wheel ge), with greatly improve cold bottle and a smail hot bird: and le can be fitted to a wood wheel YW stage), with ¢ 4 , s easily as an iron tire, for features, affording its user y be one of Cook's Impertat Extra Dry “the ‘wheekmaker has only the minimum of trouble | to deal with flat surface maximum i safety, \ There was a man around to: | Let us send you “74 and lone honest ing big brass burt bells to put on th description, J ; front of the hous dered one. Hvspaxp ‘ g worth stea T know, but it will make ¢ t * Philade ge N} sehen = asi ato THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO. HARTFORD,CONN.USA. ( 7 Y A H. B. KIRK & CO., : © LD R W R STRAIGHT SOLE BOTTLERS, NEW YORK ‘ comicbooks.com