Life, 1904-06-30 · page 21 of 23
Life — June 30, 1904 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and merchandise page** from Life magazine, with minimal editorial cartoon content. The main humor piece is "Tomfoolery" by James Montgomery Flagg—a single-panel cartoon with limerick captioned "A Regular Devil." It depicts a domestic scene where a husband, presumably caught flirting with the cook, claims the black eye he's sporting came from the cook, not his wife's jealous rage. The joke plays on marital infidelity and domestic violence as comedy—reflecting early 1900s attitudes that treated spousal jealousy and physical retaliation as humorous rather than serious. The remainder of the page consists of advertisements: Prudential Insurance's dividend policy, Canadian Pacific Railway service (commencing June 1904), and prints by W.B. Ker and Flagg available through Life Publishing Company.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
TOMFOOLERY Drawings and Limericks by JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG EVERY PAGE A LAUGH A REGULAR DEVIL usband: “You think I'm a St. Hl ‘ou a bit, for | At. Now please take a look— wink at the cook!” No, the black round his eye isn’t Pt. 75 Cents, Postpaip LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st Street, New York The 5-Year Dividend Policy Ghe Prudential isa Practical Form of Life Insurance Combining Investment and Protection The Policy Contains the Following Features: The PREMIUM is LOW. 5. Policy is NON-FORFEITA 'STRENGTHOF “f° 1 GIGRALTAR Ke sfc EIN ry, (ian Endowr Treneficiary) sto Residence, Travel or nay be surrender ASH VALUEDG 5e ) For further partic The Prudential Insurance Company JOHN F. DRYDEN HOME OFFICE President of America Newark, N. J. VISIT THE PRUDENTIALS BIT, P. OF EDUCATION, WorkLivs eSTL CANADIAN Paeirie Raitway TWO THROUCH TRAINS Each Way---Every Day BETWEEN MONTREAL TORONTO AND VANCOUVER Commencing JUNE 3th, 1904 The Imperial Limited Westbound and Eastbound The Pacific Express Westbound The Atlantic Express Eastbound E. V. SKINNER, Assistant Traffic Manager 458 Broadway, New York A-Print in Two Colors AFTER W. B. KER Reproducing exactly effect of a Dark Room Size, 15 x zo $1.00 Copyri 1904, Live Developing’and Pritiig A Carbon Print AFTER JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG Copyright, 1904, Lire $2.00 The Sweet Magic of Smoke LIFE: PUBLISHING COMPANY 47 West Thirty-First Street New York comicbooks.com