Life, 1904-08-18 · page 15 of 22
Life — August 18, 1904 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **book reviews** and **two separate jokes/cartoons**: ## "An Old Wood Cut" A woodblock-style illustration depicting two figures in a forest setting. The text references "William" and "the Colonel," suggesting it illustrates a literary work, though the specific reference remains unclear from the visible text. ## Two Humor Pieces **"Fate":** A brief joke about an editor whose baby was born on Sunday. The humor plays on the editor's supposed aversion to "Sunday supplements"—the illustrated sections of newspapers. The irony: his newborn arrived on the very day he dislikes professionally. **"One Thing Leads to Another":** A cartoon showing two men at a table in conversation. One man explains he doesn't need to remember his acquaintance's name because his wife remembers everything about him—implying wives handle all social memory and details in marriage. This reflects early-1900s domestic humor stereotypes about male forgetfulness versus female attentiveness. Both jokes rely on domestic and marital comedy conventions typical of the era's satirical magazine humor.
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Copyright, 1004, by Life Publieding Co AN OLD WOOD CUT. have been an intimate of William's in the days of freckled boyhood. The internal evidence is a bit conflicting as to whether the Colonel has humorous ambitions or is a trifle— odd. J. B. Kerfoot. The Queen's Quair. By Maurice Hewlett, (The Macmillan Company. $1.50.) A Gingham Rose. By Alice Woods Ullman, (The Bobbs-Merrill Com- pany, Indianapolis. $2.50.) Modern Arms and a Feudal Throne. By T. Milner Harrison. (R. F. Fenno and Company. $1.90.) A Passage Perilous, By Rosa Nouchette Carey. (The J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.) Nature's Comedian, By W. E. Norris. (D. Appleton and Company. $1.50.) A Woman's Will, By Anne Warner. (Little, Brown and Company, Bos- ton. $1.50.) Shakespere.: Personal Recollections. By Colonel John A. Joyce. (The Broadway Publishing Company.) “ D° you remember his name?” “I don’t have to. My wife remembers it, All I have to remember about him is that he knows me. My wife remembers all the rest."’ “ TH editor's baby was born on Sunday: “And he has always been so averse to Sunday supplements."” “ ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.” comicbooks.com