Life, 1904-08-25 · page 19 of 20
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This page from *Life* magazine (a satirical publication) mixes advertisements with humorous anecdotal pieces typical of the era. **Main Content - "The Guidance of Reason":** A folk tale about Jim, a young man regarded locally as foolish or half-witted, who succeeds where educated townspeople fail. When Sam Jones's colt goes missing, Jim finds it by reasoning: "if I was a horse, where would I go?" He retrieves it in under an hour. The satire mocks conventional wisdom—suggesting simple, direct thinking can outperform elaborate effort. This reflects period skepticism toward pretension and education without practical sense. **"English as She Is Wrote":** A satirical notice from a Mexican meat factory advertising its modern facilities but written in comically fractured English ("Fabrik," "higienic cleannes," "petitions of sandwiches"). The humor targets both Mexican business owners attempting English and American condescension toward foreign commercial ventures. **Advertisements:** Primarily tobacco, automobiles, regional travel (Southern Pacific Railroad), and beverages—typical early 1900s consumer goods. The overall tone emphasizes rural common sense versus urban sophistication, a recurring *Life* satirical theme.
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-LIFE- Ui iGnT GASOLENE TONNE AU MARK XLT hout special gears or extra devicesof any lar stock model, with fall touring ‘won event sen sceantfte $i Ing Contests Neontain Eodurance Ron, Catalogue will be wept on speclal catalogues of Colut tre Own Carriages and Commercial Vehicles. PLECTHIC VEMICLE CO. NewYork: 134-136 SURBRUG’S Arcadia MIXTURE. “No one who smokes the Arcadia would ever attempt to describe its delights, for his pipe would be certain to go out.” My Lady Nicotine. THE GREAT SOUTHWEST with its famous Rice, Oil and Sugar Fields LOUISIANA AND TEXAS REST REACHED VIA LINES OF Southern Pacific OPERATING THROUGH DAILY SERVICE For all informati any Southern Pa Seatox, 1:0 Washington St. PHILADELPHtA, 622 Chestnut St ty Rroadway NaLtTivone, 210 No, Charles St. Yors, | 1 Proadway SyRaccsr, 229 So, Franklin St, The Guidance of Reason. HE villagers were all gathered round the | little store, talking about Sam Jones’: colt. It was a two-year-old and had s out of the pasture lot the day before. worried about it, the neighbors had all been out looking for it without su and no one seemed to know where to look for it. Jim stood there, looking on and listening. Jim was a tall, lank young fellow, regarded as half-witted by some persons and as foolish by others, “T think I could find your h-horse,’’ he said to Sam Jones. “You? Why, Jim, how do you think you could find him when we have had the best men j in town out looking for him?" | “Wal,” said Jim, ‘I could try, couldn't 1?” “Yes,” answered the owner, “you can try, | and if you find him I'll give you a dollar.” “All right,” said Jim, and walked away on his search. ‘To the surprise of all, he re- turned in less than half an hour, leading the missing horse by a rope tied round his neck. “Well, well !’? said Jones, as he took the \horse and paid Jim the dollar, ‘‘how in the | world did you find him so quick?" | Jim answered in hi lost | long drawn out words, |“Why, I thought, ‘Now if I was a horse, where would I go?’ And so I went there, and he had."— Youth's Companion. English as She Is Wrote. NEWLY heart of the city has sent out a circular the subjoined is a portion: opened establishment in the | of whic “Our Fabrik is fitted up with all the most modern and indispensable electric machinery |to the preparation and manufacturing of meats | ry = according to the European and American pro- , ceedings. Our manufactory is fitted up in such | conditions as to guarantee our products for its good quality and higienic cleannes: Phey are sent to home if desire. We serve also petitions |of sandwiches, at $6 a hundred. Requests at gross must be made to the Fabrik or to the above said Sucursal."—Mesxican Herald. | T is a foregone conclusion that no mistake will be made when the vacation planner | decides upon the one which will take him for a} sail upon the broad bosom of the noble Hudson, which stands pre-eminent among the world’s! majestic rivers. The steamers ‘‘New York" and ‘ Albany” are veritable palaces, affording |the traveler every comfort that the most fas- tidious or epicurean taste can demand. “H IS wife is an ardent temperance worker, isn’t “Yes; she won't travel in the West because she heard that the climate is stimu- lating."—Cleveland Leader. she # BOOKKE PER—the man to whom you lend one Philadelphia Record. PREGS OF THE 4. W. PRATT CO., NEW YORK, tn every bottle of Evans’ Ale you get two glasses full to the brim with the fragrance of a field of ripe hops and a sparkling string of beady foam around the brim like pearls tn an amber setting. vans’ 1s the only ale Sree from dregs and sediment and brilliant and clear to the last drop. THE DRY CHEMICAL Fire Extinguisher Meoareh Fire Appliance Co, of X.Y. Proprietors. Always Ready. Acts Like Magic. Spent Dollars and Save Thousands, General Males Axvoter POPE MANUFACTURING CO. MARTPURD, CONS, — CHICAGO, ILL, 11,462 MILES. ‘This vast mileage of railway lying east of Chicago, St. Louis and the Mississippi River, with its eastern terminals at New York, Boston and Montreal, its lines passing through the centers of population and reaching the gateways of commerce, makes up the system called the NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. Yor No, 3 of the Foar-Trck Series, containing ‘a map showing this Great System. rend a twocent stamp to George Hf, Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station, New York. comicbooks.com