Life, 1904-10-06 · page 29 of 38
Life — October 6, 1904 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. However, it contains one brief editorial joke: **"The Lot of a Wyoming Editor"** is a humorous complaint about the impossible position of newspaper editors. The editor lists contradictions: if they publish jokes, readers call them scatterbrained; if they don't, they're fossils. If they attend church, they're hypocrites; if they don't, they're heathens. If they stay in the office, they should be seeking news; if they leave, they're not working. The joke satirizes the **no-win situation of pleasing the public**—whatever choice an editor makes invites criticism. The attribution to the *Wyoming Derrick* suggests this was a common complaint among frontier newspaper editors of the era. The remainder of the page consists of period advertisements for Winchester rifles, Club Cocktails, investment bonds, and Jaeger underwear—typical of early 20th-century Life magazine's revenue model.
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iosity, » acd ke the eme ill hat in well as id it.— RIFLES FOR ALL KINDS OF HUNTING The longer you use a Winchester the better satisfied you will be that it is the most effective and reliable make of hunting rifle on the market to-day. Winchester rifles are designed to handle all desirable types of cartridges and to meet the requirements of all kinds of shooting and a wide diversity oftastes. If you want satisfactory results, always use Winchester guns for all your shooting and Winchester make of ammunition for all your guns. See oar Exhibits in Manafactares and Fish and Game Buildings at St. Loais. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. - - + - - NEW HAVEN, CONN. re So A PERFECT COCKTAIL isa drink in which all the ingredients are 20 carefully blended that whilst no particular one ts in evidence et the delicate flavor of each ls apparent. This renult is difficult to arrive at, a2 a few droge more or lesa will destroy the balance.’ The pao way is to buy Club Cocktails which are the original and best, scientifically blended from the choicest old liquors ard properly aged before being bottled. fhe most popular varieties of the Club Cocktails are the Martini and Manhattan, the former having agin and the latter a whisky baie. All grocers and leading wine merchants sell them, GF. MECL. BRO., Sole Proprietors, Haxtror' ew Yorn, Loox, The Lot of a Wyoming Editor. DITING a newspaper is a nice thing. If we publish jokes, people sdy we are we are not attending to business. If we wear rattle-brained. If we don't, we are fos- old clothes, they laugh at us. If we wear sils. If we publish original matter, they say good clothes, they say we have a pull. Now, we don’t give them enough selections. If we what are we te do? Just as likely as not some give them selections, they say we are too lazy — one will say that we stole this from an ex- to write. If we don't go to church, we are change. So we did. It’s from the Wyoming heathens. If we do go, we are hypocrites. Derrick.—Dillon (Wyo.) Doublejack. If we remain at the office, we ought to be out looking for news items. If we go out, then For we have frrends that merriment Merchant of Venice Act t, Se2. purpose Investments. We offer a so'ected list uf HIGH GRADE BONDS and guar- anteed STOCKS paying from 3% to 5%. The securities are on band for immedi- ‘ato delivery. Lists and full particulars upon application. Redmond & Co., BANKERS. 507 Chestnut St., 41 Wall Street, PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK For its many thousands of patrons Jaeger Underwear needs no recom- mendation. They know its worth be- cause they onfoy its benefits. From others we simply invite a trial, con- Gdent that they too will promptly acknowl: edge its merits, No Underwear like it for Health and Comfort both. Special Weights for Fall. Booklets and Samples Free. Dr. Jaeger’s §, WS, Co.'s Gwa Stores: 4 306 Pitth Ave. New York: | 195 Broadway, Brooklyn: 504 Fulton St. Boston: 230-232 Boylston St. Thiladelphia: 1510 Chestnut St. Chicago: 82 State St. Agents in AU Principat Cities. comicbooks.com