Life, 1904-12-15 · page 43 of 44
Life — December 15, 1904 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct elements: **"A Positive Engagement"** (top left): A short story depicting a racist caricature of an enslaved or formerly enslaved Black man named Ned using exaggerated dialect. The "humor" relies on the stereotype of Black workers being simple-minded—Ned announces he needs two weeks off for a friend's funeral, but the friend isn't dead yet. When pressed, he explains the friend "is gwine to be hung" in two weeks, so the funeral is being pre-arranged. The satire mocks what the author presents as illogical thinking. **"The Real Chartreuse"** (bottom left): A piece about French liqueur. After French monks fled Spain, the government appropriated their Chartreuse trademark and licensed it to another distiller. The article notes Parisians reject this ersatz version, and the monks refuse to use their Spanish refuge, instead protecting their secret recipe. **Advertisements** (right side): Seaboard Florida Limited railroad and Pope-Waverley electric automobiles, promoting modern transportation and tourism. The page primarily showcases period advertising alongside entertainment content relying on racial stereotypes common to early 1900s American magazines.
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A Positive Engagement. CUMMINGS was busy at her desk when Ned, an “old-time had been a servant in her family since “befo’ darky who hn” days, approached her, and with many Lpologies. for the interruption asked: “Mise kally, can I git off two weeks from to-day? I has to go to town, Ma’‘am.” Why, I. thin ;o, Ned. What are you going to do in town jagquired Mrs, C. kindly. *[ wants to go to a fun‘al, Miss “Two weeks from to-da frien’ of mine’s gwine to be buried den, Ned. “You do not mean two weeks, then, Ned,” ned Mrs. C. “Yase, 'm, Miss Sally, it’s two weeks from | | | today, hain’t dat de twenty-fust ?” | es, two weeks from to-day will be the | twenty-first, but you must be mistaken, they 1 not keep the body so long except in a vault.” | Mrs, C. was now thoroughly puzzled by the request and wondered what it I mean, She knew none of Ned's “set” | id afford to pay for a vault, and how could hey be making arrangements for a funeral two weeks hence, with the prospective corpse alive? The thought made her shudder. “Well, 'm, dat de said Ned. “But how can you he so sure? Suppose your friend is not dead by that time?” “Oh, yase, ‘m, he sholy will be by de twenty fust; dat’s de day he’s gwine to be buried ‘nless he git out befo’.” ed, what do you mean? When did he! asked Mrs, C. he hain’t daid yet, Miss Sally, but he sholy will dic, ‘case he’s gwine.to be hung dat y, and dey’ll be a fun’al all right.”"—Pru- texce Baxter, in December Lippincott's. The Real Chartreuse. E London Mail" states that the French Government threatens to appear in a new rile—that of conniving at ture of a spurious Chartreuse. When ns Bill forced the monks of La Grande Char- 0 seek refuge in Spain, the label and trade-mark of the Chartreuse liqueur were appropriated by the Government, hich has now granted the right of using them to a leading Smet French distillers, Messrs. Cusenir. A sample of the reuse not made by the monks has already tached this country. It is cf the familiar green and yellow eyand consists of an extract to which brandy is added, Aspecial cable to the Baltimore "Sunday Herald" on No- vember 19 states that Parisian connoisseurs declare the oduct a poor concoction and absolutely refuse to The steps taken by the monks to protect them- ve been radical, Though they might have used the Spain, they have entirely abandoned it. The sts label bears the following inscription: “ Liqueur Fab- t secret has been faithfully preserved, and that it is 'syorsible to produce the genuine article without their 300 yareld recipe. | SEABOARD Florida Limited First arrivals have THE CHOICE OF ROOMS in the hotels at ST. AUGUSTINE. The SEABOARD Florida Limited Solid Pullman train, with dining and ob- servation cars, tak $s patrons over the shortest route between ST. AUGUSTINE and gets there first POR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLETS GIVING FULL INFORMATION OF THE LEADING WINTER RESORTS OF THE SOUTH APPLY TO TICKET AGENTS OF CONNKCTING LINES, OR SRAROAKD AIR LINR. RAILWAY One of the handsomest calendars for 1905 is the Seaboard Historical Calendar, four” pages in Sull colors. No advertising. Suitable for holiday ‘gift or mailing. Sent to any address on receipt of 25 cents CHARLES RB, RYAN, General Passenger Agent, PortssiouTn, Va. EDWARD F. COS1 ice-President. W. E. CONKLYN, Gen'l Eastern Passenger Agent, 1183 Broapway, N. Y, ELECTRIC over the horse-drawn carriage as there is between the tallow candle and the electric light Porr-Wavertey Mopet No. 20, Price $1,500 just as wide a gulf between Pope-Waverley Electrics and all other makes —Chainless construction, special motor with high overload capacity ur own factory), “Herring-Bone” noiseless gear, minimum weight, num power, superb finish. Qur complete catalomne shows Runaboute, Chelsenr, Stanhope, Sorre Physician Road, Station and Delivery Wagons and gives many other ™ rearone POPE MOTOR CAR COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, IND. PRESS OF THE J. W. PRATT CO., NEW YORK. comicbooks.com