Life, 1905-01-19 · page 33 of 38
Life — January 19, 1905 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine (circa 1904-1905) contains literary anecdotes and period advertisements rather than political cartoons. **Text Content:** The page features three short humorous stories: one about playwright George Bernard Shaw's eccentricity regarding theatrical liberty; another about Senator Proctor of Vermont mistaking a Mormon elder and his wives for a tour group; and a third about a Kentucky colonel's nostalgic command to his servant using antebellum dialect ("go mow some mint for breakfast"). **Advertisements:** The right side displays ads for Knox Hats, Royal White Collar linen products, and a large Equitable Life Assurance Society life insurance ad featuring a calendar graphic and urgent messaging about family protection. **Historical Context:** These anecdotes reflect early-20th-century American attitudes: reverence for literary figures, gentle mockery of religious groups, and nostalgia for the Old South. The insurance ad's aggressive tone ("don't let another year pass away") typifies period marketing tactics.
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-LIFE: Bernard Shaw’s Eccentricity. EORGE BERNARD SHAW, ilies THE __., Vare =» MADE “Man and Superman” will be presen’ rly by Robert Loraine, is th ndent fortune which makes the playwright himself curious ively independep fessed'to Mr, Shaw: “t| | LINEN 15¢ EACH “ MARINE IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB-Dept CC.TROY,NY| 4 imes out “You Never Can Tell.’” “That was a liberty that| ir, you must understand that it would be impossible to put °!" exclaimed the dramatist ; ; My good fellow, you de e!"—Harper’s: Weekly. ENATOR PROCTOR, of Vermont, tells, with vusement, of a time when he Mormon elder. The S« companied by Mrs, Proctor much was taken fe some fo , teen persons, the West, A stop w City, and the party started out for out the city, Senator Proctor and his wife| headed the proc HENRY B. HYDE FOUNDER n pairs party of East-| the rounds of Salt Lake| the Proctor | arty in the main street they stood aside to t them pass. Well, well! party, “there” Jaimed one of the second old Mor- nal, Look att non and his wives. Out for a T supy T wonder,” he added, “if he ny more ?"—Saturday Evening Post, NE of the most interesting features of the fam y Prints controlled by the publish is the remark- let another year ss away without ving to your family the protection that lifé assurance alone can give. use of Curtis and Cameron, Bo ble increas the reqnests for the family portraitS in the gennine y a family but either has a By means of an Endowment Policy in the Equitable you can not only give them this protection but at the same time provide for your amends call’ forth: any: ‘eom:| own maturer years. 1 Mrs. Cumrox, | answered Miss Cayenne. | Send coupon below, for particular urd several pe le refer to you as. the ‘ashington Star. chandelier." — RANK L. STANTON has many good stor- es of the South stored up in his mem- | ory, and most of them are short and to| the point, One of the best and most epigram- ic concerns a Kentucky colonel who was THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Dept. No. 27. Pleas send me Information reganting an Endowment policy for 8 Jf tnsucd at... yearsof age, just dressing in the morning in his bachelor home in Louisville. “Sambo,” he called down- stairs to his henchman, “go out and mow} some mint for breakfast.”—Argonaut, J Name « Address comicbooks.com