Life, 1905-04-06 · page 55 of 62
Life — April 6, 1905 — page 55: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, with three short comedic anecdotes interspersed. The main cartoon shows a man sitting in a chair clutching armrests, captioned "HOW YOU FEEL JUST BEFORE YOU'RE CALLED UPON FOR AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH." It depicts universal stage fright—a relatable social anxiety joke about public speaking. Below are three brief humorous stories: 1. **The Irish Tailor**: A custom-appropriate joke about an Irish construction worker who, when told the tailor has listed him as the strongest man in the neighborhood and included him in a fight list, requests removal from the list—demonstrating Irish wit and pride. 2. **Japanese Tuition Anecdote**: A stereotypical joke playing on prejudice against Japanese immigrants, suggesting they cheat by having one person pay tuition while multiple students learn. The rest comprises advertisements for paper stock, pottery, corsets, hair goods, and hairdressing services—typical *Life* magazine commercial content from this era.
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kes low ine ge paper. HE use of poor writing paper is recog-| nized as a breach of propriety. That) is why one so often reads: “ Excuse this| It is all J have.” But why offer excuses when Eaton-Hurlbut Papers are good, correct and inexpensive ? | Eaton-Hurlbut Papers | need no excuse. They compliment the friend to whom you write. Highland Linen andj Twotone Linen are only two among numerous | good styles. Berkshire Vellum Fabric isa new one. Samples of these or of any Eaton- Hurlbut Papers sent for the name cf a dealer | who doesn't carry them. | Eaton-Hurlbut Paper Co. PittsFieLp, Mass. “The Gentle Artof Letter Writing,” a delightful desk book for all who write letters, sent free on request and the name of a dealer who doesn’t sell Eaton-Hurlbut correspondence papers. MANCHESTER paper tells this. story, which is appropriate to the season, and shows how Irishmen are gifted with discretion One morning Mrs came into the tailor shop and found the tailor busy with pencil and paper. She asked him Murphy, a customer, Lovers Should Send for Book about Teco Pottery Its clamic design, velvety, glomiens glare, and \sott mom green, crystalline color cebe: Drated for the richness of Its tones have won for it an enviable place among the World'sart wares. Gold Medal at St. Louts ye handsome Grecian design, illustrated Atocen fs a great favorite, ight incbew ‘wide, Bent by exprers pre- receipt of price, $6.00. Other up. Sold by Best Dealers Book illustrates a great va of designs ad quotes price is sent on request. The Gates Potteries en HOW YOU FREL JUST BEFORE YOU'RE CALLED UPON POR AN APTER-DINNER SPEECH. what he was doing, “Oi’'m makin’ a lisht av the min in this block who Oi kin li said he. “Hev ye got Murphy's name down?” asked she. “Murphy heads me lisht.” Home tlew Mrs. Murphy and broke the news to her man. jiffy, “Me woman tells me that ye're afther mak- ing a memori: Jet uv the min that yez kin lick, and that ye've got me at the head of it. Is that true?” “Shure a tailor. “Ye good for nothin’ little grasshopper, could commit suicide on yez with me little He was in the tailor shop in a Vit’s true. What of it?” said the finger. I could wipe up the flure wid yez wid me hands tied behind me ‘Are ye shure of that ?"’ asked the tailor. “Shure? I'm shure about it.” “Well, then,” said the tailor, “if ye’re shure of it I'll scratch ye off the lisht.”. Tribune, R. TAKAHIRA, the Japanese minister at Washington, — sa the New Orleans States, has a new story which he tells with great glee. He says he heard two women dis- cussing his nation. ‘The Japanese,” said one of them, “ought to be excluded from the country. Their young men come here to school, and no sooner do they arrive t they begin a systematic course of cheating “How is that?” asked the other. “They only pay tuition for one,” said the complainant, “and they learn enough for two or three.” Redfern Style is preeminently the correct corset fashion. * Rubber Button Hose Supporters attached, fabrics, pretty laces and pliant whalebone complete a tout ensemble irresistible $3.50 to $15.00, THE WARNER BROTHERS COMPANY, New York, Chicago, San Francisco. HAIR GOODS Choice Imported Ornaments J. ANDRE LADIES’ HAIRDRESSER 13 West 29th St., N. Y. City Spectalist hair coloring, Marcel waving, shampooing, manicuring, electric facial Tmasaage. Pat, Dee. 6, 1899, CORRECTS FAULTS OF THE FIGURE Perfect Sepporter with dress of oegtizer. Approved by leading physic Endorsed by phyatcaicultarssts, Preferred by ladies of faxhion. fercerized, Plain or Frill igo Web Silk’ Frit i b 109 125 faspeniter Web. 130 Atalldealers, or of Agts. for US. Artbur Frankenstein & Co. 514 & Si6 Broadway, New York. comicbooks.com