Life, 1905-06-01 · page 8 of 52
Life — June 1, 1905 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **White Rock mineral water ad** — promotes the beverage as refreshing after exertion, claiming it's "the most beneficial Mineral Water in the World." 2. **"Losing in Lhassa" poem** — a brief humorous verse about a cowboy losing a poker game to a lhassa (likely a Lhassa Apso dog), with no clear satirical intent. 3. **"Just as He Thought"** — a mild joke about a schoolboy correctly identifying compass directions by pointing to a patch on his pants (likely an inside joke about navigation). 4. **Various advertisements** — including Partagas cigars, Michigan vacations, and G.H. Mumm champagne. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture rather than political commentary.
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To Make an Amblongus Pie, A you have “HOLED OUT” T Ake four pounds (say 4% pounds) of nothing refreshes you like fresh Amblongusses, and put them ina 7 small pipkin. Cover them with water, and a cold, sparkling glass of boil them for eight hours incessantly; afer which add two pints of new milk, and proceed to boil for four hours more. When you hive r ) ascertained that the Amblongusses are soft take them out, and place them ina wid OC: pan, shaking them well previously. Grate some nutmeg over the surface and cover them Straight or Blended, as you carefully with powdered gingerbread, curry. desire. Honored everywhere powder, and a quantity of cayenne pepper, Re. as the most beneficial Mineral move the pan into the next room and place it Water in the World, on the floor. Bring it back again, and let ¢ simmer for three-quarters of an hour. Shake the pan violently till all the Amblongusses have | become of a pale purple color. Then, having | prepared the paste, insert the whole carefully, adding at the same time a small pigeon, two slices of beef, four cauliflowers and any nvm- ber of oysters. Watch patiently till the crost | begins to rise, and add a pinch of salt from time to time. Serve up in a clean dish and throw the whole out of the window as fas as possible—Edward Lear. Matild Ba sys a Just as He Thought. SMALL boy was reciting in a geography : : class, says the Ladies’ Home Journal. Lhosing in Lhassa. The teacher was trying to teach him the points LHASSIE was thost down in Lhassa, of the compass. She explained: “On your A A cowboy just tried to walk phassa, right is the south, your left the north, and ia She snatched all his cash front of you is the east. Now, what is behiod ] And was off with a dash you?” But he thassoed the thass Jhost in Lhasa, The boy studied for a moment, then puck —New York Evening Sun, ered up his face and bawled: “I knew it. I J told ma you'd see that patch in my pants.” Unparalleled (Achievement! SUMMER VACATION, let as send you” ) “MICHIGAN IN SUMMER" IMPORTATIONS IN. 1904 OF | 1 beauttet book of photos sad brit werd pictores of we fe ee. | | 6.4. MUMMG 60.5 : CHAMPAGNE AGice EA 131,330 cases IMPORTED P SEALS. | ||| The GREATEST quantity ever imported A x by any brand in the history of the Champagne trade. THREE DOLLARS . |]! Regarding Champagne Importations in 190, AND saa oie ~ 3 Bonfort’s Wine and Spirit Circular of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS , ~ Jan. 10, 1905, says: PER BOX OF TWENTY-FIVE RES i “Messrs. Fredk. de Rary & Co. brought over last year to this side of the water a greater number \ of cases of Champagne than has vet hitherto been known, and these importations speak in Office and Mumidors: - ¢ ? in th ron terms Walaa. \ in the strongest term dort, Hore | 1 min which FAstoria. ‘COS Champagne contine! YY comicbooks.c¢omy