Life, 1905-08-17 · page 20 of 26
Life — August 17, 1905 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **several humorous short stories with illustrations** rather than political cartoons: 1. **"Scissors at Nullis"** – A satirical anecdote about an Atlanta man who tried to cheat a Negro servant by claiming to pay him with "invisible stock" instead of actual wages. The servant's clever response exposes the con. 2. **"Holland Cure for Laziness"** – A brief joke about keeping a lazy worker motivated through fear (a pump threatening to spray him). 3. **"Mutual Recognition"** – A medical student and distinguished gentleman at a ball recognize each other as former acquaintances, both now of higher social standing. 4. **"A Vacant Lot"** – A joke about an Irish worker's domestic disputes involving Orange Order processions (sectarian Irish-Protestant conflict). 5. **"The Pride of Race"** – A conductor's anecdote about collecting fares on a train. The page is primarily **satirical humor and advertisements** (Wilson Whiskey, Hunter Rye), typical of Life magazine's early 20th-century format mixing social commentary with commercial content.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
LIFE- TOLD OF MR. HAY, Secretary Hay was not ancestry and descent Indiana; Pgrew up in Mi Khode Isl AND CURE FOR LAZINI bia. When 1 te Wood descend: of terror,“ k the bottle, and dat it. A imelanche s hovse, in the principal roc repeated the ntation of the Pope faced an i Fe Wil { pious and im: ’ de fust, from de way you a dat yor had yo" suspishuas o © feel pretty blue Wy, “How do yen get on together?" asked the tonished politician. “Very well, indade, barring the rath of tu when my husband: with the Orange proces home drunk.” “What then?” A VACANT LOT. “Well, he on tim and MUTUAL RECOGNITION Mt_a ball recently a young: medica’ denly came face te the same idea flashed down he takes his place at the handle and Vop fs ‘wine student “Tell waiter, who is that distingwished it, that's Mr. N., the pa ker!" 1 | The International News serations ie NAPE a Jon, E.C., England, AGENTS. The Exquisite Flavor of WILSON Hunter 3 ! and its mellow deliciousness That’s All! | eed tndet srtouglyr te people of refinement, hence it is called | The American Gentleman's Whiskey