Life, 1905-08-24 · page 23 of 24
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This page from *Life* magazine combines satirical stories with period advertisements. The main content consists of three humorous anecdotes: 1. **"Rough on the Cockney"**: A brief exchange mocking a diminutive Cockney (working-class Londoner) who complains about midges while serving a tall gamekeeper—satirizing class pretension and physical disparities. 2. **"Dublin at a Discount"**: A joke about Irish military recruits, where a soldier claims to be a "Cork man" to explain his confusion during drill commands—playing on Irish stereotypes. 3. **"The Lost Decoy"**: An anecdote about a wealthy banquet where a sad servant admits guests have stolen his tip money (a "decoy"—bait left intentionally). The joke mocks the hypocrisy of wealthy attendees. The advertisements—for Lea & Perrins sauce, ginger ale, medicinal plants, and various products—represent typical early 20th-century marketing. The page reflects *Life*'s satirical approach to social class, ethnicity, and contemporary manners through gentle, period-appropriate humor.
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*-LIFE i = = Rough on the Cockney. | 2 + [ Lea & Perrins an 7, very diminutive Coe and he | | Sauce ed to be de he High- | The Highest Grade 1 THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE : » services of a tall] After:Dinner Liqueur j of a very warm | | it the ways of his | ar intervals at the “mic which were ‘ound hiny in myria j it,” said the Cockney, the 12 so my I haven't got ! yer.” ‘ i replied Donald, comtemptu- | ously, “they maybe havena noticed ye Tit- Bits, | THE REAL THING : | ROSS'S ROYAL BELFAST GINGER ALE. : | Dublin at a Discount. The Peerless Seasoning SQUAD of raw recruits were being Rare piauanéy is given to Chafing Dish | ed by an irritable drill sergeant. LEA & PERRINS' SAUCE as a sea- The “Double!” was given, and all soning. Welsh Rarebit, Lobster a la ‘ie . 1, 1 h the excey h ’ Newburg, Mushroom Saute, Stewed the men obeyed with the exception of one, who Terrapin, ete..to be perfect must havo standing. stil az me Bil Sie ails Goo adds enjoyment remained standing still and. g: vacantly ¢ toevery dinner. around . Joa Duncan's Sons, Agents, New Yotls | “Why, man, you don't seem to know any- thin’ about doublin’,” roared the irate ser- | c nt. A gleam of comprehension passed over the LIQUEUR : | “ity nice to know How far you gor} | face of the recruit as he replied, sort; . Ui, veces Oseneiery te exact aaaner vartes ter || I'ma Cork man."—The Tatler | eres a reux OS Socouct ead the | | | — | —GREEN AND YELLOW— |r your money or your life!” growled the Known as Chartreuse footpad } fake me lif mided the Irishman. | sugergtes ] avin’ me money for me old a Sole Agents for United States O waa Medici nal land Leader Plants 5 | BORATED i Fortunes InSmallGardens N the olden days a non-fastidious sportsman frequently | {esi 2s TALCUM | silag Midiclaal Plate OIA got along with black powder and a muzzleloader, The | ; Snake-root.. I i ti of today is the Smith Hammerless, | rell. A Stoney Mak! 1; positively the very best that the | cate la City of C ay Ney workmanship can produce. Look ohne expert | The Lost Decoy. f 7 Write‘to-days i - CHINESE-: AMERICAN GINSENG COMPANY Originators of Ginseng Culture In Americ: 642 Lackawana St., Elmhurst, Pa. Susur of s RMEYER, the President of the Nat tonal Amateur Skating Association, was describir quet that he had once tended in New Vork. CLARK’S TOURS “T found this banquet interesti he said, TOOTH ROUND THE WORLD and I was one of the last to leav In the naths in JAPAN and INDIA. A few vacancies yet. | coat, IT couldn't help noticing the woebegone management and I beral arrangements, Prostam | took on the attendant’s face. The poor fellow FRANK C, CLARK, 9% Broadway, N.Y. appeared worried and sad, and every little while he sighed and muttered to himself. . “*You seem disconsolate, friend,’ I said. gr cosine, and we will send full! “<<T am disconsolate, sir,’ said the attendant APPLE “What is the trouble?” said I. “Haven't Automatic Sparker {the guests tipped you well to-night chatter Ter sutoma se hattery | “The attendant answered in an excited voice : < or gasengine. Address, “T's y, sir, tha y haven't ti a Stet, a It's not only Aur that they haven't: tipped the favorite dentifrice. Perfectly delicious and THE DAYTON ELECTRICAL MFG. CO. me, but they’ve taken the quarter that I put fragrant. - Positively beneficial. Ask your AVER BUILDING, parton, omo lin the tray for a decoy.”"—Buffalo Enquirer, dentist. SEND THE NAME OF YOUR CAR comicbooks.com