Life, 1905-10-05 · page 19 of 44
Life — October 5, 1905 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate satirical pieces typical of *Life* magazine's humor: 1. **Top cartoon**: A joke about a clergyman's worldly knowledge despite seminary education. The humor relies on the implication that proximity to a girls' college provided practical education superior to theological training—a risqué double entendre about sexual experience that would resonate with early 20th-century readers. 2. **"International Courtesy"**: References Baron Komura (Japanese diplomat), apparently discussing medical ethics when treating prominent foreign patients. The "Jap" reference suggests contemporary awareness of Japan's rising international status post-Russo-Japanese War. 3. **"A Difference"**: A joke about a gossip columnist's dual rates—one for publishing society news, another for suppressing it (blackmail implications). 4. **"One Economy"**: Joke about Old Jones's wealthy daughters undergoing appendix surgery without requiring new clothes for recovery. These pieces reflect 1905 preoccupations: gender relations, international diplomacy, media corruption, and wealthy eccentricity.
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397 Copyright, 1905, by Life Publishing Co. “WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD, SIR? DIDN'T YOU SPEND YOUR YOUTH IN A THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ?”* “Al, BUT IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO A GIRLS’ COLLEGE.” International Courtesy. shysicians who attended Baro’ ura must have been ed to have heir hands just in ks him get well on when they were as bothering him ctors should be careful not to leave such an eminent patient long enough to have him victimize them in this manner. Especially should they have been more careful in the case of a Jap who has shown his. skill in cluding the enemy. This leads to the reflection that in these piping times of peace no man of wealth is really safe with so many em- inent specialists lyin measure of internat should obtain, however, for the be of visitors from fo’ parts. don all op rmed on distinguished guests might be effective. A Difference. OL. HIGHFLYER : Whatare your rates per column? Epitor oF Swell Society: For in- sertion or suppression ? Unconcerned. sv the pheasant to the rabbi “1m amazed at your bad ha Don’t you know it’s very rude to sit and stare 2?" And the look the haughty pheasant Turned on them was far from pleasant, Rut neither of the rabbits turned a hare. One Economy. & LD JONES must b Three of his da had the operation for appendici “Oh, I don’t know! It doesn't re- quire any clothes.” comicbooks.com