Life, 1905-10-12 · page 8 of 26
Life — October 12, 1905 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Life magazine: **"Our Fresh Air Fund"** presents financial statements about a children's farm program, with a humorous dialogue between mother and Bobby about charity ("I put it in a blind beggar's hat"). **"At the Longnose Hurdles"** shows an illustrated scene of anthropomorphic beetles racing, with one beetle saying it "started to, but I couldn't find a steplalder"—a visual pun about insects' size. **"Oyster Rev."** depicts a grotesque oyster character addressing life insurance arguments, satirizing sales pitches of the era. The remaining sections include brief philosophical pieces ("Revised by Theodore," "An Early Start," "Wall Street Axiom," "Brevity," and "Past"), offering wry social commentary on age, poverty, life insurance, and other contemporary concerns typical of Life's satirical style.
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430 Our Fresh Air Fund. A’ Live's Farm, during the season just passed, twelve hundred and two children of the poor have enjoyed There themselves, and grown fat. f sickness, except have been no cases those who came ailing and went home well, It is a pleasure to express our warm appreciation of the able management of Mr. and Mrs. Mohr at the Farm, and of their untiring sympathy and devotion to the children STATEMENT Balance on hand at beginning of the season of 1905, Received during the season. EXPENDITURES tendent, 1 OTHER: What did you do with that penny I Bossy: I put it ina blind beggar’s hat “The Li that."" ** He has—I took out a dime.” ve you? rd will reward you for HAVE YOU KISSED First Beetl Second Beetle Not 1 stawrEn Revised by Theodore. HE time is out of joint, O cu That ever | was born to stop a fight An Early Start. J spite, HE. youth who will save ere life's morning is gone, All his For he’s sure, by scan at poverty scoff, time he is pretty well on In life, to be pretty well off Wall Street Axiom. O to bed with the lamb and rise up with the wool. © ZOU ought to carry life insurance.” * Don’t need it.” “But your family—" “ Haven't any.” ++ Provide against old age.” “ My fortune is ample. “It’s a good investment “TL have better ones now “ But we are going to raise our Wresident’s salary.” OYSTER BEY. “Oh, well, why didn’t you say so?” AT THE LONGLEGS' NUPTIALS, fe neIDE yer OTE COULONTT FIND A STRPLADDER, Past. INCE Willie, the War Lord, has spoken, Morocco appears a lost cause. To a Frenchman as is Old Abd-el-Aziz Might be mentioned as Abd-el-As-was. Brevity. EAR LIFE: In the last copy of Lire I find“ The Short est Poem in English,’ copied from a Chicago paper I can shorten that by thirty-three and a third percent, Adicu, Depew. Very truly, Clover Cox js September a1, 1995, TER you,” said the gun to the Bible. comicbooks.com