Life, 1905-12-07 · page 52 of 60
Life — December 7, 1905 — page 52: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several **humorous anecdotes and satirical pieces** typical of Life magazine's format: **"Demise of Trust"** references a legal scandal involving theatrical producers Klaw & Erlanger, who faced testimony about trust violations in an American theater case. **"Hard on John"** is a moral tale mocking ministerial hypocrisy: a clergyman invites his fiancée to dinner to demonstrate frugality by conspicuously placing stale bread as refuse—only to have his mother deliver the punchline, suggesting he'd need to "keep a pig" after losing his previous fiancé "John" (likely a male romantic interest, implying hidden scandal). **"New to the Town"** contains mild humor about rural Yorkshire girls unfamiliar with restaurant customs, and brief jokes about smoking and mosquito products. The **lower advertisement** promotes Club Cocktails by G.F. Heublein & Bro., using romantic imagery to market their product as superior to homemade versions—appropriate for the pre-Prohibition era. The page reflects early 20th-century satirical sensibilities: theatrical gossip, class-based humor, and gender-focused jabs.
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Demise of Trust. tare drawing to a close. has No more signal and merican stage th: ceded in puttit ple through the been of Lire, brace be “TE days of the Try far-reaching servic rendered the nd David Bel the Ame when James S. Metcalfe the Klaw & medium of ured, Erlanger pec he witness stand. Out of their own lips have they been meas- i and condemned—New Orleans Harlequin Hard on John. HE REV. F. A. MAYHALL, of St allow him to supplement his salary by the practi other day “A minister, to do good work, good position. He must not be often ludicrous and discouraging. “To practice economy, you kn weig! Louis, who wants his parish to of law, said the must have enongh money to maintain a nies that are He must hold his head up. w, is often humiliating, often ridiculous. hout to marry, wished obliged to resort to eco: I know of a poor a to impress upon lity “Accordingly, having arranged his program in advance, he invited her to take Sunday dinner at his home with his mother and himself, “All sat down to the table on the appointed day, but, as he was about to begin the carving, the young man pointed sternly to a bread, laid on a plate with other debris, for consign He had, you must understand, put the bread there himself, to point 1 economical young man who, bride the necessity of the strictest frug stale crust of pail a moral with , mother,’ he said, ‘a good slice of bread? Going to throw bread? dhe rescued it and put it on the bread plate, and with his dinner a chunk of steel sted,” he said in a moral tone home th he ate it, though it was as hard as “"T never like to sce anything w “And then his mother, to help him drive s lesson in econ- Maggie. True, my dear. I've always said that when I lost our John, I would need to keep a pig.’ "Philadelphia Bulletin o. with the Christmas Spirit A Club Cocktail is as fragrant and stimulating as a pretty girl. It is not only the best cocktail but the most delight- ful drink in the world. More perfect in its delicate flavor, in the quality of its ingredients, and its scientific blending and ageing than any made by guesswork cocktail possibly can be. CLUB COCKTAILS are the necessary accompaniment to A MerryChrist- mas and to the whole Happy New Year. Sevenvarieties—each one a delight—of good dealers everywhere. G. FE. HEUBLEIN @ BRO. HARTFORD NEW YORK LONDON New to the Town. WO young girls from the heart of rural Yorkshire were e trip to Birmingham for th time part of the city bread and but joying a Aftera stroil through the chief entered a restaurant and decided to have tea and They were soon in the midst of a hearty meal \ one observed that the tea was not forthcoming. They called the w and reminded him that he had not brought the tea as ordered. lifted a cosy fr to the other, He m the hidden teapot, whereupon one of them remarked The idiot! Fancy hiding the teapot!"—The Tatler, you really imagine that smoking benefits you? I know it docs. My mother-in-law leaves the room the minute I light my pipe.— Exchange. I'd like to sell you this bottle of mosquito exterminator, Mr, Jackson: No, sir-ce! I'm a manufacturer of mosquito net- fing. Pittsburg. Dispatch, NVIOUS women and cynical men have talked this long time of those women who buy their complexions by the box, and now, it ap- pears, they will have something more interesting to add to their spiteful A London chemist has advertised genuine blushes for sale. An old girl in her third or fourth season, inured to flattery and sadly pale and un- conscious when the after dinner story waxes risque, is enabled, through ne chemist’s discovery, to blush violently at the slightest. provocation He has discovered and placed on sale a tiny glass capsule of microscopic proportions containing a volatile fluid. The glass may be snapped by the fingers easily, as the capsule rests in the hief. The liquid is a powerful heat stimulant and an inhalation of it, as the lace trimmed "kerchief is raised to the lady’s face, produces a vivid blush. Look v ellow men; she needs wear no false face to deceive you.” Chicago Inter-Ocean gossip. comicbooks.com —_() - 4 + es escent on) ee ae ae ge