Life, 1906-01-04 · page 32 of 48
Life — January 4, 1906 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains several satirical pieces aimed at contemporary social concerns: ## "A Grocery Order of the Future" A dialogue mocking food safety scandals. The "Mrs. Gussusta" character orders groceries containing dangerous adulterants—alum, copper, formaldehyde, coal tar, benzoic acid—presented as routine ingredients. This satirizes real 1900s-era food contamination scandals and "poison shop" grocery practices, referencing actual public anxiety about unregulated food production and adulteration. The joke highlights how normalized food poisoning had become. ## "Talking Against Time" A courtroom anecdote where a young lawyer seeks advice on jury address timing. The veteran lawyer's paradoxical response—speak longer to confuse jurors into dismissal—mocks legal procedure's absurdities and suggests the legal system rewards verbose obfuscation over justice. The remaining stories appear to be humorous anecdotes about everyday situations. **Advertisements** for Wilson whiskey and Hunter Baltimore Rye occupy the lower portion.
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A GROCERY ORDER OF THE FUTURE. Ad ceries are becomi item.) Groctr’s Boy (opening order book): Vos iss it vants to-day, mum? Mas, Gussusta: Well eration in foodstuffs is increasing, and our : veritable poison shops.—(New yor let_ me see; you ¢ powdered alum, copper and zi ayde- Grocer’s Boy Yah; vos e1 Mas. Guxausta: Let me else 1 wal dy ¢ sulphate, a pint of formalde ink; there's somethi . I'm sure. Oh, yes; a pound of coal t a shilli 's worth of salicylic acid, sixtcen ounces of calcium bisulphite—! want all the bones out—a pint of benzoic acid, can of glucose. * Grocer’s Rov: Ve haf no glucose r Mas. Gesevs Grocrr’s Boy: V nd of olec Mrs. Gi s I guess; that will best with my new tablecloth. Then bring of wood alcohol (lemon favor). 1 think that’s all. Grocre’s ov: We have a nice line of antidotes got Mrs. Guxevsta: No, 1 have Just hurry t le ng as ¢ Gre experience of hat rans along the Mediterra fre Ge “1 boar his train at Ventimille one morni und for San Remo. Of we started, snow-covered mountains to our left, orange groves and — rose farms about us, the I 2 on our right, and after pped. c I said to the gu: ‘ he answered. ‘There's hile the cow riven x nu the stopped again I said to the 1 bitterly WILSON Thats All! TALKING AGAINST TIME Up in the United States District Attorney's office, while there is a lot of hard work, there are ments of relax At such times the staf c imes tell good stories. The fol day this week by Assistant Dis. trict Attorney Stewart: cr b of the law defende vict on the charge of burglary. The (it was in Massachusetts) allowed cach side one hour in which to address the jury. “The young lawyer, just before his turn cam 0 mo: Jes of the court AROUND THE HORN. consulted a veteran member of the bar who was in the “How much time do you think I should take up in addressing the jury?” he asked, take the f Why, 1 was only going to tak "You ong The full he ght to take the full hour,’ reiterated the keep your client out F you talk the longer you wil n, 2 cents al News C., England, Acuxzs, ree HUNTER IS THE WHISKEY OF REFINED TASTE THE CONNOISSEUR'S FIRST CHOICE WM. LANATIAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. WHAT SHE WAS DOING. “It happened in a little town up in the North west, the last time I was up there,” remarked Arthur Cunningham, of the Tivoli. “A lady came down fru upsiairs and asked the manager of the hotel if si Hl id get a glass of water. “Why, certain! * said the manager, f ing up a glass from the water cooler. Two minutes later she was back in the of ain, “don't like to trouble you,’ she said, I get another glass of water” “*No trouble at all, madam,’ said the mana handing her another glass. > Two minutes later she appeared again “ “Certainly, madam,’ said the affable mana ‘but could I inquire what you are de ater?” Ol ly; ‘I'm trying to put o Francisco Chronicle. cot mada w you'll just seream when I ire in.my rox Sir Joux Loxe, the proprictor of the Dunde i y and numerous other papers, was talking { L about the English stage subs; ; of whieh he is an hority Apropos to Charles Fechter, Sir John told + * story: An rminably long performance of ‘MM. : Cristo’ was once given at the Lyceum, in the hero's ro H “When, at a quarter to one in the mornin, j toin rose fo ct, Feel was discov , ns in acon attitude on a rock ved nor sy The silence was deep } i atdenly, though, this fine effect was spoile Wasp, Hi whom I heard about the her day : “He had been calling now and en on a yor “He turned very red, and was about to st: called down fron stairs ' BALTIMORE RYE Ps ) rane 0, Morning, Noon and Night Fast Trains to The West—Via NEW YORK CENTRAL. comicbooks.com