Life, 1906-03-29 · page 21 of 24
Life — March 29, 1906 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and humor anecdotes**, not political satire. The main comic story, "Before They're Hatched," is a humorous anecdote about astronomer Percival Lowell. A Boston man praised Lowell's astronomical work; Lowell supposedly told an elderly Black man that chickens would roost when the sun darkened at the next eclipse. When this happened, the man was amazed—not realizing Lowell had *predicted* the eclipse scientifically. The joke mocks the man's misunderstanding: he thinks Lowell magically knew the chickens' behavior, when Lowell simply knew astronomy. The page also contains: - Whisky advertisements (Gibsons Record Rye, McCallum's Perfection Scotch) - A brief joke about a wife telling her husband she's "doing her best" by having many daughters - Ads for the Hippodrome circus, a New York lodge, and Egyptian cigarettes The content reflects early 20th-century attitudes, including casual racial stereotyping in the dialect humor.
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Before They’re ‘Hatched. BOSTONIAN was praising the other day the astronomical and literary work Percival Lowell Refore the last eclipse,” ved to an old colored m if you will wate he said, “Mr. Lowell » whom he hiked: George, the chickens ou place to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock n all go to roost. wrge laughed. ‘Dat's you see, that Mr. Lowell w; sure enough, when 11 o'clock the next morning the sun darkened and chickens did go to roost. George was ed. He sought Mr. Lowell out and said: \Wot you done tole me wuz true, sah. Mah ens went to roost, ould? Yes. George, I suppose they did’ the momer returned. How long, sah, did you know ‘bout di red George. Oh, a long time, Ge Did you know dey would go to roost a . dat beats all,’ said George, in an chickens wuzn't hatched a] —Saturday Evening Post. Doing Her Best. rRUST, fact that you must husband your re married m doing my best, sir. I have \ daughters."—Baltimore American scems cheap when the one you is a little dear. ALK talking to never record, WERE YOU ALIVE to all the good qualities of D. & J. McCallum’s ‘Perfection’? Scotch Whisky ITS Absolute purity Age — guarantced 20 years Expert manufacture Delicious flavor Liqueur-like smoothness you would undoubtedly under- stand why it is the only whisky supplied at so many of the royal functions in Great Britain. The gentleman's whisky, par excellence, SOLE AGENTS FOR UNITED STATES HOLLAND HOUSE, - NEW YORK a good || sah, jist laik you said | RECORD RYE WHISKEY | my dear madam, you realize the Yale | * British: Servic Most Extraordinary Production Ever Staged A SOCIETY CIRCUS wit Court of the Golden Fountains and other unprecedented features in teeming succession Sensational Now Arenio Acts MATINEE EVERY DAY AT2 EVENINGSAT8 Briarcliff Manor, New York POCANTICO LODGE Open throughout the Year ously ¢ TUTTLE, Mawager BRIARCLIFF LODGE will open June | for a six-months’ season, ending December | D. B. Puewen, Gen, Mgr, Moret and Realty 1 Tookings now making for eitber Louse, at Pocan Trtareliff Home Oftice, or New York OMtice, Windsor Arcade, Bh Avenue and th St, where ES. Comotock is in daily _ attendance from 9.30 to 130. AMONG the distinctive things of Egypt are the ticularize further and say the women's Melachrino Egyptian Cigarettes In addition to the Khedivial Family and | the Khedivial Club, the following are sup- | plied with these cigarettes by appointment: 5. R. B. The Duke of Connaught — K. R. Bi. Prince Kenry of Prussia The Ttalian Government The R. H. Lord Kitchener B. €. The Governor of Bombay The Austrian Government 2 The Fungarian Government | It is‘ the ieecencte of. the officers: e and furnished to 360 mental messes stationed in all quarters of the globe, as it is of most town or country clubs | in Europe and the Orient. The introduction of this cigarette into’ funena eal be welcomed by hes ve enjoyed its surpassing qual id our Amencan ‘judges of Pea comicbooks.com