Life, 1906-04-05 · page 10 of 58
Life — April 5, 1906 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements and unrelated articles** rather than political satire. The top half features a **Crystal Domino Sugar advertisement** promoting their product in 5-pound sealed boxes, claiming it's "highest grade in the world" and "best sugar for tea and coffee." Below is an anecdote about **Emperor Ferdinand of Austria** and a pianist, illustrating a humorous social interaction—not political commentary. The lower section advertises **Melachrino Egyptian Cigarettes**, listing aristocratic and governmental patrons (various European nobility and officials) to establish prestige through association. On the right are separate brief humorous articles: one about a doctor's expensive lost dog, another about oyster farming, and a dialect-humor piece about mispronouncing "am." This appears to be a typical early 20th-century *Life* magazine page mixing advertisements, light humor, and social anecdotes rather than sharp political satire.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
IER AND PRETTIER FORM THAN IS PRESENTED IN “CRYSTAL DOMINO SUGAR. NEITHER COULD THE MOST PARTICULAR PEOPLE ASK FOR MORE PERFECT PURITY OR ECONOMICAL PEOPLE FOR LESS WAST! HIGHEST GRADE IN THE WORLD. BEST SUGAR FOR TEA AND COFFEE. __e By grocers everywhere. oxo THe old Ei mper or Ferdinand of Austria was constantly remarks wl led to think hin m weak-minded. One time, aft stening to au makin, some peopl artist who performed he said iso Thalberg, wond, “T have p but in all my tered an artist: wh here paused. The pianist blushed bowed. “I never saw one.” res peror, “who perspired so much Irgonaut WN MONG the distinctive things of Egypt are Fis costumes and ci ticularize further and say the women’s costumes. Melachrino Egyptian Cigarettes In addition to the Khedivial Family and the Khedivial Club, the following are sup- | plied with these cigarettes by appointment : f. R. 8. The Duke of Connaught F. R. Bi. Prince Renry of Prussia The Ttalian Government The R. H. Lord Kitchener FB. €. The Governor of Bombay The Austrian Government The Hungarian Government It is the cigarette of the officers of the. British Service and furnished to 360 regi- 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 America will be welcomed by those who have enjoyed its surpassing qualities abroad and by our American judges of tobacco | quality. M. MELACHRINO & CO., 8 W. 29th St., Ne An Expensive Dog. | A PoctoR living in Washington, Tict of Columbia, says a writer in the Post of that city, recently lost a full-blooded Aire- dale terrier, and the question of the compensa- tion to be given to the finder, if the dog was returned, was under discussion between the doctor and a friend. “It will be a heavy reward to pay,” | doctor. “Guess it will,” said the friend. “About fifty dollars,” the doctor. “More likely: six said the | sorrowfully murmured ” said the friend, briskly “IT wish the dog had stayed at home,” said the doctor. “It would have clared the friend. “He was a rare and handsome proudly exclaimed the do ing Hike him in the District,” friend, “Pedigree and style considered, worth fully two hundred dollars.” declared the doctor. “And the finder will know it, too!” cried the friend, “Afraid so.” huskily whispered the doctor, “Expensive dogs are expensive,” | phized the friend etter have your check | ready for sixty dollars. The dog is sure to be returned.” been less expensive,” de- animal!” igreed philoso- “Hate to have to do it,” said the doctor. “but a two-hundred-dollar dog is worth it, [ s pose.” Here the butler appeared with the doctor. This is how it read “Will doc please give me 20 cents turning his Yeller dorg. i hate ter much, but i had ter feed it for too Days.”"— Youth's Companion a note for for Re: APTAIN WILLIAM ELLINGER. noted oyster grower of Chesapeake 1 recently The oyster business is in a bad way | ters are getting scarce. They in the right manner, and the in the right manner. T soon step in and give us a chang there will be no oysters left © not pl are not ¢ vernment must or eventually Things are all wrong as they are with the letter ‘h.” “Once, in Ban! farmer. We had 1 for dinner. cious ham, baked. The farmer ished his portion and pi “*More ‘am, father, The farmer frowned, as wrong as the Ev T dined with he said, ‘ the lad_ protested “'Don't say ‘am, son,’ ““T did say ‘am,’ injured tone cried the father fiercely “'Am’s what it should be. "Am, not ‘am.’ In the midst of the squabble the farmer's wife turned to me with a little deprecatory laugh and said: “They both think they're saying Boston Pest. “You said ‘am,’ tam?"