Life, 1906-04-05 · page 40 of 58
Life — April 5, 1906 — page 40: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humor pieces with advertisements, primarily for Trimble Whiskey and Kneipp Linen Mesh Underwear. **The cartoons and jokes** are brief satirical vignettes typical of Life's format: - "The Old Watchmaker's Epitaph" mocks overly sentimental epitaphs - "A Judicial Privilege" jokes about a lawyer's right to swat flies in court - "A Mother's Retort" presents a witty comeback about raising preachers - "Revised Maxim" contains a quip about a woman using peroxide (hair bleaching)—suggesting vanity **The Trimble Whiskey ad** uses a moralizing toast about contentment to sell liquor—ironic advertising strategy. **The Kneipp Underwear advertisement** is substantial, comparing linen versus cotton/wool underwear. It emphasizes linen's breathability, dryness, and cleanliness—framing the product as doctor-recommended and scientifically superior. The "Wear-Guarantee" promises quality. Overall, this is a typical early 20th-century Life page: light humor, ads, and brief anecdotes targeting middle-class readers.
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THE OLO WATCHMAKER’S EPITAPH. lin’s epits ring himself to an old all readers of his b There of a New Ha n the town of Ni ed to a watch tha book, is known te is a less fa who sion. 1 ty regulator of all the actions of his life. iberal, his ham He ing hy people wh “Humane, generous never stopped e had relieved distress never went wre when set a . till an unlucky minute put an 1822, His case ‘Tue Sourn rox Hosriratery: The Manor, Ashevill is the best inn South. Sovkiet. PRIVILEGE 2 a Southern court one day, says a well-known cy, one of the counsel paused in his argument king to the judge ve that your honor shakes his head at statement. I desire to reaffirm it 1 construe the hat Ihave intin ev will be in the premises entirely uncalled for.” here was a fly on my oa know, sir, that I reserve the ght to rem fly in whatever manner pleases me Harper's HOTEL VENOOME, BOSTON The ideal horel of A for permaner ransient guests, A MOTHER'S RETORT x welbkr two brothers, rentle said he ruled w gid a rod in our bo! It wo have been — better, used td lady straightenc said, “Well have raised up preachers as [ have, then you can talk N story coal field is told of a man who, rc late at ni nto an ay tomless pit and saved himself only by grasping a pro jecting beam. There he clung with great difficulty to find when day da th r inches from the bot AFTER HIS FIRST APPEARANCE all the critics will roast me in the of them weren't there ng Herald. —Chicago Saturdey E Miss Roosevent’s quite There were 1,000 guests.—Sporting Times wedding was private, I is conceded that YOUNGER’S SCOTCH ALE is most nourishing and refreshing.—Adv. although yous | wwnen ¥ “To contentment! ou do drink, drink Ty t MS5]qn May we never murmur without a cause and never have cause to murmur.” ‘Whiskey e : Green Label. AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS SOLE PROPRIETORS ‘WHITE, HENTZ & CO. Phils. 0 yw York Revised Maxim. ba HE darkest hour.” remarks a lady phil- osopher, “is just before the peroxide Pittsburg Post. When I die. begins to take W IPE other woman like me. Huney: What makes you think I try to find another woman like you?—Sport you'll never find an should ing Times. We take Linen against“the field." So do the Doctors. But the first claim for Linen is that it feels so clean, cooland dry, Its firm, glossy fibers stand apart as woven, the air circulates freely through its meshes and you never. feel “sticky” in Linen Underwear, Cotton and wool bug the form, “mat” s get perspiration soaked, cannot dry out quickly and you feel sticky and uncomfortable, But worst of all you are encased in clammy dampness =the pores are choked, stop work and you catch cold be cause your busy little pores are not allowed to Tegulate the tempera- ture of the body as na- ture intended they should, ‘That's why your Doc- tor “Linen next the skin"—the pleasantest prescription he could E cold preven: Linen Mesh And when he says Kneipp is pufacts hind every garment. Both Sides of this Underwear Question #2255 factorily your de: Wear-Guarantee means Kacipp Linen Mesh beca other Underwears contain cotton—a stat ment we would not d ake could we not prove it. Kacipp Linen is pure un- mixed Irish Linea and nothing di linen. That's why it's the clean- est, coolest, dryest fecling underwear youcanglory in, And its loose, comfoi able fit and “open weav next the skin give the por absolute freedom, while its closer woven “outside” protects the body sudden changes of perature. ‘The streamers of the seal show a strip of Kneipp Linen Mesh folded so youcan see both sides—but we will send samplesof our severalweaves and weights on request ce “So write for them today. ‘astrong wear-cuarantee stands IL it does not wear mation will replace it on his judg. ent without consulting os orwe will ifyoudeald: withu rect uarantee protects both our dealers and the weat —- Sent For Free Inspection ‘Tho best dealorscvorrwhero sell Kneipp Linen Mesh Under. for Men. Women and Chisdren. On request wo will send wear for Men, Women 4: samples of the different namoa of our dealers in Il sand Knetpp U Write today for free about 90 Franklin Street 4 gito you the . It tells the simple proved truth pen for Comfort and Health. CC, COMMICHAU @ CO., Ltd., New York City comicbooks.com