Life, 1906-04-12 · page 3 of 24
Life — April 12, 1906 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The advertisements promote liqueurs, scotch whisky, hair products, and a serialized story. The humor section contains brief jokes about contemporary topics: Philadelphia's width, Russian exiles, the Czar, Henry James translations, and naming children. One joke references Governor Hogg naming his children "Kate" and "Duplicate"—apparently a real historical anecdote about unusual naming practices. The "Bright Doody" section jokes about hair loss and baldness using period slang. The page reflects early 20th-century magazine format: mixing commercial advertisements with short satirical commentary on current events, literary trends, and social oddities. There are **no identifiable political cartoons or caricatures** of specific figures—just general social observation and wordplay typical of Life's humor column.
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THE LIQUEUR OF POLITE SOCIETY sober fF ccord. rge of being t, the n had LIQUEUR Peres Chartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— Known as Chartreuse Home : $ 3 i : : 3 : 3 : : : : i i : 3 3 : Bubbles Reblown Philadelphia is really wide-awake.—Rochester Post. No, neighbor—just walking in its sleep.—LiFe. But no longer wide open. A Russian Grand Duke used to be a pretty big and imposing personage.—Ballimore American. Marked down to thirty cents.—Lire. And another reduction expected. Amnesty has been proclaimed in Finland, and now exiles from home can hope to see their Fin- nish.—Chicago News. But how can the poor Czar keep his head above water without his Finns ?—Lire. He can’t, for he is not able to float a loan. Russia is said to be importing comparatively few diamonds this season.—Boston Herald. Chain-mail undershirts will be more generally wom.—Lire. Throats, however, will still be cut bias. Henry James desires a campaign “for the elim- ination of colloquial modes of expression.”— Louisville Times. Can it be that Mr. James is afraid his novels will some day be translated into English ?—Lire. Pshaw! Merely a publisher’s dodge to educate people to read Henry in the original. “What shall our girls read?” asks a magazine writer.—Louisville Times. In a blushing and modest way we would sug- gest a certain illustrated wee! Lire. We had been led to believe that Lire is uncer tain. A man named Adam was elected Mayor of Buffalo.—St. Joseph News-Press. Perhaps Buffalo will be able to sum up his career with “Adam, good Mayor.”—Lirr. Not unless the New York apple crop fails. Karl Von Krajt, in Lippincott's Enough Are you sure that the Scotch you drink is pure—real ? Think it over. SANDERSON’S “Mountain Dew" Scotch is made from carefully selected highland malt. Distilled slowly in a pot still. Try Sanderson's Mountain Dew and get the REAL SCOTCH FLAVOR The Villa Claudia By J. A. MITCHELL Author of “Amos Judd,” "The Pines of Lory.” dlingly GOVERNOR HOGG'S frankness in naming sels his children is quite equalled by a Washing- Jueity tonian whose wife presented him with twin uld-be daughters. At the christening the minister was mS, startled to lear that the father had decided to - name them Kate and Duplicate. * Several years later twins were again born into the Hair the family—this time boys, who were duly named ae Peter and Repeater. not A third time this strenuous opponent of race the Hat suicide was blessed with children twain, and this time he firmly named the wee lads Max and Climax.—Lippincott’s RIGHT DOODY—“Deah me,” said Chap- I will enjoy myrelf. a pie, as he donned his sixth costume for the — Horace. SOFT day, ‘I’ve been working like a horse!” $1.50 POST PAID SILKY HAIR 27s pessesecty sey person “Ya-as,” retumed Doody, who is brighter than b the hair and seal Nad ” eto. sth and tres of Dundee at i oo he looks, “like a clothes-horse.”—Exchange. jeven Hatr Grower @ isn ind er a wet eter of highewt four generations.” Young tisnes sustiny bow with these bighly meritorious prepara enjoy luxuriant evertags Pepartions wih ‘Sold by Dealers E: “The story is fascinating, delightfully mysterious, ult of humor and tenderness.” —Wasixcroy Lire. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street, New York Hicks—“My hair comes out in handfuls. If it keeps on, I’ll soon be bald.” Wicks— “Nonsense, if it keeps on you can never be bald.”—Boston Transcript. comicbooks.com