Life, 1906-04-26 · page 20 of 24
Life — April 26, 1906 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. The main content includes three short satirical stories: **"Made the Bear Work"** mocks a lazy camper who, when finally pressured to hunt, encounters a bear and runs back to camp at remarkable speed—the irony being that laziness suddenly produces industriousness. **"How the Boy Fooled Them"** tells of a young messenger who deposits a single penny in a bank to make a large check appear legitimate, fooling both the bank and a shaky firm—satirizing business naïveté. **"Of Course Not"** jokes about a fashionable church congregation lacking "influence"—social satire about upper-class pretension. The page also features period advertisements for Osborn's Rye Whiskey, the Overland Limited train to San Francisco, and Abbott's Angostura Bitters. These ads reflect early 20th-century consumer culture and leisure travel. The humor throughout relies on irony and social observation rather than political commentary.
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ee -OoR FOOLISH 4 (ONTEMPORARIE MADE THE BEAR WORK Bill Winters is one of the heroes who uses his wit to save his strength. During a camj ip in the Maine woods Bill was easily the laziest man in the party Finally his exasperated comra h t if he did not Kill something besides tim The next morning tain. Two b wn again as fast as he could was a bear, The men watched ready. On reachit When the men could stop laug! what on earth possessed you to run that di close, when you might have kil your breath Bill smile eT roR Hosprraury: ‘The Manor, Asheville North Carolina. is the best inn South. Boe HOW THE BOY FOOLED THEM ‘There isa good story told of a man who has become a mo ssful merchant. A few years ago he was employed as an ssenget for a large firm sent to cd a firm which was considered very “shaky the money at rds. The debs for $250, He went to the bank at ¢ cashier that there was not en It lacked but a mi The boy felt in his pocke the window, said. ‘The cashier did so, w 1m the boy prese 1d got the money. Bla ». failed the next d chagrin can be better imagined than described when t out the trick that had been played upon th He Hotel Vendome, Boston The ideal hotel of America for permanent and transient guests OF COURSE NOT y inquired * Ours is a very fashionable ¢ a d the good man in reply. “Alas, we have no inf: ouisville Courier Journal. It was at the Port Arthu celebrated Hundred and Th: men to the Japanese. Befor regiment beld until then i the coh Your regiment is the fi “General,” replied the officer bravely, the otber!"—The Argon. For real democracy one h M. Falliéres, since , office, has been criticised for his simp! blue butterily of ity, the kind that is fastened to the collar nd, has pleased M. Fallitres for thirty years, > be no cha ke. Are we to judge France by ber novels or her presidents?—New Vork Tribune. A letter has been received by Posi Louisville, Ky. tr to send the names of “the unsaved men a ville. The write that be felt called apon to do what he could to redeem the people of that city, F er Baker sent the city directory —The Argonaut. Tur Doctor (to patient as he comes round): My dear sir. I hardly know how to tell you, but I've cut off the wrong keg — The Tatler (London). RECORD RYE WHISKEY The Road of a Thousand Wonders North and South from San Francisco along the Southern Pacific the scenery is more varied than on any other one line of railroad in the world. A Thousand Wonderscharm the eye—a new and contrasting delight for every average mile of road. The Overland Limited / : is the most luxurious and quickest train to San Francisco, three meals the quic est,—and cheapest,—via Omaha and the Union Pacific Southern Pacificij For {rec illustrated books about the Thousand Wonders of the Pacific Coast, address E. L. LOMAX, G.P.A., OMAHA, NEB. y £ Make the best eocktall or sweetened water after meala,affords relief and aids digesti BITTERS Important to see that itis Abbott's. comicbooks.com