Life, 1906-06-07 · page 40 of 42
Life — June 7, 1906 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** for various products (shirts, hats, pianos, fabric) interspersed with one cartoon at bottom right. The cartoon depicts a humorous scene: a well-dressed man in a checked suit and hat stands before a seated, disheveled figure, apparently discussing an estate or inheritance. The caption reads: "Jones is kicking because he only got ten thousand dollars out of the Gotrok estate." The responses are: "Was he one of the heirs?" / "No—he was one of the lawyers." **The joke:** A lawyer (Jones) expected a much larger payout from his legal work on an estate settlement than the mere $10,000 he received, suggesting lawyers' notorious reputation for inflating fees and expecting lucrative paydays from estate administration. The humor lies in the deflation of his greedy expectations—even being "one of the lawyers" didn't secure him the windfall he apparently felt entitled to. This reflects early 20th-century satirical commentary on the legal profession's perceived avarice.
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The dealer who does not sell real ansdowne The Finest Sitk andWoot Dress Fabric in the Wortd— sells himself and his cus- tomers, ON AND OFF LIKE A COAT Genuine perforated every 3 yards on the selvedge geee oe COAT SHIRTS trenton, YOU CAN GEY WHAT YOU WANT OF YOUR For sate at all good CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. Lazgest Makers of Collars and Shirts tn the world 457 River Street, Troy, N.Y The first Derby made in America was a C.& K. Kuapp-Helt HATS. FOR MEN When a touch of formality is desir- able the Cambridge Mixed Derby is proper. Knapp-Felt De Luxe, $e. Knapp-Felt, $4. Hatters sell them. Write for The Hatman. THE CroruT & KNapp Co. Broadway, at 13th Street New York SEA CLIFF INN NANTUCKET, MASS. Open from June until October ¢; Excellent Table; Music. Bookings by | rer, 26 East 23d Street, New York City Patronize American Industries, Wear a Intending purchasers of a strictly first- class Piano should not fail to exam- , ine the % merits of THE WORLD RENOWNED SOHMER It is the special favorite of the refined cultured musical public on account o unsurpassed tone- ity, unequaled du bility, elegance of Ve ign’and finish. logue mailed on application. Tue SOHMER-CECILIAN INSIDE PLAYER URPASSES ALL OTH Favorable Terms to Responsible Partles SOHMER & COMPANY Warerooms Cor. Sth Ave. 22d St. NEW YORK “WAS WE ONE OF THE HEIRS?” | Agencies in all the principal cities in the world. = ——— “NONE WAS ONE OF THE LAWYERS.”