Life, 1906-06-21 · page 4 of 28
Life — June 21, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising content**, not political cartoons. The main features are: 1. **Detroit Auto-Marine Motor** - promoting engines for boats and vehicles 2. **Krementz collar buttons** - a fashion accessory ad 3. **Warner Auto-Meter** - a speedometer device 4. **Peres Chartreux liqueur** and **Lea & Perrins Sauce** advertisements The middle section contains brief **humorous anecdotes** rather than satire: jokes about the Homer twins' resemblance to parents, a General Grant story about mail delivery, and observations about Moscow's prohibition on whips. These are light social humor pieces typical of Life magazine's entertainment content, not political commentary. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and product-driven magazine publishing.
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LIFE: K.P. Bs een i tied 3H. P. Engine ont ‘S410 ‘ Detroit Auto-Marine "3: ‘Convert Your Rowboat Into a Speed Launch. Mate 1906 ‘Only 3100 Engine Gay KREMENTZ On the Back of the Matton insures Permanent Satis faction. It campot break (rum service. The shape of the head makes it Easy 2 When n, butiowed tt {t stays buttoned. Selby oceonat iiabendashers, _ Waite for booklets Tie Stony ef-s Collar betes TREWENTZ 8 00, ‘i Chestut St Newark, ¥. J. Absolutely Accurate At ALL SPEEDS JO matter how fast o how slow you go the uo Serer telisthe spect gr which your Rotomotiie ts travellag with vatalling correctness [tts actuated by the same wncAance fe macmctivoe which rakes tbe Mar incr ‘Compass enfailing and certain sto Meter fs the only successful wilcator because there | just tise can succes ifully be sed, abd we Aste pavented (hal tay. That means that the only Indicator you can depend upon for Permanent Retiabiialy The Warner AUTO-METER [Registers Speed and Distance}: Te registers any sored from 1-4 mile t0 to miles per bow ar you Lave gone om the érip ard, where It can be read from the seat, gives total itive as 8 compass and as solid asa rech. It ts uninivenced by any shock which would not ruin your cae. Ie is accurate when you get It, and is GUARANTEED TEN YEARS. We will resew any Auto-Meter within 10 years (unless Injured ’ Dif the Magoee (the HEART of the instrument) 1s 1 per cent. lacorrect. ‘avord an automobile can easily afford an Indispensable to the Motorist as the mace ‘Let us tell you more ahout It Write us fovay and well send you with our answer our free book “Auto Peloters.” “Address ‘The Warner Instramest Cs., 135 Recserelt Si Quatrain in Three Lines ‘ou: R lines are not needed, , to give a s'mple clue, We will ask the summer questio —N. Y. Sun. Hereditary HE: Did you ever see the Homer twins? He: Yes. “Don’t you think the boy is the picture of his father?” “Yes—and I also think the girl is the pho- nograph of her mother.”—Chicago Daily News. AY PECHIS: Jack Goodley called upon me the other evening. Mr. Cuettus: Huh! How did you survive it? I suppose he talked about something idiotic "| all the time— J “Well, yes, he spoke about you quite a great deal.” —Philadelphia Press. General Grant's Joke LIOT M. MILLER, a civil engineer of New Orleans, tells how General U. S. Grant made his father, Chaplain Miller, swear: It was one of the chaplain’s duties to re and distribute the mail to General Grant's st Whenever the mail was late he was greatly an- noyed by questions as to the cause of the delay, time of probable arrival, etc. On one occasion, when the post was unusally late, the chaplain for fear of losing his temper attached the following notice to the door of his tent: “The chaplain does not know when the mail will arrive.” Shortly afterwards General Grant, passing the | chaplain’s quarters, noticed the sign. He paused before it a moment and then walked slowly on his way. Coming out of his tent a few moments later, Chaplain Miller was horrified to read: “The chaplain does not know when the mail | will arrive, and he doesn’t give a damn.”—Har- per’s Weekly... The Old Trouble A CURIOUS thing noticed at once by visitors to Moscow is the absence of whips among the cab drivers. There is a law prohibiting their use, There is not a single whip in use in Moscow. The excellent condition of the horses attests the benefit of this humane law. Moderation varies \the world over. The whip is not in disuse in They use it there on men and women. York Tribune. OU take a great deal of interest in these dis- cussions of proposed legislation,” said the postmaster. | “Yes,” answered Farmer Comtassle. “Al- though sometimes it’s hard for me to make out whether they’re discussing proposed legislation or jes’ quarrelin’ among themselves about who ishall be boss.""—Washington Star. High ACON: Have you noticed what ridiculously high prices have been paid for seats on the New York Stock Exchange ? Ecpert: Yes, I guess they’ve been bought from the sidewalk speculators.— Yonkers States- man. The Highest Grade After-Dinner Liqueur LIQUEUR Peres Chartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— Known as Chartreuse At Srst-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafes, Bitjer & Co., 45 Hroadway, New Vork, N. V. Sole Agents for United States. For chops, steaks, cutlets, etc., add to the gravy one or two tablespoonsful of Lea & Perrins’ Sauce THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE before pouring it over the meat. Jobn Duncan's Sons, Agts., N. ¥. His lights, din of vapori the fe activit! comicbooks.com