Life, 1906-07-19 · page 26 of 28
Life — July 19, 1906 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertisements with one cartoon joke. The main humor appears in the silhouette scene showing a child asking why the doctor brought a baby sister instead of a brother. The aunt's response—that the doctor was "out of boys"—is the joke: it suggests boys are so undesirable that they're in short supply, implying boys are troublesome or unwanted compared to girls. The page otherwise advertises three products: New York Central Railroad's Adirondack Mountain service, "IF, a Guide to Bad Manners" (a humor book with drawings by J.M. Flagg mocking etiquette), and Prudential Insurance's education savings plan for children. All content reflects early 20th-century concerns: leisure travel for the wealthy, satirical commentary on social manners and behavior, and financial planning for children's futures—typical Life magazine material aimed at middle-to-upper-class readers.
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ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS Are now about the most central of all the great resorts. They have through Pullman sleeping cars from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, via the NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES “ AMERICA’S GREATEST RAILROAD” A night's ride takes you from any of these places to the center of the mountains in time for bres fast next morning. For a copy of “The Adirondack Mountains and How to Reach Them.” which is No, 20 of the New York Central Lines’ “Pour-Track Series," containing a fine map of the Adirondack Mountains and adjacent territory, with useful information in regard to hotels, camps, lakes. rivers, etc., send a two-cent stamp to George H.’ Daniels, Manager, General Advertising Department, Room 45, Grand Central Station, New York. C.F. DALY, Passenger Traffic Manager, New York “RUT, AUNTIE, WHY DID THE DOCTOR BRING ME A BABY SISTER WHEN ME PROMISED Mr 4 maoTHER?” “WHY, DEAR, HE SAID HE JUST HAPPENED To BE OUT OF Boys.” “watt, 1 COULD MAVE WAITED A wnite, AUNTIE." Just the Sort of Book To give to a friend going on a journey—it will make any friend forget you in four minutes. “IF, a Guide to Bad Manners” DRAWINGS AND LIMERICKS BY J. M. FLAGG The Funniest Book of the Year Price, 75 Cents Postpaid | LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 17 West 31s Street, N. Y. City Educate That Boy He’s only a little chap now, but he grows. So do the expenses of his edu- cation. Will your income grow accord- ing'y? Ten years hence can you give him a thorough college or professional course? Provide for all that right now. He’s worth it. Allow us to explain to you the details of a simple and easy way of securing life insurance for yourself for the next ten years, and at the end of that period a substantial cash sum for that boy’s education. Address Dept. O. The Prudential | Ati Insurance Co. of America Incorporated as a Stock Company by the State of New Jersey JOHN F. DRYDEN, Prest. Mome Office: NEWARK, N. J. = —_. ) 2. aaa TL