Life, 1906-09-27 · page 21 of 24
Life — September 27, 1906 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not satire. The main content includes: **The Featured Story**: "Pelorus Jack," a famous New Zealand dolphin that has inhabited the same strait for twenty years. It regularly visits passing ships and scratches itself on their keels—a genuine historical phenomenon that delighted passengers. The piece treats this as natural history curiosity. **Secondary Articles**: Brief anecdotes about dogs trained for Parisian motor cars (a wealthy fad), and Oliver Wendell Holmes humorously declining a lecture invitation due to ill health, joking he lacks strength to refuse payment. **The Advertisements**: The page is dominated by product ads—Milkweed Cream, Boss Cracker, Mobiloil engine lubricant, Evans' Ale, and Nestor Cigarettes—typical early-20th-century magazine monetization. There is **no political satire** visible here; this is straightforward editorial content mixed with commercial promotion, reflecting Life's dual function as both humor magazine and advertising vehicle.
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LIFE Mabe us PROVE what Milkweed Cream will do Jest send vs sour name an 1 mall frre a ‘of thls dele The lubrication of the auto mobile engine, is not a thing to be trifled with! Engines of dife ferent construction, working at different speeds, temperatures and loads, require oll exact: Adapted to each. The right oll means “easy going: oil that is merely “good” nay mean disaster, VACUUM MOBILOIL 'd for the safe and ecien- ion of every styleand type. Xs le engine. tite for booklet listing every auto mobile made, and inet re grade of exact Hun. Cigruehere. Wooklet sent + ABk for ti atactured by vacuun'g OIL CO., ROCHESTER, H. ¥, A Famous Dolphin Scratches Its Back on the Bows of Ships—Twenty Years at One Address. Prtores JACK is the name which local sailors have conferred upon a lively New Zealand dolphin. Its appearance is a regular occurrence on the trip to and from French Pass. It always comes alone, joining the vessel astern and hustling forward at such a rate that it often jumpsclear outof the water. As it is about twelve feet long it stirs up a good deal of acommotion. When it gets to the bow of the vessel it begins a performance which crowds the rail with aston- ished and amused passengers. Evidently it regards the sharp edge of the keel as designed especially for the delight of scratching. Its method is to dash across the bow, each time giving some part of its anatomy a good, vigorous rub. It does this over and over again, treating first one side to a scratch, then another side, and so on until it has satisfied its yearnings in that direction. Pelorus Jack takes its name from Pelorus Sound, whose entrance it has inhabited for twenty years. It regularly meets passing vessels and accompanies them several miles on their course. It has become so great an object of interest that it has been protected by a regulation of the Government.—Sun. Dogs for Motor Cars 'HE cult of pet dogs has led in Paris to perhaps more crazes and fads than anywhere else. I am told that for the moment, however, the atten- tion of faddists is diverted from useless if pretty balls of fluff to training larger dogs for motor cars, ‘The motor car dog is trained to guard the car when the owner leaves it temporarily by the road- side; but, incidentally, it is necessary to have a dog which takes kindly to high speeds, and also to the clothing which is necessary to keep him warm in winter and to the spectacles for his eyes. According to the Figaro, the bouledogue is no good, because he hates motor cars, while the fox terrier is found to be too nervous. So far, the best dogs have proved to be the Scotch sheepdog, the collie, and, above all, the poodles, which as soon as they see a car, are said to jump into the seat and submit to the goatskin and the spectacles with every appearance of pleasure.—London Standard. LIVER WENDELL HOLMES was invited to deliver a lecture in a town in the central part of Massachusetts. He was not feeling very well, and he wrote the following reply to the com- mittee in declining to accept the invitation: “Tam far from being in good physical health, and I am satisfied that if I were offered a fifty- dollar bill after my lecture I should not have strength enough to refuse it.” —Exchange. AROUND THE WORLD Small, high-class Parties, leave, San Beavgiono. Oct. 5, 30, stward, from New York, Dec. 8, Ja China. Todia, Barmah, Beyer, ee, oat beri aera tastrated proprama ready’ Prank C.Clark,ou itv For Hunting, Golf and alloutdoorusea, For men ff and women. " N. ead. prepaid, i return If not satisfactory. Write GEO. F. WEBBER, Mir. Sta. A, Detroit, Mich “N ESTO Cigarettes~ (Nestor Gianaclis, Cairo and Boston) CUT ONE OPEN They will bear the most careful scru- tiny. Examine the tobacco. You will find it always uniformly even No stems or lumps — nothing but long shreds from the most tender leaves of the finest tobacco grown in Turkey. ““Nestors,’? as now made in America, are exactly the same in every respect as those to-day being made in Cairo, Egypt. They have all the character- istics that have made‘ Nestors’’ the standard of cigarette perfection throughout the world. Remember, in selecting an Egyp- Cc. tian cigarette, it is the tobacco inside you smoke Packet of ten —not the ornate Egyptian scenery printed on the label of the box. Sold by Clubs, Hotels, and Dealers the World ever. in its perfection. “© Nestor" Cigarettes retain their natural flavor and aroma much better when kept in bulk, and, therefore, we advise purchasing in tins of 08 and 1008. “NESTOR " SPECIALTIES: Extra fine Moyen" size in $08 and 100s. $4.50 per 100 Kings," 22 carat gold tipped 20s, 90¢. ; 100s, $4.50 “Queens,"22 4 ow 20s, SOc. 1003, 4.00 If any of the above are unobtainable locally, we shall be pleased to furnish same on receipt of price. Write for brochure" The Story of the Nester." NESTOR GIANACLIS COMPANY gt Roxbury Street, Boston, Mass. hese are the days for a jaunt in the country and a bottle of Evans’ Ale to cap the climax. Outdoor life and Evans’ Ale go together Take it with you in Auto or pocket comicbooks.com