Life, 1906-10-18 · page 24 of 28
Life — October 18, 1906 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine consists primarily of **advertisements** interspersed with brief satirical humor pieces—typical of the era's magazine format. The humor items mock contemporary American society: - **"Yet Figures Can't Lie"**: A farmer's befuddled logic about automobile traffic—he's seen "as many as a dozen" some days, so "the average varies." The joke satirizes rural confusion about statistics and data. - **"A Sense of Security"**: A capitalist boasts that by the time trust/monopoly debates conclude, he'll have accumulated enough dividends to ignore the outcome. This reflects early-1900s anxieties about corporate power. - **"The Educational System"**: A quip mocking a Cleveland "school for wives"—implying women need instruction just as absurdly as fish need swimming lessons. - **"Race Won by Three Inches"**: American and British manufacturing agents compete for a Japanese order. The American's flexibility wins—reflecting contemporary American industrial confidence versus British rigidity. The advertisements (razors, toothpaste, whiskey, shirts) were the magazine's revenue source.
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Sharp Razors Dull Razors— it makes no difference which, provided you use ED.PINAUDS LILAC VEGETAL on your face after shaving. It is the finish par excellence to every shave, and puts the user into good humor after shaving. Pie cists forit-class droggi@ or department = free trial bottle seot to any address on receipt of 10 cents to pay postage and packing. PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD 84-86-88-90 Fifth Ave., Dept. 87, New York 1. Sheffield’s Anti-Septic | Créme Dentifrice Py blabilc'd THE ORIGINAL TOOTH PASTE Used by the Elite of | the World Since 1850 Dr. Shettield’s Tooth Powder put up conveniently for Tourists. Soaee) SOLD.EVERYWHERE. Park &Tilford FOUNDED 1 Park & Tilford have no general line of staple groceries or food delicacies to recommend of them- selves. The best of the world, at lowest prices. Write for their complete price-list. Broadway and Twenty-first. Street. Broadway and Forty-first. Street. Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. Sixth Avenue near Ninth Street Columbus Ave. & Seventy-second St. NEW YORK. Yet Figures Can't Lie SUPPOSE you sce a good many automobiles passing this way,” said the touring statistician to the farmer. “Oh, yes, a tolerably good number.” Possit half-dozen a day?” “Oh, more’n that, I reckon.” “As many as a dozen a day?” “Waal, I guess some days I’ve seen as many as a dozen, but it ain’t often.” “Well,” . persisted the tourist, ‘about how many do you figure you average a day?” “Waal, Dll tell you,” replied the farmer, thoughtfully stroking his chin, “the average varies!”—Lippincott’s Magazine. C IS a prosy old world. The June bride putting up preserves.—New York Mail. A Sense of Security HERE is a whole lot to be said on both sides of the trust question.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. ‘That's the beauty of it. By the time it all gets said we'll have enough dividends laid by not to worry over the decision.”"—Washington Star. ADY: Oh, those awful automobiles! It’s simply terrible to read how an aged woman was killed by a car near Trouville yesterday. Cuavrreur: My dear madam, if you read on a little further you will see that an auto- mobilist was killed near Chateau T! hierry. That makes thing even, —Rire. A, WHAT is a Bohemian?” “A man who'll let you share your last dollar with him, my boy.” —Pittsburg Post. The Educational System A “school for wives” has been started in Cleveland. Who starts a school to teach fishes to swim ?—New York Evening Mail. Race Won by Three Inches OW an American machinery agent secured an order in Japan is related by the commercial agent of New South Wales in the Far East, as follows: It was a question of some lathes for a large factory which was being started. They were required of a certain size. The agent for the British firm said: ‘That is three inches longer are made, and we can make no altera- American said: ‘I will make them yy size you like.” The American secured the order —United States Consular Report. HIS MASTER'S CHOICE 18 & Cet COAT SHIRT MADE AS A CUSTOM SHIRTMARER WOULD MARE IT, IN WHITE AND COLOR-FAST FABRICS. $1.50 AND MORE GEND FOR BOOK OF STYLES AND OLALER'S NAME. LUETT, PEABODY & CO. Largest Makers of Collars and Sturta in the World. 467 River St., TROY, N. Yo | =) comicbooks.com