Life, 1907-01-31 · page 20 of 24
Life — January 31, 1907 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humor columns with period advertisements. The left side contains three anecdotes: 1. **"The Man Who Coached Kipling"**: A story about author Rudyard Kipling seeking expertise on steam engineering in Washington—satirizing the notion that even famous writers need to consult specialists. 2. **"A Give-Away"**: An Admiral tells of a wealthy but stingy financier who ordered cheap champagne for a Christmas ball, then saw his own advertisement in the newspaper praising that exact champagne at $1.25/quart—mocking his false economy and exposed hypocrisy. 3. **"The Ananias Club"**: References President Theodore Roosevelt's practice of publicly attacking those who disagreed with him, labeling them liars (after Ananias from the Bible). The satire criticizes how Roosevelt created a climate where dissent equaled dishonesty. The right side features period alcohol advertisements (Trimble Whiskey, Meux's Stout, Underberg Bitters) with Shakespeare quotes and health claims—typical early 1900s marketing before such advertising regulations existed.
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THE MAN WHO COACHED KIPLING a winter in Washington some yea und peering around in the corridors of man who knew him asked. 's most about steam. » find the man who knows most aboyt steam-engi- ” said Melville, and he gave Ki * lown to see Perry, ta for half a c his story, " Between the Devil and the Deep Se Hotel Vendome, Boston mmonwealth Avenue. Electric lights. umbing. New and most A GIVE-AWAY miral F, W. Dickins told in Philadelphia the other day d story about a very rich and very economical f old genth ind of champagne. It is quite ugh for those young people who will come to my Christ couldn't tell the difference, anyway. tly he ordered a dozen cases of the cheap wine. A day or two before Christmas, picking up his newspaper, ahaif-page advertisement. ig black letters the paragraph : Try our celebrated champagne at $1.25 a quart, as ordered nent financi Christmas ball." Wa. tis a good br He ran his eye over it and saw in For the Nurvery—For the Table Of no other food product can it be truthfully said—equally good for infant and general household purposes. Eagle Brand Condensed Milk has no equal as an infant food and for general household purposes. THE ANANIAS CLUB Under the headi 1 Liars’ Gallery," the New York Wo gentlemen who have | been unfortunate enough to disagree with Mr. Roosevelt. Other papers call it Ananias Club” Mr. Bellamy Siorer, who has just been elected a member by unanimous vote laintively: “The past has shown that few men can differ with either the wishes or the memory of the President without at once becoming a scoundrel and a liae.""—Argonaut d has compiled at The Roose of the club, says AS BAD AS THIS? Mr. Roosevelt will be remembered as the President who created precedents where none existed and broke all those created by his predecessors. —Houston Post ‘Tur Sovrn ror Hosertatity: The Mano, Asheville, North Carolina, is the best inn South.— Booklet. IN DOUBT On a famous rifle-range there was an important team match ‘one day, and the men were firing in pairs, one for each team, side | Je. The best shot on the home team was given to aiming so Jong that bets were made on whether of not he had gone to sleep | g-point. Presently he withdrew his head from the | rifle, lowered the barrel, and asked his opponent, in a low voice: “Did I fire of did you?"—Forest and Stream, AT BEAR SPRING WATER ‘lts purity bas made it famoos.” Manx Twaty tells this story, the moral of which you may sup- ply yourself: “I went to church one time and was so impressed by what the preacher told me about the poor heathen that I was ready to give up a hundred dollars of my own money and even go out and borrow more to send to the ‘then, But the minister peeached too long and my enthusiasm began to drop about twenty-five dollars a drop till there was nothing left for the poor beathen, and by the time he was through and the collection was wynen Yo y do drink, 1 drINK Trip “Our old and faithful friend, We are glad to see you.” —Shakespeare. Whiskey SOLE rRoPRIRTORS WHITE, HERTZ & Phite, aad N. Green Label. AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS ESTABLISHED 1793 taken up I stole ten cents off the plate." —Southrwestern's Book, Underberd THE worto’s BEST Bitters, To Your Health Every sip makes for health, and, therefore, with the ladies—who highly appreciate it, for beauty. The best Bitter Liqueur, delicious in flavor and a powerful, invigorating tonic. Enjoyable as a cocktail better for you, ‘The tastiest of all Ditters for sherry or mixed drinks 1s “UNDERBERG." Over 6,000,000 bottles tmported to the United States. At all Hotels, Clubs and Restaue ‘rants, or by the bottle at Wine Merchan‘s and Grocers. Bottled only by HL, Underberg, Albreebt, Rhetnberg, Ger many, sloce 1846. LUYTIES BROTHERS, 204 William St., New York. General Agents. ana The best REAL “pick-me-up” in the world. Creates an appetite and satisfies LUYTIES BROTHERS, Agents, N. Y. “THAT PRETTY GIRL PROMISED TO MEET ME BY THE OLD MILL, BUT 1 DON'T SEE ANY SIGN oF ure” comicbooks.com