Life, 1907-05-16 · page 31 of 36
Life — May 16, 1907 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page combines advertisements with humorous editorial content typical of early-20th-century Life magazine. **The cartoons and jokes:** The main illustration shows a man labeled "A Cordial Smile"—likely depicting a satisfied diner—promoting Lea & Perrins' Worcestershire Sauce. **The humor pieces** include: 1. "Information While They Waited"—a joke about a medical professor ironically advising young doctors to read while waiting for their impatient wives, implying they'll be waiting frequently. 2. "Where It Came From"—a schoolroom joke where a child answers "sealing-wax" when asked what comes from a whale, playing on the nonsensical Victorian children's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter." 3. Brief satirical observations about squirrel behavior, lynching epidemics, and police dogs. **Advertisements** for Calox tooth powder, Dards flowers, and Kosmeo complexion cream fill the remaining space—typical period marketing emphasizing scientific claims and beauty standards.
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Oxygen Tooth Powder with its wonderful property of setting free OXYGEN, destroys the germs which give rise to decay, oxidizes any food par- ticles which may lodge between the teeth and sterilizes and de- odorizes the whole mouth. Makes teeth pearly white. Of all druggists 25 cents Send for free sample and booklet Guaranteed absolutely pure under Food and Drugs Act McKESSON & ROBBINS, 91-97 Fulton St., N.Y. Information While They Waited HIE. president of the faculty of a medical college once addressed a graduating class with refer- ence to the necessity of cultivating the quality of pa- tience in their professional as well as in their domes- tic relations. The professor said: “Gentlemen, you are about to plunge into ‘the sphere of action.’ No doubt you will, in some degree, follow the example of those who have preceded you, Among other things, you will doubtless marry. Let me entreat you to be kind to your wives. Be patient with them. Endeavor not to fret yourselves under petty domestic trials. If you are going to the theatre, do not permit yourself to become excited if your wife is not down-stairs in time. Have a treatise on your specialty always with you. Read it while you are waiting. “And, I assure you, gentlemen,” the professor concluded, with delicate irony, “ you'll be astonished at the vast fund of information you'll accumulate in this way.” —Sue ess. Where It Came From URING the course of a geography lesson re- cently, the teacher asked the following question : an tell me what useful article we get from icbone,” promptly replied a boy. Now, who knows what we get from the “Sealing-wax!” shouted a little girl—Harper's Monthly. Choice Flowers Rare Plants City and N.E.Cor. 44th St.& Landscape Madison Ave.. N.Y. Gardening Lea & Perrins’ Just a little on Cheese is delicious. It adds zest to Welsh Rarebit, Macaroni Beware of imitations A CORDIAL enjoyment of which can be very greatly increased by the use of Sauce THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE with Cheese, Cheese Toast and all Chafing Dish Cooking. John Duzcan’s Sons, Agents, New York The Squared and the Sap HERE have been several gray squirrels about the premises of H. K. Morrell, in Gardiner, all winter, and the other day Mrs. Morrell was the witness of a curious act by one of them. He was in a maple tree, and gnawed off some of the bark on the upper side of a limb. When the sap had com- menced to run and was gathering in drops on the lower side of the limb, the squirrel reached down. and drank it. How he knew there was sap in the maple, and that it is time for it to run, does not appear, but it is evident that he did know both that the maple was the sap tree and that it was time for the sap.—Kennebec Journal. So? N FUTURE New York newspapers will please bear in mind that lynchings are mere brain- storm epidemics.—Charleston News and Courier. HE police dogs of Ghent have proved so success- ful that the Paris police have purchased three of them to aid in clearing the Bois de Boulogne of its footpads and dangerous night prowlers. As $240 had to be paid for them, trained police dogs cannot be said to be cheap. They are stationed at Neuilly and are giving every satisfaction. The riffrafl of the Bois are much more afraid of them than of the SMILE police, and seldom try to get away from them. The canine force is soon to be increased.—New York Tribune. Mrs. jae Kosmeo Creates a Perfect Complexion rites ie a dainty, snow-white, sweet smelling cream, delight- se. It immediately. cools and soothes a burning, sensitive skin, and heals a rot “hity or otberwise Irritated skin Inone application, Itisen absolute Protection for men, women and children from sunburn, freckles and tan: excellent for men's use after sbaving. ‘Kosmeo cleanses the pores thoroughly and promotes a healthy circulation, thas removing the cause of pimples and biackbeads, 4 the flesh firm and the skin smooth and clear, free from wrinkles and fomins with bealth. ice $0 cents. Atall dealers, or sent by mail postpaid. A Sample Box of Kosmeo and Booklet Free Mrs, Gervaise Graham, 1473 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, It, comicbooks.com