Life, 1907-11-07 · page 41 of 50
Life — November 7, 1907 — page 41: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with three short humorous anecdotes interspersed. The ads promote Rubberset shaving brushes, Great Western Champagne (a New York product marketed as equal to French imports), Jaeger woolens, and John Jameson whiskey. The three brief jokes reflect early 20th-century humor: 1. **"A Forest Terror"** plays on a French peasant's use of Latin scientific nomenclature to scare away trespassers—the joke being that "Corylus avellana" (hazelnut) sounds dangerously exotic. 2. **"Had Measured It"** is a motorist joke about early automobile travel—the punchline measures distance not in miles but in physical obstacles (hills, bad bridges, arrests), satirizing the primitive state of roads and the frequency of traffic violations. 3. The unnamed third anecdote appears to involve a European count and a "fate" discussion, likely playing on ethnic/class stereotypes common to the era. These brief comedic pieces were typical filler content in Life magazine between advertisements.
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tain The Test A shaving brush to be perfectly hygi- enic, must be able to stand sterilizing —the “boiling out” of all insanitary matter. Ordinary shaving brushes set in rosin, glue or cement) can’t stand this test. The setting crumbles—the bristles come out over your face, and then comes irritation and face cutting. Rubberset Shaving Brushes are made to stand any amount of sterilizing, They are set ina solid head of Hard Vulcanized the only durable set- ting known. “The bristles can's come out of this setting—that’s our Guarantee. You's be wise to throw away your old brush and get a Aygtemic brush—a ” Rubberset.” “TPs all im the setting.” Price 25c to $6 It is pure of the purest, with a spathle its own, Of the delicate flavor that long lingers on: Thorough-bred, thorough-ripened, for long years it has lain, Till t's rich, rare and royal—The Great Western Champagne. The fine wine grape, possessing the same qualities as those grown in France, with the French method of making, give Great Western Extra Dry Champagne the exquisite taste and sparkling effervescence of the best foreign wines. Great Western is made under the same identical methods as the most select French Champagnes, and it is aged for five years in the same kind of cellars. This gives Great Western an excellence which the French connoisseurs themselves recognize. Nearly one hundred years of cultivation of Great Western vineyards in New York State have given the soil the elements that produce the same peculiar quality Champarne grape as grown in the famous vineyards of France. At the Paris Exposition Great Western Champagne was awarded a gold medal for quality. Great Western Champagne costs $0% fess than the imported. The U.S. Custom House receives no revenue from Great Western and you get 100% wine value. Try Great Western —we like comparisons. PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO., Sole Makers, RHEIMS, N. Y. Sold by dealers in fine Wines and served in Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes. A Forest Terror N INGENIOUS peasant in the south of France, annoyed at his woods being invaded by nut- pickers, got to know the Latin name for the hazle- nut, and then nailed up the following notice: “Caution—All persons entering this wood do so at their own risk. The Corylus avellana abounds here, as well as other equally venomous snakes.”” ‘Trespassing ceased at once.—London Globe. F she said, with a soulful sigh, “that we have been drawn together by fate.” “Yes,” replied the count, “zat ces ett—by fate. Your fazaire he tell me he ees one time thinking he will be ze college professaire. Zen he get—what you call him—fired from ze academy and go into ze iron beeziness at Pectsburg. Ect is fate.”—Wasp. Instinct Points the Way! It teaches the mother to wrap her babe in woolens. It teaches men and women to think of wool- ens when cold approaches. Jaeger woolens are unrivaled for purity and protection, also for dur- ability, They are, therefore, a money-saver in the end as well as a health promoter all the time, Write Jor samples and booklet of particulars, Dr. Jaeger’s S. W. S. Co. New York: 906 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn 1 $24 Ful 1 bras Phen St. Bos ae ese St “Agents in alt Principal Cities Had Measured It OW far,” asked the first automobilist, as they met at a turn in the road, “is it from here to the next town where there's a repair shop?” “Eleven hills, three bad bridges, one long stretch of deep sand and two arrests,” answered the second automobilist.—Chicago Tribune. HE Countess of Aberdeen is at heart in favor of Home Rule, it is said, Recently there was a state garden party in Dublin, and her ladyship, anxious to know how the sympathies of her guests lay, asked a high official attached to the viceregal court whether there were many Home Rulers pres- ent. That official did not sympathize with her ideals. “None,” was his laconic reply, “except your ship and the waiters.”—Bellman. A Good Farmer ALL CAINE, according to a London journal, is a successful farmer. Nearly every one can do something well.—Louisville Courier-Journal. HE brave ship was wallowing in the waves that threatened to engulf her at any moment. Hastily the captain ordered a box of rockets and flares brought to the rail, and with his own hands ignited a number of them, in the hope that they would be seen and the passengers and crew rescued. ’Mid the rockets’ red glare, a tall, thin, austere individual found his way with difficulty to the rail and spoke to the captain. aptain,” said he, “T must protest against this dare-devilishness. We are now facing death. ‘This is no time for a celebration." —Success W. A. Taylor & Co., New York Sole Agente comicbooks.com