Life, 1907-12-19 · page 25 of 28
Life — December 19, 1907 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes typical of the publication's satirical style. The cartoons and jokes are short, disconnected pieces targeting early 20th-century social absurdities: - **"A Little Anxious"**: Mild humor about a husband's awkward phrasing when visiting his wife's doctor. - **"No Longer an Apprentice"**: A blind beggar's boy has quit to start his own business—simple irony about ambition. - **"Useful Fat"**: Mocks Italian Admiral Libertini, joking that his obesity helps him wear all his medals—satirizing vanity and military pretension. - **Marconi anecdote**: Gently ribbs inventor Guglielmo Marconi about working so hard he's losing weight. - **"Seventeen Specialties"**: Theater producer joke about padding a play with disconnected acts. The advertisements (Lea & Perrins sauce, dress ties, tooth powder, California rail travel, bitters) reflect period consumer goods. The overall tone is light, gossipy, and family-friendly satire aimed at educated urban readers.
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Whiskers 25.) lyn Wells yolf; Joke . (Charles (Charles y Lanier. the direc- sociati¢ impracti- u do that, ny of the out it— Just a little on CHEESE is delicious. It adds zest to Welsh Rarebit, Maca- roni with Cheese, Cheese Toast and Chafing Dish Cooking. Lea & Perrins’ Sauce THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE BEWARE OF IMITATIONS John Duncan's Sons, Agents, New York THE “ ” PERFECT” Dress Tie solves the knotty knotting prob- Jem. Buttons on like a collar and “stays put White or Black. At all better shops KEYS & LOCKWOOD NEW YORK The crowning feature of a faultless toilet—a mouth and teeth made clean with The OXYGEN Tooth Powder ‘A positive advance in the scientific development of adentifrice.” «1 Truman, D.D.S., Editer International Dental Journal. “The OXYGEN does it” Of all draggists 25 cents Dainty trial size can and booklet sent on receipt of 5 cents (stamp or coin). McKesson & Robbins, Dept. H, 91 Fulton St., New York “OH My! IT DON’T SEEM HALF SO FAR OVER TO MRS. SNAPPER’S SINCE I GOT MY NEW GLASSES.”” A Little Anxious PHYSICIAN writes to the London Spectator that he was recently attending a patient whose husband came to see him concerning her condition, and greeted him with the words, “Mr. Irving, do you think there is any necd for any unnecessary anxicty about my wife?”—Woman's Home Com- panion No Longer an Apprentice ADY (lo blind beggar): Where's the boy who used to lead you ’round, my poor man? Brccar: Oh, he’s gone into business on his own account.—Meggendorjer Blactter. Useful Fat was congratulating Mr. Mar- coni, at Sydney, N. S., upon his success with transatlantic wireless telegraphy. “But, sir,” said the reporter, “they tell me you are working so hard that you only sleep four hours a night?” “Yes, that is true,” said the inventor. “No wonder you are getting thin,” the reporter observed. “You are growing famous, to be sure, but at what a price of flesh! “Tam not like the Italian admiral, Libertini, then,” said Mr. Marconi, laughing. “Libertini,” he went on, “had won many battles and great renown, and at a ball given in his honor one lady said to another: “<But how frightfully fat our dear admiral is getting.’ “*Yes, said the second lady. ‘Isn't it fortunate? Otherwise he wouldn't be able to wear all his medals.’"”"—Washington Star. “T WANT you to write me a pla “What sort of a play?” “Well, we have seventeen specialties. Get me up enough stuff to wedge ’em apart.”—Louisville Courier-Journal, OPHOMORE (groaning over his Greek lesson) Oh, why didn’t Homer reserve translation rights! —Translated jor Transatlantic Tales jrom Fliegende Blaetter. Lire regrcts that the words “ Purveyors to H. M. the German. Emperor and King of Prussia " were omitted from the advertise- ment of J. W. Wuppermann’s Angostura Bitters in the Thanks- giving Number. Large, comfortable lavatories on the help to start the day right for the whole family en route to CALIFORNIA @ Special conveniences for every member of your party — library, buffet, mission dining car, plenty of room for the children to play in, plenty of places for their elders to lounge in. Leaves Chicago and St. Louis daily over the El Paso short line, route of lowest altitudes. @ Write today for illustrated books dealing fully with Rock Island Lines. Accomodations should be reserved early to insure satisfaction. JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger ‘Manager, c (Jnderberg ‘foe World's Best Bitters Oldest and best Tonic Cordial. It stimulates, in- vigorates and aids digestion as nothing else will. here Whitman Saddles KNOWN THE WORLD OVER E are the sole manufacturers of the celebrated Whitman Saddles and Specialties. We im- port and manufacture everything for the saddle horse, from ** saddle to spur.” Every man and woman interested in horse- back riding should have our book. WE MAIL IT FREE The Mehlbach Saddle Co. —- (Successors to Whitman Saddle Co.) 108 Chambers St., New York comicbooks.com