Life, 1908-04-30 · page 18 of 20
Life — April 30, 1908 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page consists primarily of **short humorous anecdotes and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The text sections ("Our Foolish Contemporaries") contain brief satirical stories mocking everyday social situations—a maid misunderstanding her employer, a mother-in-law causing marital discord, a lawyer's clever response about attaching a debtor's property (a widow being legally "unattachable"). These represent typical early 20th-century Life magazine humor: gentle mockery of middle-class domestic life and professional absurdities. The advertisements dominate the page, promoting consumer goods (Garrick Club Whiskey, Surburg's Arcadia Mixture tobacco, Hartshorn Shade Rollers, White Rock table water) with slogans emphasizing "good taste" and quality—typical early 1900s marketing. The anecdote about Mr. Asquith appears to reference a real political figure (likely British Prime Minister H.H. Asquith), satirizing his evasiveness on women's suffrage—a contemporary political controversy. Overall, this is a **lifestyle/humor/advertising page** reflecting pre-WWI American attitudes toward commerce, gender relations, and public figures.
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“THE BEST IN THE HOUSE” bs OUR FOOLISH, | GNTEMPORARIES! ASS ae THERE WAS A MAID . There was a maid Who owned a spade P Which she called by its proper name. She hit it down When the time came — di rege in the game.—Lippincott’s, A MISINTERPRETATION A Manila mother-in-law had stayed so often with her daughter as to cause 3 quarrel with the husband, and one day, when she again came y, she found her daughter in tears on the door, » expectantly On any sideboard, an indication of good taste. cr-in-law. ‘I'm sure I never | Philippines Gossip. Alfred E. Norris & Co., Proprietors, Philadelphia A Kansas Crry man recently wrote to a lawyer in another ft the State asking for information touching the standing ‘ there, who bad owed the Kandas Cty individual a | ‘ A Pl conaiderable sum of money fora loa time The MOST TALKED OF FIRM In London. P : HE “What property has hy I could attach?" was one of the The lawyer's reply was to the point, “The person to whom rcs led at ject to attachment except a widow." —Bellman, <=> REGENT BS This, STREET y cere artist. be A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE Pert . deal up A New York business man had len detected in picking Original and Exclusive j The severely. “Why did you not stick to business. RECEPTION AND sire to “Your Honor,” responded the prisoner, “1 found that to suc: | EVENING GOWNS subjects a in business I would have to resort to methods of which my tan hits SGoeclcace could not aperove."=-PhitadeAia Lelger MILLINERY, ETC. URBRUG’S ile Specialité: TRAVELING COATS Tue Sourn rox Hosrrrattty: The Manor, Asheville, North AR( YADIA be may and not Carolina, is the best inn South.— Booklet. A TEAR STARTER - MIXTURE This Fiction sometimes works in a curious way its weeps to produce. ‘The tobacco with a regret. man she Samuel Hopkins Adams once wrote a story for a New York veatigce ones wasted so many to the magazine that was a genuine tear starter. The art editor sent it (The great brotherhood of pipe smokers, who ap- Naturall coriadl tie dees preciate a soothing and ineditative pipe, and are % a to ie itt ies resis artist brought ne i sores HARTSHORN Ergin to nd toh that siete nd | lively co she said to the editor: “This isa very sad story. It mad will hind their ideal in ARCADIA U ir Se SHADE ROLLERS sHagpiane neve Rad ihe taka ots inched ‘A week later Adams dropped into the office, “The art editor | Bear the script name of SEND 10 CENTS 223°" believe t said to him very seriously: “Adams, that is a very pathetic story ‘Stewart Hartshorn on label. - ‘end a sample. an open of yours. Although it has not been published, it has made two Get = Improved,” no tacks required. If you are a devotee send us a eulogy. can writ people cry already—the artist who illustrated it, and yours truly Wood Rollers Tia Rollers / THE SURBRUG CO., 132 Reade St., New York fi when he got her bill."—Suturday Evening Post. _ _ — j not ind This i DISCREET MR. ASQUITH the risks Wisdom and wit are about evenly balanced in an utterance of " acs e writing Me. Asquith was recently speaking ina Welsh town, when he and soul was somewhat rudely interrupted by a voice in the audience, this ta: which demanded to know his position as to woman suffrage. to -wiite “That,” Mr. Asquith replied, Dlandly, “tis a subject T prefer ba to discuss when ladies are not pe Vouth's Companion. ¢stablish cer "i OF cor NOT THAT KIND OF A TALKER . one best “On one occasion, whe . 1 James F. Banks, must aly Pie Reena ear ot orn “The World’s Best Table Water” tea the limits of deba i writte Hit of the Hour, “Richard's Poor Almanack,” beautifully bound, illustrated sme‘s *T koow Id , ty | humorous book, sent for 10c. Address White Rock, Flatiron Bldg., N. Y. his God eternity with you. 4 He ma Cruren: Did you ever try any of these “elise to nature" | w Sort of di methols? fe give you the complete Sue itinerary and cost of a va. remain w on GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER cation to the Adirondack Mountains or Thousand Islands—also folders and maps. Writeto ing for h wits peHity' bie sale Wtaman | Advertising Dept., Room E, Grand Central Station, N. Y., and enclose a two-cent stamp. keeps hi 362