Life, 1908-06-18 · page 24 of 28
Life — June 18, 1908 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and light humor**, typical of Life magazine's format in the early 20th century. The main content consists of: 1. **Liqueur Péres Chartreux advertisement** — promoting a French cordial made by Carthusian monks, relocated to Spain after their expulsion from France. The ad emphasizes authenticity and heritage. 2. **Comber Irish Whiskey advertisement** — a competing spirits ad. 3. **Club Cocktails advertisement** — promoting pre-mixed cocktails as a convenience product. 4. **"All the News That's Fit to Print"** — a satirical column of brief, cynical observations about human nature (e.g., "It takes a certain amount of genius to get away with a successful bluff"). 5. **Three humorous anecdotes**: one about violinist Ysaye's revenge (mending boots as payback for being asked to perform), one about an Irish steward burying the wrong person, and one about a poet seeking encouragement. The page reflects **Prohibition-era America** (spirits advertised openly), upper-class humor, and light satire targeting human pretension and folly rather than specific political figures.
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relent ee LIQUEUR Peres Chartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— ‘This famous cordial, now made at Tarragona, Spain, for centuries led by the Carthusian Monks. (Péres Monastery of La Grande Chartreuse, France, and known throughout the world as Char: treuse.. The above cut represents the bottle and label employed in the putting up of the article since the Monks’ expulsion from Fra and it is now known as Liqueur Peres Chi treux (the Monks, to use the by the sami flatded the secret of its’ manufacture for iartreux) at the Monks (Péres Chartreux) their expulsion from France is genuine except that made by them at Tarra ona, Spain. High Ball Sold Everywhere. The Waldorf-Astoria Importation Co. New York —Chicago POBHR BROSHH All the News That's Fit to Print is a joke to the girl with a dimple. Even the victim of insomnia is occasionally caught napping. Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of your heirs. to overtake them. It takes a certain amount of genius to get away with a successful bluff. ‘The people who are all wrapped up in themselves are generally pretty small. Some few men are so lucky as to be able to do things without knowing how. It’s when a woman realizes she looks well in black | that joy cometh in the mourning. ‘ome people catch r ly as children catch the measl nd with about as serious results. | —New York Times Reciprocal Entertainment RINCE DE SAGAN, talking about music with ne of the French correspondents in New York, mentioned the violinist Ysaye. “The plump, pale Ysaye,” he said, “with his lock that hangs down over his face to his chin, is very, very proud, “A millionaire bootmaker invited Ysaye to dine with him last year in Nice. “After dinner the millionaire brought out a violin and asked Ysaye to play. ‘The musician bit his li but taking the instrument he played several beau- tiful morceaux “Afterward, in Paris, Ysaye invited the million- aire to dinner in his turn. There was a distinguished company present. After dinner, as they were all at coffee in the salon, a servant brought the host a pair of old boots. “Ysaye took the boots and handed them gravely to his millionaire guest. “<But what am I to do with these?’ the guest demanded, holding the boots awkwardly in his lap beside his cup. “Ysaye smiled vindictively and fuag his long lock behind his ear. ““In Nice,’ he said, ‘you asked me after dinner to play for you. Now I ask you to mend these boots for me, Each to his trade, you know. Washington Star. Near Dead HE: ship doctor of an English liner notified the death-watch steward, an [rishman that a man had died in stateroom 45. ‘The usual instructions to bury the body were given. Some hours later the | doctor pecked into the room and found that the body was still there. He called the Irishman’s at- tention to the matter and the latter replied: “I thought you said room 46. I wint to that room and noticed wan of thim ina bunk. ‘Are ve dead?’ says I. ‘No,’ says he, ‘but I'm pretty near dead." “So IT buried him.” His Ambition HAT do you expect to be when you come of age, my little man?” asked the visitor. “Twenty-one,” was the little man’s reply.—The Herald and Presbyter. The Wasp. “DOES your friend, the editor, give you any encouragement?” asked the would-be poet's friend, “He's never said anything encouraging, but once,” replied Reimer, “and that was yesterday. He saw me in a brown study and he said: ‘A penny | for your thoughts." Philadel phia Press. on Some people come to grief and others wait for it Club Cocktails A Bottled Delight A correctly proportioned cock- tail is a drink as rare as it ig delightful. CLUB COCKTAILS are perfect cocktails—an expert blend of fine old liquors, measure- mixed to exact proportion. No chance-mixed cocktail ever made can duplicate their even, exquisite flavor. 7 kinds. At all good dealers. Man- nattan (whiskey base) and Martini (gin base) are universal favorites, GF CHeublernEBro, HARTFORD NEW YORK LONDON “Under the Turquoise Sky in Colorado” What a world of pleas- ures are suggested — what thoughts crowd into mind at the beck of this magical phrase! EE) Under the Turquoise Sky"’ isthe title of an eighty-page book which fulfills your happiest anticipations with its pictures and_ descri tion of the ideal vaca tion land. It shows how delight- ful and inexpensive a summer outing in the Rockies may be. The cover in four colors, the illustrations from new photographs. the artistic type, initials and ornaments make this bookworthyaplaceinany library, aside from. its merit asavacation guide, I will send it on request. comicbooks.com