Life, 1908-09-10 · page 20 of 22
Life — September 10, 1908 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with satirical humor pieces interspersed**. The main content includes: **Left side:** Whiskey and cocktail advertisements (Hunter Baltimore Rye, Club Cocktails) with instructional copy about blended whiskey. **Center:** Four brief comic anecdotes mocking political and social pretension: - "W.J. Bryan Accepts" — appears to parody William Jennings Bryan's coy acceptance of something (unclear what specifically) - Jury room humor about sending "supper" and "hay" - A dialogue about politeness and seat-taking - Irish dialect jokes about whiskey and quinine **"The Small End"** — the most pointed piece — satirizes hypocritical politicians. It depicts Representative Longworth claiming "honest politics pay," then tells a story where a dishonest politician (Lurgan) openly admits "promising and performing are two different matters" — mocking the gap between political rhetoric and actual behavior. **Right side:** Liqueur and golf ball advertisements. The page reflects early 20th-century American satirical journalism mixing social commentary with consumer culture.
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jesse Je THE WORD “BLEND” ON A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY DOES NOT INDICATE. THAT IT IS NOT A PURE WHISKEY, BUT SIMPLY MEANS THE PUTTING TOGETHER OF SEVERAL STRAIGHT WHISKIES, AND HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE EXEMPLIFIES TO WHAT HICH DEGREE OF QUALITY AND TONE A BLENDED RYE WHISKEY MAY BE BROUCHT Sold at all firetec RTA MAN ESOS Is A Bottled Delight There’s only one remedy for a hot day’s thirst—cracked ice and acool, refreshing cocktail. CLUB COCK. TAILS are just what a cocktail ought to be—an exquisitely flavored, gently stimulating drink — thirst- quenching, cooling and satisfying. Always Uniform — Always Right Martini (gin base), Manhattan (whiskey base), ore universal favorites W. J. BRYAN ACCEPTS This is so unexpected! If I were more collected Perhaps your gracious offer I'd decline. But modesty compels me, And shrinkingly it tells me To whisper, “1 am yours since you are mine.” I've loved you since I've known you, Yet I have surely shown you My Lashfutness and maiden modesty, And that is why T ponder On this, the latest won How did you ever come to think of me? New York Tribune. Arter a certain jury had been out an inordinately long time on a very simple case, they filed into the courtroom, and the foreman told the judge they were unable to agree upon a verdict. The latter re- buked them, saying the case was a very clear one, and remanded them back to the jury room for a sec- ond attempt, ig. “If you are there too long I will have to send you in twelve supper: The forema a rather irritated tone, spoke up and « lay it please your lmnor, you might send in eleven s ppers and one bundle of hay."”—Every- MUTUAL RELUCTANCE “Ilere is my seat, madame, but candor compels me that I think you are as well able to stand as iteness compels me y ‘Thank you, "—Chicayo Tribune, PAT WAS WILLING e's only wan thing will cure ma- and quinine. Where kin ye git it? Th’ whisky an’ quinine? \G-SUFFERING BILL \ correspo! Js the following to a remote rural organ “Our fellow citizen, Mr. William R. Puckleton, J several new ‘o Trespassing * sixns erected on his place. We have had the pleasure vf perusing the one facing the Hedgeville Pike. It xorts, Trespasers will be persekuted to the full exten of 2 mean mungrel dogs wich ain't never ben overly dubhel barl shotgun wich in't loaded with no sofy pillers dam if T ain't getin tired of this helraisin on my property. Vurs respectul ut Puckceton. —Current Literature, soshibil with strang THE SMALL END Representative Longworth, at a dinner party dur: the Republican convention in Chicago, talked honest polities “Honest politics alone pay in the end,” said he. “Your dishonest politician comes out like Lurgan of g for votes. He dropped in ata jood morning,’ he said. ‘I may count on your T hope? * Why, no, Mr. Lurgan,’ said the grocer. ‘I've dmy support to your rival.” urgan laughed easily Ab! but in politics,’ said he, i ‘promising and performing are two different matters.’ “In that case,” said the grocer, heartily, ‘T shall t happy to give you my promise, Mr. Lur- —Washington Star. A cexTinman relates the following suggestive but trifling incident employed at his country place, he said: “Well, Mike, I suppose you are going to vote for Bryan?” “Indeed, I'll not, sir,” said Mike, “I'l vote for Ta “How's that?" said my friend. “I thought surely you were a Rryan man.” “Why, sir” said Mike. “1 can vote for Bryan at ‘ew York Times, 280 Approaching a man temporarily DAINTY DELICIOUS EXQUISITE CORDIAL OF THE CENTURIES AND YELLOW YELLOW LIQUEUR Peres Ghartreux At Gest-class Wine M tier & Co. 48 tuadway, New Vork, N.Y. Sole Agents tor United States. racers, Hotels, Cafes For an accurate Se, use the | FASKE KELL BALL No annoyance of having the ball suddenly lose its direction and drop to a poor lie. Beauti- fully responsive to any kind of blow from any club in the bag; its balance and direction, from tee to hole, are perfect. Will not cut, chip, or soften. Price 50 cents Watch the Ball with the Purple Ring—a Royal Ball for the Royal Game. The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akren, Ohio CHICAGO 8ST. LOUIS PHILADELPHIA DENVER berkour VOXDON AND, BA Pactorien: “AKRON, O10 rpred sets aro also handled in NEW TORR “wad? DUPPALD by The B. F. Geodrich Co, of New York iit SAN PRANOIRCO |” 108 ANGELES BEATTLE