Life, 1908-09-24 · page 3 of 24
Life — September 24, 1908 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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The left page contains "Inside Out," a satirical commentary on drunkenness and marriage. Dr. C.H. Benton's medical observation—that drunkenness results from fermented food causing auto-intoxication—is mocked through a story about a Chester lawyer who married a beautiful woman specifically to avoid alcoholism. The joke's punchline reveals his wife is so intellectually shallow that he finds her unappealing anyway, defeating the purpose. The cartoon itself (top left) depicts a comic scene with ducks and anthropomorphic figures in a woodland setting, though its specific reference is unclear from the visible caption. The right page is primarily **advertising**: Brooks Brothers clothing for motorists and gentlemen's furnishings, plus a Life Publishing advertisement for "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'"—an Edgar Allan Poe illustration available as a print.
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m Frog: TELL you wat, Betsy, APPOINTED FOR DEACON DRAKE. WITY, HE'S SO NEAR-SIGHTED HE BEEN TRYING Jo SPARK WITH THAT WOODEN DUCK POR THE LAST HALF MoU! INSIDE. OUT Dr. C. H. Benton, of Chester, W. Va., says that drunkenness is the result of auto-intoxication—that man's wretchedly cooked food, fermenting in his stomach, brings on a very painful auto-intoxication wherein the sufferer turns for relief to alcohol. It was at the American Medical Association's convention in Chicago that Dr. Benton made this novel statement, and at one of the association's dinners be said afterward: “To escape the tortures of auto-intoxication men should marry women ence. Then their food would be properly looked after, and with machs they would shun drunkenness as one shuns smallpox or any affliction Dut men worship beauty. They marry for beauty. When a man mar- Hes a woman for her mind he is deemed eccentric, even foolish. “A\ Chester lawyer married a young woman of exquisite mind—a thin, healed girl in spectacles. He would never suffer from auto-intoxication, 29 doult of that. A friend from the East was introduced to the lady one tight, and later on the bridegroom said to him: 5 , what do you think of her?’ puffed thoughtfully on his cigar. ’ he said, ‘to tell you the truth, she isn't much to look at, is “The husband's face fell. “*\h, but,’ he said eagerly, ‘what a mind she has! Externally, perhaps, she isn all that could be desired, but within—ah ! George, she has a beautiful orge smiled. hen have her turned,’ he said.""—Washington Star. CANDIDATE AND LAW he late Albert Pell, a Conservative member of Parliament, who devoted his life 10 the betterment of agriculture, the prevention of cattle disease and the administration of the poor laws, a man of ready wit. Tt is stated in a recently published volume of reminiscences of Mr. Pell ng an election he was asked if he was not the member who had « law which commanded poor men to support their parents. “he rapped out: “that is an older law. It was written by God on two tables of stone and brought down by Moses from Mount nd as far as I can make out, Thomas, it is the stone and not the law as got into your heart.’’—Youth’s Companion. “Wonst I got a dollar a word. “G'wan!'’ “Fact. Fer talking to a judge.”’—Milwaukee Sentinel, {Stasusnco oS CCLOTHINGS Gentlemens Furnishing Goods. Garments for the Motorist, Riding and Shooting Outfits. London’s Autumn Hats. Liveries. Send for [Mlustrated Catalogue. BROADWAY Corn. TWENTY SECOND ST., NEW YORK Did You Ever Have Copyright 1908 by Lite Pad. CO. “QUOTH THE RAVEN, ‘NEVERMORE!’” Photegravure in Black, 13} by 16 in. 50 cents h of a good thing? Possibly, but not of LIFE’S On receipt of 25 cents, we will send you a catalogue containing 160 miniature reproductions of these famous pictures. a LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 17 West 3lst Street, New York comicbooks.com