Life, 1908-10-15 · page 20 of 28
Life — October 15, 1908 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page presents two separate humor pieces typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine. **"Aunt Scissors, Aunt Nullus"** satirizes the advice-column format popular in newspapers. Two foreign observers (a German and Frenchman) watch baseball for the first time, misunderstanding its purpose and danger—the joke being their bewildered foreigners' perspective on an American pastime. A separate anecdote mocks what happens when a women's college removes female students: a male voice shouts he'll fill the void, suggesting men's superficiality. The page is primarily **advertising**, featuring products like American Hosiery, Milkweed Cream (a skin treatment), and Philip Morris cigarettes—typical commercial content subsidizing the magazine's humor sections. The sidebar humor pieces ("Love's Laws," "Still She Was Loved," "An Embarrassing Mistake") are brief, sentimental or romantic jokes reflecting period attitudes about courtship and propriety. The overall tone is genteel, family-friendly satire aimed at middle-class American readers.
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