Life, 1908-10-29 · page 19 of 20
Life — October 29, 1908 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page is primarily **advertising**, with one embedded satirical anecdote. The main content is product advertisements (White Rock water, Dr. Jaeger clothing, Hartshorn shade rollers, Underberg bitters, champagne, etc.). The cartoon labeled "THE PERIL OF 'BUTTIN' IN'" is a brief Rudyard Kipling anecdote attributed to an address at McGill University. It mocks over-eager customer service: a new clerk tells a customer they lack an item, but the proprietor interrupts to contradict him, saying stock exists. The satire criticizes well-meaning but inappropriate interference—the employer's correction worsens the situation by publicly contradicting his employee, undermining his authority. The accompanying illustration shows a thin, pale figure saying "MY, BUT I LOOK PALE," likely representing the embarrassed or diminished clerk after being contradicted. The joke's point: sometimes minding your own business is wiser than "buttin' in," however good your intentions.
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LIP E> While Rock “The World’s Best Table Water’’ WOODMERE LONG ISLAND EVERY IMPROVEMENT. A TOWN IN ITSELF WARM _ IN WINTER COOL IN SUMMER THE BEST HOME FOR NEW YORKERS WOODMERE LAND ASSOCIATION Woopatext, Le 1 New York Office A Fast 34h Street In addition Fo ourfamous Under ‘wear we have amost attractive \ assortment of specialties, as: Golf Jackets, Traveling Shawls, Automobile Rugs, Camping Sacks, Etc., Etc. Explanatory Catalogue Free. HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of Stewart Hartshorn on label Improved,” no tacks required, Wood Rollers Tin Rollers FOR A HIGHBALL IT HAS NO EQUAL Sold Everywhere NS My, BUT 1 LOOK PALE’? THE PERIL OF “BUTTIN’ IN™ In his address before the students of McGill Uni- versity, Rudyard Kipling told the following story “A certain man owned a dry goods store, and one day, to his great disgust, he heard a new clerk say to a woman: “*No, madam, we have not had any for a long “With a fierce glance at the clerk, the smart em ployer rushed up to the woman, and “We have plenty in reserve, ma’a had any rain lately.’ "—Exchange. gt World's Best ® Bitters Gives zest to life, removes fatigue, creates appetite and aids digestion. A delicious Cor- dial-tonic, Sold Everywhere. LUYTIES BROTHERS U.S, Agents, New York De Potter Tours, 32 Broadway, N. Y. Around the World December 93 Orient, January 303 Various Tours to Europe.—ith Year. Old World Tourist Guide Free. Tor THE ORIEN ry 4,0, April 1, 1909 2. iow shore ex Seville, Algiers, ." “ Coastaatinaple, October 16, 1909, RK, Times Bldg., New York Vintage Champagne Only in those years when the most per fect conditions prevail is a Vintage champagne made. To be a Vintage Champagne it must be produced from the first presses of selected unblemished srepes, and must be made from a single year's growth, Order MONOPOLE RED TOP 1898 DRY MONOPOLE BRUT 1898 ine choice vintage is asked for the very Mentifal non-vint= ALEX D SHAW & CO 76 Broad St NY Ceneral Agents THE BRIARCLIFF LODGE Is now prepared to make engagements at Winter rates for rooms from No- vember ist on the Euro- pean Plan. D. B. PLUMER, Manager Representative at New York Office, 5% EAST FORTY-SIXTH STREET. '*Phone 3278-38th ESTABLISHED 1834 J. M. QUINBY & CO. Carriage Builders ‘artiste, Standard for