Life, 1909-01-07 · page 44 of 60
Life — January 7, 1909 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humorous short pieces**. The dominant feature is a Welch's Grape Juice ad emphasizing purity—appealing to early 1900s consumer anxiety about adulteration and food safety. The accompanying illustration shows grapes, a straightforward visual. The humor pieces are brief, disconnected jokes: - **"Too Much"**: A man asks a woman about his dog's intelligence; she responds by charging him $4.50, implying the dog is worth money. The humor turns on the double meaning of "knowing as much." - **"Credit Note"**: A drunk asks for whiskey "on tick" (credit); refused, he takes the dime offered instead, then leaves—the joke being his petty revenge logic. - Other jokes about dreams, spectacles, and restaurant exchanges. These represent typical *Life* magazine filler humor—brief, pun-based, and reflecting class-conscious attitudes (tipsy characters, social embarrassments). No political cartoons appear here; the page mixes advertising with genteel comedy.
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an al oa oi Welch's GrapeJuice Purity in grape juice means plain grape juice; that is, juice as you find it in the grape. Purity is lost by putting in preservatives or by adding coloring matter, or by diluting the juice or by lack of care in any Step in manufacture. Welch's Grape Juice is pure. The juice from the grapes we use needs nothing to prevent spoil- ing, nothing to heighten its color and nothing to enhance its food value. The grapes are inspected before they are washed, washed before they are stemmed and stemmed before they are pressed. They are the choicest Concords grown in the famous Chautauqua vineyards. We have learned how to transfer the juice from the luscious clusters to the bottle unchanged in any way. If your dealer doesn’t keep Welch’s, send $3.00 for trial dozen pints, express prepaid east of Omaha. Booklet of forty delicious ways of using Welch's Grape Juice free. Sample 3-oz. bottle by mail, 10c. Tne Welch Grape Juice Co., Westfield, N. Y. Too Much “Do you think that Miss Kidder was having fun with me?" asked Chawley. “Well, old chap, give me the details,” was Awthur’s. response. “You see, I had my bull terrier with me. And I said to her, ‘That dog knows as much as I co." And she said, ‘Don’t you think four dollars and a half was too much to pay for him?’ "Cle land Leader. Asnevitte, N. C.: The four-season resort of the South, Tue Manox, the English-like Inn of Asheville, Credit Note An old toper, being very hard up, went into his favorite bar and asked the publican for a glass “on tick."” “No,’” said the proprietor. “I won't give you whiskey on credit, but there's a dime. Now, what do you want?’ “Nothing here," replied the tippler, lifting the coin and putting it in his pocket.“ The man who refuses me credit won't get my ready cash," and he marched out at the door—Lippincott’s A sign at a Ladies Fi “ALLEN LADIES* The Invisible Point It was an awfully old joke, but the American thought it might cause his English friend to generate a smile “Just before | sailed for Liverpool,"’ said the American, “I dreamed that I was dead, and the heat woke me up."” So?" rejoined the Englishman, “The weather must be beastly hot in —The Wasp. seriously. erica." Nothing “ Nature plans well for mankind's needs.”” “T should say so. What could be more con- venient than ears to hook spectacles over? "— Washington Herald. Customer (iho has ordered a steak): Well done, waiter FRENCHMAN (not to be outdone): Bravo, gar- con!—The Bystander. he British government, ily a great failure, was being 0 of his colleagu concluded one, ¢ him a peer! "" "" said the other, with greater acumen, “they want to make him disappear.’’—Youth’s Companion. A certain mem who was discussed they want to The proof of the puddi Princeton Tiger. is in the dreaming. — Difficult In developing the idea of truthfulness, a teacher asked the question, “ What is the best thing in the world to do, and at the same time the hardest?" A little girl raised her hand, timidly. “Well, Emma?" “To get married.""—Harper’s Magazine. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER "6 purity has made st famous” Suites, Staterooms, Baths, Library, New Yorr Cmicaco | New Onteaxs Bostox 349 Broadway 120 Jacksoa Blvd. A Hundred Golden Hours at Sea on one of the magnificent Southern PacificSteamships Smoking Room, Unexcelled Cuisine between New York and New Orleans is a fitting prelude for a visit to A Kingdom for Five Days New Orleans Ruled by K ing Carnival of Mardi Gras FEBRUARY 18 to 23, 1909 For illustrated pamphlets, address SOUTHERN PACIFIC AGENT at , Praveen. Magarive St. 170 Washington St, 612 Chestaut St Syracuse Barrtwonz 212 N. Washington St. 29 W. Baltimore St, comicbooks.com