Life, 1909-01-14 · page 24 of 28
Life — January 14, 1909 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with philosophical filler text**. The main content consists of liquor and beverage advertisements (Hunter Baltimore Rye, P.B. Ale, John Jameson Whiskey, Nestor, and Club Cocktail), typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. The only cartoon appears in the lower left: a waiter responding to a diner's request for tobasco sauce by offering "fire flies" instead—a mild visual joke playing on the idea that fireflies might be spicy or provide heat like hot sauce. The lengthy text block titled "What is money?" is philosophical essay-filler, repeating variations on the theme that money is essential yet problematic to human existence. This satirical meditation on wealth and poverty was apparently continued from a previous page. The page reflects Life's dual nature as both satirical publication and advertising vehicle during the pre-Prohibition era.
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dg i ae BALTIMORE j RYE = AGE PURITY, FLAVOR HIGHEST STANDARD OF THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY “OL OSAY, WALTER, CAN 1 HAVE SAUCE WITH THESE Wonats? "* “NO, BUT 1 CAN BRING YOU A FEW FIRE FLIES!" SOME TOBASCO ding Hotels, Restan ud Cafes Brewertes | A. G. VAN NOSTRAND, * (Continued from page 83) poor devils; or angels, viz., angels of patience and renunciation Without money, without teeth, and without a wife we come into this world; and without money, without teeth, and without a wife we go out of this world. What, then, have we accomplished in the world? We have made money, cut teeth, and taken unto ourselve: wives! A glorious destiny! There are fevers, pains, convulsions, and sufferings of all kinds attendant upon the getting of teeth and wives, and when one has them they hurt the whole year round, and often the best one can do is to have them extracted. eeth and wives come to you without your doing, and unless most carefully treated they are liable to decay. But money does not come without your doing, and often a man leaves this world without having had money. It would be interesting to hear the rep! ha person when asked on the other What did you do in the world Who has money? The rich people! That is a misfortune! If the poor people only had money then we should see what poor ‘devils these rich fellows are! It is no art to be rich when one has much money, and it is no merit to be poor when one has none. What is money? Money is a goodly lump which the Lord God a hes to insignificant people, so as not to lose sight of them in his creation as a good housekeeper puts a big label on a little key What is money? Money is a figure which gains in importance as there is a cipher at- tached to it What is money? Money is a metal heel under the boots of little people to make them as tall as others. The ideal of what a de- lightful drink should be— A Club Cocktail is the cocktail of the connois- seur because it measure- mixed to exact proportion. CLUB COCKTAILS never vary. is They're always uniform, ] always right. Martini (gin base Manhattan (whisky base) are the most popular. Get a buitle from your dealer. oJOHNSJAMESON WHISKEY For Sale Everywhere. W. A. TAYLOR & CO., G. F, HBUBLEIN & BRO. WARTFORD New York But what is no money y? No money? No money is a thing of which all empty pockets are ‘full. No money is the alibi of a being which should testify to our presence in this world No money is a disease aggravated by the continuous obstruction of Fortune. No money is a gentle invitation of nature to incur debts, and a peremptory command not to pay them. No money is an irresistible inclination to melancholy on the part of our purse hopeless love to an unattainable object No money is an exposition of no moni all, a proposition in abstract philosophy position for a minister of finance, and a disposition for platonic love. No money is a vulgar ballad which common people sing aloud on the streets, but the more What_is money? Money is an indemnity which God gives to a’ certain number of per- sons on condition that they will not make bold to acquire any stich goods as Intellect or Ge- nis What is money? Money is the accent grave upon a letter which would else be silent What is money? Money is the mysterious essence of a being which defines its ego in the following words: “If | were not what | have, I should not have what | am.” “ refined only hum between their lips within doors. No money is the w eme rad- icalism and the art of making oneself popular at a low pric Alas, what is man without money ? told necdote, a song without a tune, g without an honest finder, last y ete. Without mone: no prince can reign, no min- ister can minister, no gen can make war, no painter can paint, no farmer can till the field; only the bards and poets can sing and make verses without money; the poet is true to his muse, even though he has no money; indeed he muses more than ever—how to get some. M. G. Saphir. (Continued on page 85) “The Original Egyptian” comicbooks.com