Life, 1909-01-21 · page 22 of 28
Life — January 21, 1909 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertisements with brief humorous anecdotes. The main content is advertising for Crane's stationery products, but the upper right corner contains a satirical historical anecdote about **Andrew Jackson before his presidency**. The joke: Jackson allegedly gave a political speech in rural Tennessee that wasn't warming the audience. The event chairman reportedly urged him to impress voters with Latin phrases—claiming his rival candidate "Smith" had done so. Jackson thereupon shouted three Latin phrases: "E pluribus unum" (from the U.S. seal), "Sic semper tyrannis" (Virginia's motto), and "Habeas corpus" (a legal term). The audience applauded, and Jackson won the county. The satire mocks **frontier political culture**—the implied humor is that backwoods voters were impressed by Latin they didn't understand, that politicians cynically deployed learned-sounding phrases to manipulate voters, and that Jackson succeeded by simply bellowing incomprehensible Latin rather than meaningful ideas. It's a commentary on democratic rhetoric and mass persuasion tactics.
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He Cave Them Latin Once, before he was President, Andrew Jack- son was making a political speech in some scure campaign in a backwoods Tennessee « trict, His address was very well received, somehow there did not seem to be exactly enthusiasm wanted for the occasion. Having vainly tried to “ warm up" his hearers, the Gen- eral was just going to sit down when the chair- man of the meeting plucked him by the coat tail “For the Lord's sake, General, give ‘em some Latin! "’ he hurriedly whispered in the speaker's CRANE SCorrect Social Stationery 9 TANCES ts e all if you quit like this. Smith, the oppos . candidate, talked Latin to ’em half the evening.”’ Old Hickory rose to the situation. Advancing to the edge of the platform, he extended his a and thundered out: “E pluribus unum! Sic semper tyrannis! Habeas corpus The audience roared with applause. The credit of the orator was saved, and the Jackson ticket won out in that county.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. 'T is difficult to tell you in this small | space the different things that go to make a writing paper perfect. The most we can do is to assure you that all these different things have been done in Crane’s Linen Lawn, and ask you to accept the judgment of discriminating users ot papers who always buy Crane’s, and of many down to the sidewalk. Picking him up, the : : ; pedestrian asked what was the matter. “That's experienced stationers who always sell Crane’s. my club in there,” said the human projectile Every stationer knows that Crane’s is the best, aa political club abere areinibe Jones mes d a mith, y threw me out. But no matter what he sells, and the best stationers don't ery. In Ring (6 and dean "0 af sell Crane’s. out. You stand here and count ‘em.’? In he went, and sure enough, in a minute the door burst open, and a figure cleared the steps with- out touching. “One! "” said the spectator, hold- ing up a finger. “Hold on!" cried the prostrate one; “don't begin to count yet. This is only again ! "'—Bellman, Asnevitie, N. C.: The four-season resort of the South. Tue Maxor, the English-like Inn of Asheville. Durie the recent election a man walking along a quiet street was startled to see a house door suddenly opened, and a man fall bumping The way to identify Crane’s Linen Lawn is to hold a sheet to the light and look for the water-mark “‘Crane’s.”” CRANE’S WEDDING PAPERS HIGHLAND LINEN The invitation to a wedding should never be apologetic in appearance. It is so easy to have the best; it is so easy to be sure you are right by simply insisting upon Crane's Wedding Papers. Every good stationer carries Crane's or can get it. A writing paper very attractive to the touch and to the eye, very susceptible to the pen and ver} popular on account of its high quality and mod- erate price. Made in all the right shapes and sizes. Tom: I ate some of the cake she made just to make myself solid. Dick: Did you succeed ? Tom: I couldn't feel any more solid if I had eaten concrete or building stone.—Utica Herald. | “Kirty,”” said her mother, rebukingly, “you must sit still when you are at the tabl mamma," protested the little girl, “I'm a fidgetarian.""—Chicago Tribune. Samples of any EATON, CRAN f these papers will be sent on request. & PIKE CO., PITTSFIELD, MA! “HIGH AS THE ALPS IN QUALITY "* A Careful Colonel Senator Charles A. Culberson is undoubt- edly one of the most silent Texans that the State ever produced. A fellow-Texan, in speaking of the Senator's career, admitted that this, however, was nothing against him. “He's just conserva- tive,” he added, “like his old daddy. During the war Culberson, Sr., was colonel of a regi- ment. He was ica gentleman, and took hi ‘anebrake in north- ern Louisiana, and somehow kept it there. No- body seemed to be able to dislodge him. He stayed there, too, until the war was over, and the regiment that went.out at the beginning of hostilities, 900 strong, Colonel Culberson brought home 1,6co strong. ‘Think I was going to take my boys out where they would get butchered?’ said he to his townsmen. ‘Four of them wan- dered away to New Orleans and actually got shot!" " Argonaut. The Original Milk Chocolate Composed Solely of the Finest Chocolate and Pure, Fresh, Cream-Laden Milk. “Trresistibly Delicious” in Flavor. Gab PETER is conceded by all who know “The World’s Favorite Chocolate ” LAMONT, CORLISS & CO., Sole Agents 78 Hudson Street, New York. Hirvar «cyclone? Ike: Dunno Leader. Was yer house damaged by that there I hain’t found it yit—Clereland GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER 50 cents per case of G glass stoppered bottles comicbooks.com