Life, 1909-01-21 · page 26 of 28
Life — January 21, 1909 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor**, not political satire. The main content includes: **The "Lobster" Anecdote**: A humorous story about an angry German immigrant father who storms into a Baltimore school, demanding why the teacher is asking his son Herman trivial questions ("how many legs has a lobster?") instead of teaching useful subjects. The father's exasperation and thick accent ("Vot is it?" "petter dings") provide the comedic effect. This reflects turn-of-century American attitudes toward German immigrants and immigrant frustration with perceived ineffective education. **Supporting Stories**: Brief anecdotes about Mark Twain's absentmindedness and a college professor's oddness—typical light magazine filler. **Advertisements dominate**: Kodak cameras, clothing hangers, book promotions, and cruise lines occupy most space. There is **no political cartoon** on this page—just commercial advertising and gentle, stereotypical humor reflecting early 1900s attitudes toward foreigners and education.
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Boobitt free, AGENTS WANTED. KEEPSWAPE CO. Dept. B, 183 Meaeaa 804 BY M. JOHNSON-BROWN & CO. NEW CONSIONSENT OF OBJECTS OF ART No. 17 West 3ist Street, New York What Is It, a Lobster? That the methods of public school instruction, as applied in one city at least, do not always meet the approbation of the parents of the pu- pils, was evidenced when a German man, whose bristly blonde hair was standing perfectly erect with anger, strode into a Baltimore school one day, and, approaching the principal, demanded : Vot is it, a lobster?” The principal explained in his suavest tone that a lobster was a species of shell-fish. “How many legs has it—der lobster?" The number of legs was promptly stated. “Look here!’ exclaimed the irritated Teu- ton, “I vork for me in a big hurry, und if your teacher he cannot find petter dings to ask my boy Herman how many legs has it, a lobster, mit questions, ‘What is it, a lobster?’ it is pad business! 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