Life, 1909-03-11 · page 34 of 36
Life — March 11, 1909 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content**, not political satire. The main feature is a book advertisement for Fielding's Novels (a classic 18th-century English work) offered through Harper & Brothers publishers. The page includes two brief humorous anecdotes: 1. **"The Reason"** — A joke about a clergyman (Mr. Pryor) with such a small congregation that when he says "dearly beloved," it feels like a marriage proposal to the few attendees. 2. **"Perfectly Tickled"** and **"Too Great a Loss"** — Two separate short jokes from *Punch* magazine about social etiquette and a child reluctant to become an angel because he'd lose his new pants. These are gentle, domestic humor pieces typical of early 20th-century magazines—no political commentary or identifiable caricatures. The page reflects the era's advertising style and wholesome comic sensibility rather than satirical cartooning.
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Cevestine: And has Mr. Pryor’s church such a small congregation? Hitpa: Yes indeed. Every time he says “dearly beloved" you feel as if you had re- ceived a proposal “ Now, HOW’S A FELLOW GOING TO ATTACH THE BLAMED THING? ’? Old Wine in New Bottles FIELDING’S NOVELS SHARPHAM EDITION The Original Text TOM JONES Three Volumes JOSEPH ANDREWS 1? One Volume AMELIA Two Volumes JONATHAN WILD One Volume SEVEN VOLUMES Beautifully and Appropriately Illustrated with Photogravure Repro- ductions of the Work of Artists who were Contemporaries of this FATHER OF THE ENGLISH NoveL Quaint, Delicious Stories — Classics that Should be in Every Library—They Mark the Dawn of the Modern English Novel THE BOOKS This is the first attempt to supply the demand for the genuine text of the novels by Henry Fielding. These books are published in a handsome library edition—green silk cloth, uncut edges, gold stamping, and gilt tops. This edition is also bound in sumptuous half-leather, and the price for this binding and the Magazine is $20.00, pay- able $2.00 ear Pretec your offer. T enc! until the total price, THE OFFER G On receipt of $1.00 we will send you, all charges prepaid, FIELDING'S NOVELS, in seven volumes, and enter your name as a subscriber for either HARPER'S MAGAZINE, HARPER'S WEEKLY, or HARPER'S BAZAR for one year. If + you do not like the books when. theyreach you, send them back and we will retum the $1.00. If you do like them, send us $1.00 Gentlemen: Pleaso send me, all charges prepaid, Firupino's Novets, Seven Volumes, Cloth Binding, subject to ten id also enter my subscription for for one year, under the terms of and agree to send you $1.00 a month 1s pald, If the books are accepted by me, (THE BEST IN TRAVEL) A YEAR’S JOURNEY Sailingfrom ~==ROUND San Francisco August 5th $4850 Write for complete informationand details, Barty ‘cation necemary. bad APRIL 16th—ACROSS SIBERIA ‘orld, including Jai ‘Welte or Telegrap! TO ILLUSTRATE THE COMMON EXPRESSION “WORSE THINGS THAN THAT HAVE HAPPEsD” Perfectly Tickled Great Lapy: So sorry! I'm afraid feathers were tickling you during the lectere Very Mucn Lesser Lavy: Oh! deat Highbridge-Knowsley, who would mind tickled by you?—Punch, Too Great a Los: Whoever knows anything al and his pride in his first pair o recognize the truth of a story the Philadel Public Ledger prints: ; ‘ Tommy was at Sunday-schoo! in his fi | “ real"? clothes. A picture of a lot of lit angels was before the class, and the teacher 3 Tommy if he would not like to be “No, ma’am,” replied Tommy, ture. i Not want to be an angel. Tommy! proached the teacher. “ Why not?" ; “ "Cause, I'd have to give. up my new pasth said Tommy, sagely—Youth’s Companion. “wu discretion?" is the difference bet “Well, to go without tipping would . be val “And to come back by a different route wa be discretion.’"—Louisville Couricr-Jowrsal comicbooks.com