Life, 1909-04-01 · page 49 of 52
Life — April 1, 1909 — page 49: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from an early 1900s Life magazine, with three brief humorous anecdotes. The cartoons are gentle Victorian-era jokes: 1. **"Too Literal"** (Puck): A woman breaks her engagement after her fiancé takes her economy lessons *too seriously*—he's saved 217 pairs of socks for her to darn after marriage. The satire mocks both excessive thriftiness and the assumption that wives will perform domestic drudgery. 2. **"A Treasure"** (Cab Drivers' story): A cabbie compliments a young woman for making small money "go further," implying she'll be a frugal wife—satirizing period assumptions about women's primary value being domestic economy. 3. **"Sure Proof"**: A quip about pens vs. swords, ending with a joke about check-signing (contracts/business)—mocking romantic notions of martial prowess. The page features advertisements for Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey, Grand Hotel St. Moritz (Swiss resort), and A. De Luze & Fils Bordeaux wines. These reflect the magazine's affluent readership.
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PERFECT IN AGE SWITZERLAND For Health and Pleasure VISIT ST. MORITZ, Engadine, 6000 feet above Sea. The exhilarating Alpine air, combined with the sunshine and blue sky of ST. MORITZ, promotes renewed health and vigour. GRAND HOTEL ST. MORITZ. The Hotel de Luxe of the Alps. Opened in 1905. Every modern improvement. 300 rooms. Private Suites, with Bath and Dressing Rooms. Thorough quiet secured by double passages. beautiful view on the Lake and Mouztains. Most modern Sanitary and Ventilating arrangements. Vacuum Cleaner. Lifts to all Floors. DalLy CONCERTS BY THE MILAN ORCHESTRA, Tennis, Golf, Croquet, Boating on the Lake, Trout Fishing, Delightful Walks and Drives. Grand Society Room, with most burimoreRY! NO BOTILED BY 4. LANAHANS 350 BALTIMORE Sold at all first-class cafes and by jobbers, WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, M4. Too Literal “Well, yes.” said Old Uncle Lazzenberry, who was intimately acquainted with most of the hap- penstances of the village. “Almira Stang has broken off her engagement with Charles Henry Tootwiler. They'd be goin’ together for about cight years, durin’ which time she had been ineuleatin’ into him, as you might call it, the beauties of economy; but when she discovered, just lately, that he had learnt his lesson so well that he had saved up two hundred and seventeen pairs of socks for her to darn immediately after the wedding, she ‘peared to conclude that he had taken her advice a little too literally, and broke off the mateh."—Puck. For Utustrated Tariff address the MANAGER, oF from GOULD & PORTMANS, Ltda, $4 New Oxford Street, London, A Treasure At the dinner of the Cab Drivers’ Benevolent Association Sir Squire Bancroft told a story of a young lady who tendered the fare of a shilling at the end of a journey. “ Half a moment, miss," said the driver. “ Are you married?" “No, Why do you ask?’” * Because,"” was the rejoinder, “ when you do marry, whoever gets you will have a treasure. You makes a bob go further than any gal I know." —Tit-Bits. Sure Proof Sue: Fred, do you believe that the pen is mightier than the sword? He: Well, you never saw anybody sign a check with a sword, did you?—Illustrated Bits. 9,059-Word Business Book Free esimply s send usa postal and ask for our free illus- ated ocsg word Business Booklet which tells how Piscless Business Experience, squeezed from the ves of 112 big. broad, brainy business men may be fade yours—yours to boost your salary. to increase Yer profits, ‘This free booklet deals with ise A. DE LUZE & FILS BORDEAUX CLARETS AND SAUTERNES SOLD BY JOHN WAGNER & SONS PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON, D. C. PORDEAUX FRANCE HAUT-SAUTERNES PARK & TILFORD NEW YORK JOHN H. MAGRUDER S.C. HERBST IMPORTINGCO. MILWAUKEE GOLDBERG, BOWEN 4 CO., SAN FRANCISCO. S.S. PIERCE CO., BOSTON GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES ADE LUZE & FILS BORDEAUX FRANCE ~ comicbooks.com