Life, 1909-04-08 · page 24 of 32
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This page is primarily **advertising with two cartoon jokes** at the bottom. **Left cartoon ("Playing Bridge"):** Shows a young man playing the card game Bridge. The caption explains social pressure—people play Bridge because others do, or because it seems socially necessary, even if reluctant. This satirizes early 20th-century conformist social rituals among the upper classes. **Right cartoon ("A Correct Diagnosis"):** A doctor has examined a nervous young man with heart palpitations and irregular pulse. The punchline reveals the "patient" is actually asking for the doctor's daughter's hand in marriage—the "illness" is lovesickness/anxiety about proposing. This is a gentle joke about courtship anxiety masquerading as medical symptoms, playing on Victorian-era anxieties about romantic commitment. **Advertisements:** The page features shoe ads (Martin & Martin boots) and textile merchant James McCutcheon & Co. (linen fabrics), typical of Life's commercial content.
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4f | Lyery Woman Knew sae, ro Frese ~what every Woman Anows pons who ever has worm Martin & Martin Pure L inen shoes~Sow very great the difference | ° is between the shoes sold in Dress Materials. Ww Crashes, in the fashionable, medium and heavy effects, The Ve Boot Sop in self stripes and fancy figures in the very latest French and the shoes in even the best of con~ colorings. Prices soc., 65c., 85c., $1.00 and $1.50 yard. 43 1 h 4 Natural Crash and Brown Linen Holland, in the dif- ventional shops nor one would ever ferent weights and widths at 25. to $1.00 yard. again be satistied with ordinary Fancy French Linen, in the newest designs and color sHoes or or inary shops combinations, soc. to $1.50 yard. . Not only in smart correctness, but Linen Ducks of the very best quality, at ssc. to $1.5 1 ce h Ve L hi f yard. Also Hand Loom Dutch Linen Suitings, 65c. to $1.50 aiso 1m 1m. erent a ue, + ey muc per yard. excel the usual custom boots. The Embroidered Bordered Linens, a very beautiful and proof is simple, for they are ready exquisite material, in-white and colors. $3.25 to $3.75 yard. z / Ps We also carry a full line of sheer, medium and heavy 7 on our Immediate Cse white Linens, as well as Handkerchief Linens of all kinds at * ~ 40c. to $10.00 per yard, and an attractive assortment of Cot- Martin lod Martin i ton Wash Fabrics of every kind. Samples of any of the above lines mailed free upon request. Nol Hast 35th Street, New York AMES McCUTCHEON @ CO. Fine Boots for Men and Women at Ave. @ 34th St., Opposite Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y. plied Copght 180 by Lit Posing Company bunt five. you in’ 1 Some play Bridge because they like it. Others play Bridge because every one else does. This young man plays Bridge because it seems necessary. In the full-sized print you can see more clearly that he is not altogether averse to it. The print is all ready to frame. Tastefully framed it would make an appropriate Bridge prize. It will be sent carriage free on receipt of price. Beautify your home with cheerful things, On receipt of twenty-five certs we will send you our little book of LIFE'’S PRINTS containing 160 reproductions of these most artistic and A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS pleasure-giving pictures, _ With it you will also receive the supplement of 47 additional pictures, The Doctor: an VERY NERVOUS, IRREGULAR PULSE, PALPITATION OF THE HEART AND FEVERISH. LET EE YOUR TONGUE? | “THERE'S NOTHING THE MATTER IME, SIR, I JUST COME TO ASK FOR YOUR DAUGHTER'S HAND.” LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street, - - New York