Life, 1909-05-06 · page 37 of 48
Life — May 6, 1909 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page combines satirical advice columns with period advertising. The main content includes: **"How to Take Care of a Husband"** by Lucile H. Dole mocks the era's domestic ideals. It satirizes wives who over-coddle husbands, suggesting that men—like animals—resent being domesticated. The column uses absurd examples (a widow whose slippers constantly untie) to argue that excessive wifely attentiveness infantilizes men rather than pleasing them. **Other advice columns** address contemporary social anxieties: one criticizes women who reject motherhood yet expect others to celebrate their children; another features a husband-wife exchange joking that a man fell asleep during Wagner at a concert. **The Pabst Extract advertisement** dominates the right side, promising to cure fatigue and weakness through a barley-malt tonic. It reflects early 20th-century medical pseudoscience, positioning the product as a cure-all for modern exhaustion, poor digestion, and nerve problems—ailments supposedly caused by intense contemporary life. The page exemplifies Life's blend of gender-focused satire and patent medicine advertising typical of the era.
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KEEP THIS ADDRESS | jf GOING ABROA 185, nese. Regent Street he most EXCLUSIVE MODELS In London. FANCY TAILOR’ {n2ES. RECEPTION and EVENING FROC ILLINERY. FURS How to Take Carecha ‘Aushend The + is don’t—by all means don’t take are of No animal enjoys his freedom more than man, fed wh ches the stage of domesticity, where he can the buttons in his shirt, or select his t ack his suit case, he reminds one of the dog who has outlived bis use- ht 10 be dead—but none of the ncrve to chloroform him cer sce a man in your life whose on him hand and foot who wasn’t ne woman who let him fetch and There was once a man whose family handled nderly, for they feared a stroke of he even as much as laced his shoe. This said man met a widow—whose slippers had a chronic habit of becoming untied. Well did he tie them? He did—until his face vas lobster hued and sighed that she hadn't the feet of a centipede. esn't want a valet—he wants a a care, sisters, it’s better to than to commit Lucile H. Dole. Wats wives who scorn motherhood are given the children they do not want, why do they expect their friends to hail the infant's tinh with screams of rejoicing? know that Bess has been mad about it $0 cramp’s sake, have we got to kneel in . rise up in profusely ecstatic di shower it with love and gifts and bless- jestations of beauty, intelligence and that never existed before! r has dared—just once—to welcome 2 dear friend's baby in the same spirit. the nother hal awaited its arrival. Alas! The wrai rents is upon her, no infant's pic- red with, the honorary title of has been denied her, she may not ly or listen to its prattle, because doesn't like children, she wouldn't girlie, like you.”” to restrain oneself from “ Auntie bold the | “Miss Jos want a ering of an old maid who is ng to solve any problems except ing to herself and the things so expected of her. How He Knew ook me to the orchestra concert d I think they played Wagner.”’ es you think so??? bunch of plaster fell from the middle aisle during the concert who was sleeping near me woke up W ee, land Plain Dealer. BORATED TALCUM | Rebuild Your Overworked Physique into Sturdy Strength and Vigor How often do you come home at night too dogged tired to even respond to the pleasant reception awaiting you? Life's struggle becomes mor: and more intense as the twentieth century progresses. Mentally and physically you must conserve your energies, build up your strength and equip yourself for the test. You must have sleep, good digestion, steady nerves, bone and muscle, clear mind. These can be secured, maintained and enhanced by the use of Pabst Extract The Best Tonic Being an extract of rich barley malt and choicest hops, it furnishes nourishment in predigested form and acts as a tonic, A desire for food is stimulated and power furnished the system to draw quicker, better and greater energy from what you eat. At the same time the gentle, soothing effects of the hops re- store your nerves to their normal state. Peaceful and refreshing sleep is induced, the brain strengthened and new life given to the tired muscles. Physicians of repute everywhere are constantly vouching for the merits of Pabst Extract, The ‘‘Best’’ Tonic, by recommending it to strengthen the weak and build up the overworked; to relieve in- somnia and conquer dyspepsia; to help the anaemic and aid the nervous; to assist nursing mothers and invigorate old age. Order a Dozen from Your Local Druggist Today Insist Upon It Being Pabst ‘A Livrary Atlp, good for Rooks and Magastoes, te packed with exch bettie, Booklet and Picture “Baby's First Adventure” sent free on request. PABST EXTRACT CO. DEPT. 12 MILWAUKEE, WIS. HURRY UP, JIMMY, AN’ SHOOT, OR THE DURN THING WILL CRAWL INTO YOUR GUN AN’ GET AWAY comicbooks.com