Life, 1909-09-23 · page 22 of 28
Life — September 23, 1909 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertisements with humor content typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. The main image shows a man in a fedora and overcoat speaking with a woman, illustrating an advertisement for Murad cigarettes that emphasizes Turkish tobacco quality and direct sourcing from planters. The page's primary content is "The Six Best Jokes," a recurring Life feature compiling reader-submitted humor. These jokes rely on period sensibilities: one involves Victorian prudishness about pregnancy, another depicts a misheard sermon about "gnashing of teeth" by a toothless woman, and a third plays on a college girl's unladylike behavior disappointing her refined father. Additional humor includes "Our Foolish Contemporaries" (mocking other publications) and "The Champion Liar," a poem about anglers' tall tales. The advertisements—for wedding cakes, Murad cigarettes, and Pères Chartreux liqueur—represent typical early 1900s Life content where commercial and editorial matter seamlessly blended. The page reflects genteel, middle-class humor emphasizing propriety, education, and irony about social expectations.
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WEDDING CAKE, IN HANDSOME, RIBBONED GIFT BOXEs, Seat anywhere and guaranteed. Old English reci Teak, divides’ Gites birthday cakes. Beast jet shows styles and prices." Write for it The Six Best Jokes Culled from Lire’s exchanges for the past week, Tuere was a couple who had two children, a boy of 16 and a girl of 14. About that time of life another baby came along. With that prudishness so commonly found, the parents took the greatest pains that the children stoi not know anything about the condition of mother or the impending event, and whe: time approached, the girl was sent on a \ tion to some relatives in another cit the great event took place, and the father came and said to the boy: “Johnny, you have a new baby brother.” The boy said nothing. T! father sat down at his desk and in a few moments handed the boy a telegram. Take that to the telegraph office,” he said, “and it to sister. Here is a dollar to pa charges.” The boy came back after a 5 cents, didn’t it?” “Oh, 3 T , , . ; —_ plied, “the one you wrote wi The man who smokes Murads gets the choicest aroma | tore, 1 sest one of my own” ever known in cigarettes at this price. the father said, “and what did you s : “Oh,” the lad replied, “I just wired sist The reason is this: Our buyers in Turkey select the “Even, Ws & bo Printers Ine. tobacco, and they know where the rare leaves grow. | No Excuse They buy direct from the planters, thus saving an average An evangelist was exhorting his hearers ping: flee from the wrath to come. “1 warn ¥ of 50 cents per pound. he thundered, “that ‘there will be weeping, . : : . specs | and wailing and gnashing of teeth?!” It is utterly impossible, without our facilities, to get At this moment an old woman in the gallery equal leaves at an equal price. st000, up. “Sin” she’ shouted, have 00 7 . “Madam,” returned the evangelist, “tecth No other maker gives so much for the money. | will be provided."—Success He Spoke Too Soon He had deen greatly pleased with the beauty and dignity. of the exercises and was discoursing to his wife upon the refining influences of. college life. Sy CIGARETTES S. ANARGYROS, New York | denly his impressive monologue was cut s' ‘A CORPORATION | A girl, in cap and gown, came dashing - — = = | the steps of the main hall, wa Fortune s Favorite | and shouting, “ Educated, by gosh!” “Some folks is born lucky,’? said Uncle Eben, | /fome Journal. “ an’ de man dat is born wif plain common sense | (Continued on page 419) is one of 'em."’—Washington Star | d er’s exercises at aa 10 for 15 cents The Champion Liar | i LIQU EU R The angler lies beside the brook, ms \ And casts his gaudy flies, : And lies. and lies, and lies, and lies, And lies, and lies, and lies Saturday Evening Post. f -G Asmevitts. he four-season resort of the AND YELLOW— South. Tue Manow, the English-like Inn of Asheville. NECTAR OF THE GODS It was Sunday morning at the Jack Straw’s Castle. and the weather-beaten cabby, with a dusty night lot from Camberwell, asked : “Can I get a drink for my horse, mister?" “ Yes—provided he’s over fourteen,”’ answered rare old Jem Clark, absentmindedly.—Sporting Times. QUALITY UNEQUALED EXCELLENCE UNSURPASSED oat ot at ne At Orat-class Wine Merchants, Grocers. Hotels, Cat. Batjer & Co. & Broadway, New York, N.Y. Sole Agents for United States, GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER 3 f eae. “Its purity has made it famous” = TPT TSH 7 7 comicbooks.com