Life, 1909-09-23 · page 26 of 28
Life — September 23, 1909 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor content** rather than political satire. It contains several distinct elements: **Main Content:** - Product advertisements (Philip Morris cigarettes, Calox toothpaste, Hunyadi Janos laxative) - A humorous anecdote titled "English as She Is Spoke" about a French teacher's linguistic mishap—she asks a drugstore clerk for a "sponge for the bath" but her accent/phrasing causes misunderstanding, leading to an implied inappropriate request - A section promoting Life magazine's art prints available for purchase **The Humor:** The joke relies on double-entendre and the comedy of a non-native speaker's accidental vulgarity. The punchline (attributed to William C. Bennett) plays on the clerk's confused interpretation of her request. **Historical Context:** This appears to be early 1900s Life magazine—a mix of genteel humor, advertising, and fine art reproduction. The magazine marketed itself as offering both entertainment and cultivated taste through affordable art prints.
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a Lalla leh WITHOUT A BITE OR A REGRET. The best blend of the world’s finest tobaccos. | 33$0z. 40 cts : 834 oz. 750; 34 1b. $1.65; 11b. $3.30. If not gt Your dealers will send prepaid upon regeipt. of price. Sent FREE—Booklet * How to Smoke a Pipe." Write today. E. HOFFMAN COMPANY, MFRS., 179 Madison St., Chicago. | PHILIP MORRIS ~ ORIGINAL LONDON The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe ex- | | i” Calox that renders it so efficient asa plained : | cleanserofthe mouthand teeth. Ju: | YGE j SARE CIGARETTES “T used to live in my trunk in a summer hotel,"* she said None wondered longer at her adaptability. — Of all Druggists, 25 cents, SAMPLE AND BOOKLET FREE ON REQUEST, McKesson & Robbins, New York, Best liked by = —= —-- = every man who If You Ever Go Home Why not beautify the house with cheerful things? CAMBRIDGE retular 25 ¢, “The Little Brown Box." On receipt of The larger prints, twenty-five cents we whose prices are English as She Is Spoke will send you our given, are PHOTO. The teacher of “conversational French" in a | new pocketedition of GRAVURES of t certain Eastern college was a lively mademoiselle LIFE'S PRINTS. Kighest possible “just over.” | : One bright afternoon she stopped two girls It contains 160 re- quality and finish. very excitedly. Ske wanted to buy an “ eponge ae a Sra . pour la bain,” but did not know what to ask for. productions in sizes Neither care nor “Bath sponge. Tell the salesman you want a here shown of these expense has been big bath sponge to take home with you,"? said the eas : es girls in chorus, and they accompanied her to the most artistic and spared to attain the village drug store pleasure-giving pic- very best - artistic A young clerk stepped d. Mademoisell A ung clerk steps ed forward. Mademoiselle a results, “ Please,”’ she said, smilingly, “ will you hin take me home and give me a big sponge bat mC, Bennett ix Sucee. ARMS AND THE MAN Facsimile in Color, Wx 14 in. $1.00 Copyright 1909 by Life Ped. Co Copyright 1907 by Life Pot. Co. If you have never before tried Hunyadi Janos Best Natural | } nes CONSTIPATION pads pd LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st Street, NEW YORK India Print, 18 x22 50. $2.00 Phategravure, 1346 X16 in. $0 cents comicbooks.com