Life, 1909-11-04 · page 36 of 52
Life — November 4, 1909 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and corporate notices** rather than political satire. The top half features the Astor Trust Company masthead with directors' names and several brief humor items. The small cartoons/jokes include: - **"Yes; Which Way?"**: A domestic humor piece about a woman's ambiguous head-shake response to a marriage proposal—unclear whether she nodded yes or shook no. - **"Welsh by Extraction"**: A legal anecdote about a barrister who made money from Welsh clients, playing on the double meaning of "extraction." - **"The Dietitian"**: A cartoon about a child named Ben who bolts his meals despite his mother's protests, then eats "nuts and bolts" to prove it doesn't hurt him—a pun on digestive fortitude. These are lightweight, apolitical humor pieces typical of Life's lighter content. The page is dominated by business advertisements for stationery and banking services, reflecting the magazine's mixed editorial-advertising format.
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ESIGESE Asfor Censl Company FIFTH AVE. & 36™ST., NEW YORK Capital, $1,250,000. Surplus and Profits, $750,000 Interest Paid on Daily Balances BENJAMIN ALTM B, Altman & Co, JOUN JACOB ASTOR aE BAKER, Chairman First National Bank. Attorneys, * JOUN CLAFLIN Pres't United Dry Goods Compantes t Mutual Life Ins. Co, ERKIN: GEO. W DIRECTORS JOUN I. DOWNEY. Bullding Construction. ELBERT H. Chairman U. SEWARD PROSSER, Vice-Prs JOHN F. THOMPSON, v ARLES L. TIFFANY, Pres't Tiffany & Co, J.P, Morgan & WILLIAM H. Pre Perpetual: motion’s here. Yes! it’s come. Just watch a dainty little dear Chewing gum. —Indge. Welsh by Extraction There is a good story told of the days when Lord Halsbury was a_ barrister He was arguing a case on behalf of a Welshman, and showed a great know!- edge of th “Come, co “ you know you cannot m to be a Welshman.” Perhaps not,’’ replied the “but [have made a great deal of money out of Welshmen in my time.”’ “Well, then,’” replied the Judge, pose we call you a Welshman by ex- traction."—M. A. P. ake yourself out barrister, “ sup- Real Estate Enterprise Sxunsuws: What do you intend to do with that lot you bought at Swamp- hurst? Commute: I am thinking some of making a fishing preserve of it—Brook- lyn Life. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER 50 cents per case of 6 gtass stoppered bottles THOMAS CO. JAS. RK. TROWBR Yes; Which Way? “What did you say last night whee Jack asked you to marry him?" “I shook my head.” “ Sideways, or up and down?” cago Daily Socialist. Plausible “T've just figured out how the Venus de Milo came to lose her arms.’ “How?"* “She broke them off trying to butte her shirt waist up the back."—Thy Jewish Ledger. Asmevitte, Cc: South, Tne Maxox, the E: —Chi. The four-season resort Hishelike Tho of Aikeie f Asherile THE DIETITIAN *Spite of his mamma's appeals. Little Ben bolts all his meals; Then, to show it doesn’t hurt Eats some nuts for his dessert Nuts and bolts, when in solution, Remember the paper you select makes a big ditterence in the character of yc your finished stationery and in the price you pay for it. So find out h bond paper will pro- duce the most impressive, businesslike letterheads at a reasonable price. Many bond papers lack the impressive character that compels attention to a letter. A few have the desired character | but are too costly to permit of general use. | Constr: Build an iron constitution. Before you order Business Stationery— CONSTRUCTION Best at the Price BOND tion Bond is a business correspondence paper of the utmost i | and it can be used in unlimited quantities because it makes [Impressive Stationery at a Usable Price Why Construction Bond costs less | than any other equally good bond paper is easily explained, It is sold direct to responsible print- Jers and lithographers, never thru jobbers, and | only in quantities of 500 pounds or more. his plan cuts out the jobber’s profit and the expense of handling small lots. The saving | comes off the price and goes into your pocket, Send for Specimen Letterhcads on Construction Bond. Compare its colors, finishes, strength, texture, snap, crackle, a ance and style with any other bond paper price. You will find all the fine qualities in Construction Bond. To secure your money's worth in stationery, always specify Construction Bond. But write now on your business letterhead for these free without affecting the quality. test specimens, W. E. Wroe & Co., 300 Michigan Boulevard, Chicago comicbooks.com