Life, 1909-11-11 · page 3 of 36
Life — November 11, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire**. The top-left features a Brooks Brothers clothing advertisement for gentlemen's furnishings. The bottom-left contains a single-panel cartoon showing a hunter with a dog and the caption "The Hunter: 'Out! Beg your pardon. I mistook you for a deer'" with a note: "NO HARM DONE, MISTER. I RECKON I'D A BIN SAFE ENOUGH IF YE'D MISTOOK ME FEE A BARN DOOR." The joke is a simple visual gag: the hunter mistakes a person for a deer because the person is supposedly so large or wide they resemble a barn door. The right side features a Cluett dress shirt advertisement. This appears to be a typical early 20th-century magazine page mixing modest humor with product promotions.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
SK riths Bvthers CTRGLOTHINGS)) © | Imported Jackets, Waistcoats, Sweaters, Mufflers, Caps, Gloves and Stockings | lin light and heavy weight Shetland | | and Angora wool. The patterns and many of the styles are confined to us. ! Send for Illustrated Catalogue. | | BROADWAY Cor. TWENTY-SECOND ST., NEW YORK Cece DRESS SHIRT will not bulge because the lower end of the bosom is detached from the body of the shirt . vce. |and will slide down outside fetter! outta oon nae, remeenveo me .. | the. trouser band. $2.00 A DEER, The Native: NO WARM DONE, MISTER. I RECKON 1’D A BIN ‘Send for booklet, “Proper Dress * SAFE ENOUGH IP YE’D MIST be . ER ATARI DOOR, CLUETT, PEABODY & COMPANY, Makers of Arrow Colla comicbooks.com