Life, 1910-02-10 · page 24 of 36
Life — February 10, 1910 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **three brief humorous anecdotes** and a **Locomobile automobile advertisement**. The jokes employ gentle satire on human nature: 1. **"Something Different"** mocks consumer gullibility—a clerk sells a tablecloth simply by claiming novelty (centering the border), without the customer even asking the price. 2. **"His Point Well Taken"** humorously illustrates the irony of a library owner warning against lending books while his entire collection consists of borrowed volumes—a self-defeating argument. 3. **"Yielding to the Majority"** presents a philosophical joke: a patient claims he's institutionalized merely for disagreeing that "all men are mad," yet the majority's opposite view proves him sane by democratic consensus—satirizing how "truth" becomes majority opinion. The **Locomobile advertisement** showcases early automobiles in various drive configurations, targeting wealthy consumers in major American cities. The tone is light, satirical humor typical of Life magazine's early-20th-century style.
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Something Different She had greatly worried the clerk who'd shown of tablecloths a score, But she could not find a cloth she'd have in all that mammoth store; Till the clerk remarked: “ Here's some- thing new—on that my word I'll pledg With the center right in the middle, see? the border round the edge!" And the would-be purchaser exclaimed + “Well, that is something nice! "” And straightway bought a pair, nor paused to ask the clerk the price. —Niron Waterman in ¢ Seiling. His Point Well Taken The owner of a good library solemnly, warned a friend against the practice of lending books. To punctuate his advice he showed his friend the well-stocked shelves, “There,” said he, “every one of those books was lent me!"'—Argo- “A GUILTY CONSCIENCE NEEDS NO AC- nant the United States, Great Bri Cl Lane. London, mar Adiisonal pomce to isttige toe te eal ary News Recharges Singie current copies, 10 cents, Lack numbers,alter tives Se Georges. Paris; 1, Via Firenze, dogs net hota del verpovatite [or tha lots oF hen retMrs anil tr is + Lire iy hive, 118 Southampton R Lira is for sale | fewadealers in Great Lirit ne . Prompt notification should be sent Yielding to the Majority A Philadelphia physician, in declaring that insanity was frequently productive of sound logic tempered by wit, told the story of a patient he once met in asylum. He came across this patient while strolling through the grounds, and, stopping, spoke to him. After a brief conversation on conventional topics ihe physician said: “Why are you here? ”” “ Simply a difference of opinion,” re- plied the patient. “I said all men were mad, and all men said I was mad—and the majority won.""—Lippincote’s Exactly Don't you think, Mary, you to play with the boys? “No, mamma; the older I get the bet- ter I like them.—Courier-Journal How She Suffered * she sighed, “for many years I've suffered from dyspepsia “And don't you take anything for it?" her friend asked. “You look healthy enough."* “Oh,” she replied, “my husband has it—not 1.""—Human Life. E ngland Rrentano’s, 37 Ave. de Ore Street, Leicester Square, W. London: ce, Germany. ted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britainspty nv, London, It 1 by subscribers of any charce of address. "30 Shaft Drive 4 40" Chain Drive The Locomobile @ Co- of America New York Bridgeport Conn Philadelphia San'Francisco LUCENSED UNDBR THE SELDEN PATENT Boston Chicago - comicbooks.com