Life, 1910-03-10 · page 34 of 36
Life — March 10, 1910 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. It contains: **Advertisements:** Bromo-Seltzer (headache cure), Milo Egyptian cigarettes, and Life Publishing Company's print offers dominate the layout. **Humor Columns:** Three brief jokes appear: - A cook's employer complains about kitchen noise; the cook reveals the laughter was about the employer's failed cake-baking - A barber/student exchange about a haircut style - Secretary of Interior Richard A. Ballinger recounts his first law case—defending a bigamist who seemed unconcerned about prison **Illustrations:** "A Welcome Easter Gift" section shows photogravure prints available for purchase, including images titled "Queen Takes Jack," "Troubles Never Come Singly," "Her Window," and others—typical sentimental period imagery. The Ballinger anecdote is the only item with potential political interest, as Ballinger was a controversial Interior Secretary during the Taft administration, though this piece presents him anecdotally without satirical intent.
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It Was to Laugh “ Jane,'’ said a lady rather sharply to her cook, “I must insist that you keep better hours and that you have less pany in the kitchen at night. Last n you kept me from sleeping because of the uproarious laughter of one of your woman friends.”" “Yis, mum, I know,"’ was the apolo- CURES : | getic reply: “but she couldn't help it 1 a-tellin’ of her how you tried to HEADACHES : z make cake one day."’—Ladies’ Home Journal. 10c., 25c., 50c., and $1.00 Bottles. Stuvext: Want my hair cut Barner: Any special way? Srupent: Yes; off.—Williams’ Purple Cow. A Burned Child— Ricnarp A. Battincer, Secretary of the Interior, tells of his first law case which he had at Kankakee, Ill. “1 had ~ wy hung out my shingle a good while be- A W fs E Le G. t fore, any "elem arrived.” he. sai elcome Laster Gl “Finally, one came. He was a weak, meek being whom three determined cbt 190 by Life Pablablog Company women had wedded in rapid succession, and he was being tried for bigamy. As all of the wives appeared against him we lost the case, and he got a term of two years, but this did not seem to worry him—in fact, he seemed anxious for more. He was taken to the peni- tentiary, and just before his term ended I got a letter from im. ‘Do you think,’ the bigamist asked anxiously will be safe for me ,o come out?’"—Green Bag. QUEEN TAKES JACK Photo-Gravure, 16 x 184 in. 80 cents, Photo-Gravure, 16x 1334 in. Weents. “wey totene | waNT ANY neLr!” On receipt of 25 cents we will send you our new pocket edition of L/FE'S PRINTS. It contains 160 reproductions, in sizes here shown, of these most artistic and pleasure giving pictures. The larger prints, whose prices are given, are PHOT O-GRAVURES of the highest pov sible quality and finish. Neither care nor expense has been spared to obtain the very best artistic results. The LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 17 West 31st Street, New York Fi Cigarette ; of Quality AROMATIC DELICACY MILDNESS PURITY > ‘At your Club of Dealer's TROUBLES NEVER COME SINGLY MER WINDOW THE SURBRUG CO., Makers, New York. Photo-Gravure. 2 x15 in, $1.00. Photo-Gravure, 18 x 18}4,in. Scents 488 comicbooks.com