Life, 1910-03-17 · page 24 of 36
Life — March 17, 1910 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This page combines satirical poetry with advertising. The main content consists of four brief humorous verses: **"The Joker"** advises readers facing depression to use humor as their trump card—a metaphor treating life like poker, where laughter defeats despair. **"A Good Cow"** recounts an anecdote about a naive country clergyman who, served milk punch, naively thanks his hostess for her "good cow," missing the alcoholic beverage's sophistication—satire of rural innocence. **"Poor Nell"** contrasts harsh justice: a beggar woman is jailed for stealing three pounds, while a railway executive loots railways and receives a D.C.L. (honorary doctorate). The irony highlights class-based legal disparities. **"An Embryo Emancipator"** describes a young girl asserting independence by paying full trolley fare and insisting her "statistics are my own"—early feminist satire mocking a child's precocious assertion of personal autonomy. The page is primarily advertising space for Brewster & Co. automobiles and Delaunay-Belleville cars.
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SANT SC1S§eRS AVE. NyLlvs: OLS wh Bhs The Joker So you're ‘way down in the dumps— Blue, you say? ‘Think you've played out all your trumps? Oh, go 'way! Life's not like a game of poker; In this game you use the Joker. It’s the card you hold the longest; It’s the one you find the strongest : Laugh, and drive the blues away! Laugh, I say! —Jean Dwight Franklin, in the Century. A Good Cow A. simple-hearted and truly devout country preacher, who had tasted but few of the drinks of the world, took din- ner with a high-toned family, where a glass of milk punch was quietly set down by each plate. In silence and happiness this new Vicar of Wakefield quaffed his goblet, and then added: “ Madam, you should daily thank God for such a’gool cow.""—Once a Week. “GREAT scott! WHAT'S DIDN’T ORDER ANY FEATHER DUSTERS Poor Nell Little Ed Sailway looted a railway; Nell Beggar stole three pounds of ‘va, The law collared Nell; Ed was wade D.C.L, Oh, what a brave people are we! —Lippincott's An Embryo Emancipator A little miss riding on. a Brook trolley car the other day tendered + conductor half fare. “How old are you, little girl? queried, gingerly handling her fare. She pursed her lips for a moment, then calmly opened her purse, dropped two more pennies into the conductor's extended palm, snapped her purse and demurely replied: “ You have your fare, sir; my Statistics are my own! ’— Brooklyn Life. All Cerrect The professional point of view is rarely that of the humanitarian. A passenger on a London omnibus calls out to the conductor : “'Ere, there! — Whoa! old chap fallen off the ‘bus “All right” responds the conductor cheerfully "s paid his fare! "— London Sketsh There's an Live is published every ‘Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Beitish Possess: $5.{0.a year in'advance. Additional postage to forei “anada, $2.cents. Single current copies. 10 cents, Hack numbers, after three is publication, 25 cents. ill be returned uniess accompanied by stamped sible for the Loss or non-return of wnsolic itself res Live is for sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain, The International News Company, Breams St. Georges, Paris id addressed envelope. Lav contrigutiong, ee MANE Railding, Chancery Lane, London, Countries in the Postal algo at Saarbach’s News Exchanges. 1, New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, W. I or . Via Firenze, Mila: The text and ilinstratious in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Live, 1 Southampton Row, London, WC, Prompt notification should be sent by subscribers of any change of address, ngland, AGents, Brentano's, 37 Ave. de l’Opera, Paris; Mayence, Germany. BREWSTER & CO. Broadway and 4] +h. Street, New York Delaunay-Belleville Licensed Under Seldea Patent ecial bodies for any Chassis. epairs to body or motor. Peerless Cars comicbooks.com