Life, 1910-03-31 · page 32 of 46
Life — March 31, 1910 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains three distinct humorous anecdotes and one advertisement, typical of the publication's satirical format. The three short jokes mock human folly: "The Real Thing" praises nature over poetry; "Found Wanting" jokes about a man whose deep breathing failed to prevent hair loss; "Don't Mention It" satirizes excessive politeness through a Boston gentleman's absurdly deferential apology after a collision. The illustrated sidebar pieces include "Wicked Ostend," mocking the Belgian beach resort as morally loose compared to Coney Island, with a pun on "ostensibly"; and "Experience," where a young woman's qualifications for nursing—her brothers' football playing, aviation stunts, and her mother's suffragette activism—humorously misrepresent actual medical experience. The suffragette reference dates this to the early 20th-century women's rights movement. The Locomobile automobile advertisement occupies the lower half.
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The Real Thing Fair nature is the sweetest bard of all! Once take a walk with her you'll never doubt it. There is more poctry in spring’s glad call Than all the stuff the pocts sing about it. —Brooklyn Life. Found Wanting 0 he has lost faith in deep breath- ing?" “Yes; falling ou! it wouldn't keep his hair from *—Houston Chronicle. Don't Mention It The politest man in Boston collided violently with another man on the street. The second man was angry. “My dear sir,"” said the polite one with a bow, “I don’t know which of us is to blame for this encounter. If I ran into you, I beg your pardon; if you ran into me, don't mention it.""—Success. NOCTURNE. MAJOR, Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great liritain, Canada and British Possessions. $5.00 a year in'advance. Additional postage to foreign countnes in the Postal Union, $1.08 a year; to Canada, $2 cents. Single current copies, 10 cents. back numbers, after three Mouths from date of publication, 25 cents. No contribution will be returned wniess accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. does nat hold itself responsible for the lary or noreretrn of unsolicited contr tutions. is for sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. The International News Company, Breams Live INTRODUCTION. KEY Wicked Ostend Pierre de Coldirodi, Italian littérateur praised Coney Island as he took luncheon by a window overlooking the sunlit bluc sea. Coney Island,"’ said M. Coldirodi, “is the gayest place in all the world, with one exception. The exception is Ostend But Ostend is too gay. Ostend is wicked."" He frowned. “If you meet a friend on the Ostend plage,” he said, “and your friend has a lady with him, he will introduce you to her, ten to one, as his wife. Then when she isn’t looking he will wink and whisper in your ear: “*My wife, you know, Ostend-sibly.’ —Tribune. Experience A young woman applied to an English surgeon for a position as nurse in his stitution. He asked: “Have you had any previous experience? She dazzled him with smile. Experience? '* she cried. “I should think so. Two of my brothers play foot- ball, another has tried to cross the chan- nel in an aeroplane of his own make, mother is a suffragette and father keeps a motor car.""—Tit-Bits a reassuring ery Lane, London, E. C., England, AGents. Brentano's, 37 Ave. del'Opera, Paria; ews Exchanges, 16 John St., Adelphi Strand, W.C., London, 9, Kve St. Georges, 31, Via Firenze, Milan; Mayence, Germany. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain affy to Live, 114 Southampton Kew. London, W.C. Prompt notification should be seut by subscribers of any change of addres comicbooks.com