Life, 1910-03-31 · page 34 of 46
Life — March 31, 1910 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains several short humorous pieces and advertisements typical of early 20th-century American satire. **The Cartoons/Jokes:** The "Foolish Contemporaries" section offers brief, punchy satirical anecdotes: - A Harvard student flees across fields to avoid Yale fans after a football loss, but encounters an angry bull—the joke being he should have gone to Yale after all. - A chapel pulpit guest's sermon was so destructive the church needed three weeks repairs—dark humor about a bad preacher. - A stuttering salesman turns the tables on a rude businessman by pointing out the businessman stirs coffee with his hand instead of a spoon—mocking the grouch's own peculiarity. **Advertisements:** The page is dominated by ads for tobacco, magazines (*American Suburbs*), playing cards, and travel—typical commercial content. The Surbrugg tobacco ad emphasizes that even women will enjoy the "luxury" of this pipe tobacco at home, reflecting period attitudes about domestic life and smoking. The overall tone is genteel, middle-class humor aimed at educated readers.
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Surbrug’s ARCADIA Mixture Its aromatic delicacy will surprise you. It is the most perfect blend of tobacco you ever put in your pipe —the highest class —it stands all by itself, the KING of mixtures. A tobacco that your women folks will like to have you smoke at home—you may never nave known the luxury of a pipe smoke before. Send 10 Cents for sample which will conviace- ‘THE SURBRUG CO., 81 Dey Street, New York OUR FOOLISH ieee ARIES Going Back on His Colors A Harvard football player, after the recent unfortunate encounter with Yale, thought he would escape the public eye by cutting across the fields. A big bull, which looked as if he could do good work in a mass play, bobbed up and cast an evil eye upon the jersey. of Harvard crimson. “Why didn’t I take my father's ad- vice;”” the: young’ man’ reflected, and go to Yale! This is no place for a Harvard nan.” "—Success, A Masterpiece, Anyway “Maud’s hair is what you would call Titian, isn’t it?” “Well, Titian or imi-Titian.""—Boston Transcript. Asuavt Cs | ‘The four-season resort of the South, Minon the Baelabeitee tna et Askevihte Destructive Theology At a chapel in Yorkshire the pulpit cecupied one Sunday morning by a minister from a neighboring town. A few days later the preacher received a copy of the local weekly paper, and his attention was drawn to the following item: “The Rev. supplied the pulpit at the Congregational Church last Sunday, and the church will now be closed three weeks for repairs."’—Lon- don Daily New de aergroien res Adirexs Dept L- i 1S3 Peart Sty, & Landon, ADVERTISEMENT FOR “LIFE” Rush Proof. Follow Style & Copy. JOANY HAYE—MORE WILL—ALL GAN become yearly subscriber to “AMERICAN SUBURBS” FOR THE VERY LOW PRICE OF $1.00 Many Have Subscribed “STOPPED, LOOKED AND ED" one copy. More Will Subscribe Because“ American Suburbs "it unique In excellence of illustration In diversity of topic t treated, In interesting and instructive subject matter, All Can Subscribe Because the price is within the means of all, AMERICAN SUBURBS is profusely illustrated and contains subject matter from the pens of the most famous authorities on Architecture, Home Furnishing and Decorating, Gardening and all that gors to make the suburban home comfortable, artistic and attractive. huved monthly by The Philadelphia Suburban Publishing Co. 132 South Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia $1.00 per year 1Sc. per copy Overworking the Meter Motner: Come, William, quick, Minna has tried to kill herself by inhaling gas! Fatuer: Good Heavens! Think what the gas Dill will be this month!—Meg- gendorfer Blaetter. A THING of beauty is a joy until the style changes—Atlanta Journal. $7 10 Minutes from Bresy THE MONTCLAIR ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP MONTCLAIR, N. J. How He Got Even A traveling man who stutters spent all afternoon in trying to sell a grouchy business man a bill of goods, and was not very successful. As the salesman was locking up hi grip the grouch was impolite enough to observe in the presence of his clerks: “You must find that impediment in your speech very inconvenient at times.” “Oh, n-no,”” replied the salesman Every one has his S-stammering is mine : “I am not aware that I have replied the merchant. “ D-do you stir y-your cofice with your rright hand?’ asked the sales “Why, yes, of course,” replied the nerchant, a bit puzzled “W-well,"” went on the salesman, “tthat’s your p-peculiarity. Most peo- ple use a t-teaspoon."’—Success. When Women Run Us Friexp: So your detective force is a failure? Cier Esta. Ves; we can't find any one who is willing to be a plainclothes woman.—Puck, h, use ALLEN'S FOOT EASE. THE LAST SAD RITES THROUGH PICTURESQUE HOLLAND THE WONDERLAND OF EUROPE VERY | SMALL pavene ts Start From New Palace Stesmers Falun Largest and Fastest crossin Write for Beautiful Booklets and Itineraries show ‘ol detighthal tours C, BAKKER, General American A cent Netherland State ‘Rys—Flushing Ruyal Mal Rt oo 355 Broadway comicbooks.com