Life, 1910-05-05 · page 50 of 72
Life — May 5, 1910 — page 50: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** from Life magazine, with a bank advertisement dominating the upper portion and several short humorous anecdotes below. The main illustrated content is a **"Follow the Leader" story** (text only, no cartoon): a nervous commuter fleeing home believes he's being pursued by a menacing figure through dark streets. The tension builds dramatically—the pursuer follows over fences, through churchyards. The punchline: the stranger is merely a neighbor who was told by a station employee to follow him home since they're neighbors heading the same direction. The satire targets **urban paranoia and misunderstanding**—the comedy stems from mistaken identity and anxiety. Below are brief joke items mocking pretension (a spinster "wrote" for a magazine by addressing envelopes) and domestic life. A Diamond Tires advertisement occupies the lower half. **Context for modern readers**: This reflects early 20th-century anxieties about urban crime and the comedy of miscommunication in a growing city.
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LIFE: “Follow the Leader” A nervous commuter on his dark, lonely way home from the railroad sta- tion heard footsteps behind him. He had an uncomfortable fecling that he was being followed. He increased his speed. The footsteps quickened accord- | ingly. The commuter darted down a lane. The footsteps still pursued him. ) Zy In desperation he vaulted over a fence and, rushing into a churchyard, threw himself panting on one of the graves. FIFTH AVE. & 36™"ST., NEW YORK “If he follows me here,"" he thought Capital, $1,250,000. Surplus and Profits, $750,000 fearfully, “there can be no doubt as to his intentions."’ Interest Paid on Daily Balances The man behind was following. He could hear him scrambling over the DIRECTORS fence. Visions of highwaymen, maniacs, BENJAMIN ALTMAN, JOUN I. DOWNEY. WILLIAM H. PORTER, pai and tbe! like; Sashed shrougt B. Altman & Co. Building Construction. Pres't Chemical Nat'l Bank. his brain. Quivering with fear, the JOHN JACOB Astor SLBE. . SEWARD PROS nervous one arose and faced his pur- GEO. F. BAKER "1 Stee! “President. suer. ee jn Piet National Bank, ; DANIEL G/ REID, What do you want?’ he demanded. STEPHEN BAKER, . ) W. LAMONT, sparen alee “Wh-why are you following me?" res't Bank of the Manhattan Co, ‘Vice Pres't Firet National Rank. NSON, Say," asked the stranger, mopping GEO. B. OA! EDGAR L. MARSTON, fe & Case, Attorneys, Blalr & Co., Bankers. . u his brow, “do you always go home like JOUN CLAFLIN, . 4 S STEV this? I'm going up to Mr. Brown's and t United Dey Goods Compantes tals Nat'l Bank : the man at the station told me to foll THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr. CH AnOoDY JAMIN STRONG, Jr. ow Pres't Mutual Life Ins. Vice-Pres't Bankers’ Trust Co. you, as you lived next door.” Excuse GEO. W. PERKINS, CHARL 2 my asking you, but is there much more President. P, Morgan & Co., Bankers. Vice: to do before we get there? ''—Ladies’ H, P. DAVISON, s MEROY, ALBERT H. WIGGIN, Home Journal. 2 J.P. Morgan & Co., Bankers Pres't Hankers' Trust Co. Vice-Pres't Chase Nat'l Bank, OFFICERS In a Pinch, use AL . CONVERSE He K, AnD PROSS 7 THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr., Vice-Pres. je Knew JAS. KR. TROWBRIDGE, Trust Oficer Tracuer: Now, Willie, tell us one of the principal events in Roman history, and mention the date. U R_ Fr oo L Is H / Wittie: Mare Antony went to Egypt CONTEMPO ARIES | / | akan had @ date with Cleopatra— cons The best blend of the world Tee tebecess A Man detained against his will is with I 40 cts ; 3% 75 Tb. $1.65; 1 30. 14 , aagtue $0 cts i 875 08. Sho; per ee Totipe eae the boys in spirit still—Lippincott’s. FREE—Booklet * How Ro smoke: a a ».” Write to-day A Line on Bjenkyns gE. «HOFFMAN COMPANY, MFRS.. 179 Lawson: What sort of a man is Bjenkyns, anyway f PIONEERS Dawson: Well, his wife always goes with him when he buys a suit of clothes. H —Somerville Journal. At the Reception “T understand, Miss Araminta,’’ said the professor, “that you are inclined to- ward literature.” Yes,’ said the blushing spinster, “I wrote for the Bugle Magazine last month.”* “Indeed! May I ask what?’ asked the professor. “T addressed all the envelopes for the rejected manuscripts,"’ said Araminta proudly.—Harper’s Weekly, Carlyle’s dictum, “Not on moralit but on cooking let us build our phi- losophy,’” is recalled by the following “An aged aunt, though in the position of guest, protested against the appearance of a really noble rabbit pie on her : nephew's breakfast table. It was not : ts For eleven years they have given motorists more that she feared ptomaine poisoning. 4 mileage than any other. Her objections were cthical. Rabbits, “USERS KNOW” she declared with a wonderful mid-Vic- torianism, were ‘such immoral ani- e aes Diamond Rubber Co. mals.’ Argonaut. Hee amy Be nd & GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER 30 cents per case of 6 glass stoppered bottles comicbooks.com