Life, 1910-05-05 · page 60 of 72
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This page contains advertisements and a humorous story called "Sparks from Old Anvils." **The Main Content:** "Jimmy Brown's Attempt to Produce Freckles" is a comedic narrative about a boy who misunderstands scientific explanations. Mr. Travers explains that freckles form when the sun acts on skin like it does on a photograph plate. Jimmy then confuses this with the chemical development process used in photography, apparently attempting to use photographic chemicals on his sister's cheek to create freckles—though the text breaks off before revealing what happens. **The Humor:** The joke relies on a child's literal misinterpretation of adult explanation. Jimmy knows that chemicals are necessary to develop photographs but doesn't grasp that they function differently on skin than on photographic plates. The satire gently mocks both the pseudo-scientific explanations adults offer children and children's tendency to misapply logic. **Advertisements:** The page also features razor, awning, and liqueur ads typical of the era—these are straightforward commercial content with no satirical intent.
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o EB RES A Safety-Razor? Yes Sir! A Hoe-Safety? No Sir! Satisfactory ? Money back if you don’t VENETIAN AWNINGS for outalde and inaide of town and country houses: very durable, convenient and artistic. Mother asked what made freckles, and Mr, Travers said the sun made them just as it makes photographs. “Jimmy will understand it,” said Mr. Travers. “He knows how the sun makes a picture when it shines on a photograph plate, and all his freckles were made just in the same way. Without the sun there wouldn't be any freckles.” A real razor with all This sounded reasonable, but then the advantages of a Safety- Mr. Travers forgot all about chemi- Guard and Interchangeable Blades. : cals. As I said, the last time I wrote, It doesn’t cut you—nor does it scrape or chemicals is something in a bottle like “pull.” It shaves with the Correct Diagonal medicine, and you have to put it ona Stroke—that is the photograph plate so as to make the picture that the sun has made show URHAM ; un itself. Now if chemicals will do this UPLEX + with a photograph plate, it’ ought to ARAZOR ; do it with a girl’s ch You take a girl and let the sun shine on her cheek, Complete Silver-plated sets consisting of Razor, stropping attachment and 6 double-edge hollow. ground blades of finest tempered steel, in handsome ———— = Leather-covered case, $5.00. In Pigskin case, $6.00. sSetostecetoatoetetontontetretontoctectoetete Gold-plated sets in Pigskin cases, $7.50. Outfits (Silver-plated) as above in Kits of Pigskin, shown at left, and in Red, Blue, Green, Purple or Black Morocco, $5.00. The “Hold-All.” the most compact shaving outfit ever de- vised, consisting of or outht, shaving stick, and collaps- ible rubber-set brush of finest badger, in Pigskin, and Red or Green Morocco cases, $8.00. Extra blades, 6 for 50 cents, Highly ornamental for the dressing table —most convenient for the traveling bag. Illustrated Booklet on request (Continued on page 849) Most Fitting Finale to the Festive Feast ss DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO. 111 Fifth Avenue New York SPARKS = ow o1D ANVILS Jimmy Brown's Attempt to Produce Freckles. I have never said much about my sister Lizzie because she is nothing but a girl. She is twelve years old, and, of course, she plays with dolls, and doesn't know enough to play base- ball or do anything really useful. She scarcely ever gets me into scrapes, though, and that’s where Sue might Free Trial Offer send complete ant except Bel so Pet tacntert erie Lala satifactory ret 30 days and we will refund follow her example. However, it was Lizzie who got me into the scrape about my chemicals, though she didn’t mecn to. poor girl. One sight Mr. Travers came to tea and everybody was talking about freckles. Mr. Travers said that they were real fashionable, and that all the ladies were trying to get them. I am sure I don't see why. I've mornamil- lion freckles, and I'd be glad to let anybody have them who would agree to take them away. Sue said she thought freckles were perfectly lovely, and it’s a good thing she thinks so, for she has about as many as she can use; and Lizzie said she'd give anything if she only had a few nice freckles on her cheeks. us tp ae a rpeeetetetedeetetedetete tote QPP reteatrctetetnes Moree = srooseeesoscont a Seon LIQUEUR Peres Grhartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— Serve the Daintiest Last At arse stags Wing Merchants Grocers, Hotels, Catte, Batjer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N, Sole Agents for United States, comicbooks.com