Life, 1910-06-23 · page 12 of 40
Life — June 23, 1910 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two cartoon "extracts from current fiction" at the bottom, both depicting exaggerated physical comedy: **Left cartoon** ("He threw out his chest"): Shows a thin man puffing out his chest while a rotund man looks on, illustrating the literal interpretation of an idiom about displaying pride or confidence. **Right cartoon** ("He ground his teeth"): Depicts a man literally grinding his teeth on a grinding wheel, again taking a common expression (grinding one's teeth in anger) literally for comedic effect. These are **visual puns**—wordplay jokes that illustrate idiomatic expressions through absurd literal interpretation. This type of humor was common in early-20th-century satirical magazines, relying on the audience's familiarity with everyday phrases to find humor in their impossible physical manifestations. The jokes require no specific political or social context beyond understanding English idioms.
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1140 “Life's” Fresh Air Fund Previously acknowledged. $2,453.89 E. Percy Smith..... 1.00 Susan D. Howland: cae s.so Alice I.. “Sand: EE 5.50 nk, Drummond Helen and Richare heodore R. Hoyt “In Memory of Violet K. RS aoe Anonymous: * Anonymous W. G. $2,617.77 Our Fresh Air Farm The following extracts from a re- port by Mr Mohr—the manager of Lire’s Farm—are published for the benefit of those readers of Lire who are “backward in coming forward” Groceries Paid Article formerly. Now at “Lire’s Ginger snaps, per Ib.. $0.03 $0.09 Lemon snaps. per Ib. . 03 10. . . . Butter, tub, per Ib... 37 The first seat we brough children up The Book Reviewer's Handy oe per He seeeee we paid the following rates: Index : Coffee, per Tb 7 Ve it p for ca t Split peas, per bush 22. The best rates we cam*get for this year { strong Pea beans, per bush (1910) are: | compelling PAR “ «4 absorbing Sugar, per Ib. adults ard, per Ib..... 9 : with the understanding that each chi Salmon, per doz. 12 years old or over must be paid for at deviates. ndles, per box... S c the adult rate of $1.71. drops Tea, per Ib..ceceeee H. O. Mone The reader's attention never ¢ wanders. ke Your good old dollar, dear reader, | lifts { fags does not go nearly so far as it used to. ( sympathetic tful The book isa charming character study Rice, per Ib. eee 2 Round trip for children...... . * & ic: | powerful story pping Soap, per Smoked hams, per Ib Smoked sh‘Id's, per Ib. Brooms, per doz... Milk, per qt Ete., ete, TERNAL vigilance is the price of lamb’s wool. (keen insight into character. aa | surpri I QD tshowsa { mature balance of mind | delightful narrative style. athy with humanity. Homer Croy Always in the Game observe that the Most Reverend William H. O'Connell has been sersing public notice again on his clergy about some things that they must not do without asking. We don't read of reverend brother who seems more sposed to he in 1 ame all the time than Dr. O'Connell. He has fair title to be known as the Cathletic Archbishop of Boston. Noe: That last boy of yours is very . . . . bright, isn’t he? Me THREW OUT HIS CHEST ME GROUND MIS TEETH Tono: Oh, very. We call him the EXTRACTS FROM CURRENT FICTION je fourth comicbooks.com