Life, 1910-09-08 · page 12 of 40
Life — September 8, 1910 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical sections typical of Life magazine's humor: **"Life's Fresh Air Fund"** lists charitable donations, a regular magazine feature. **"Postals from the Farm"** presents a humorous illustration of rural life—an elderly couple dining, with the caption "NOTHING NEW / THE NATURE FAQIR IS NOT OF MODERN ORIGIN," suggesting that simple country living is timeless, not a modern trend. **"Why She Won't Wear It"** discusses a woman's rejection of a fashionable hat style, mocking both the garment's impracticality (it would "debamoralize her waist") and women who adopt uncomfortable fashions for social status. **"Might Also Have Happened in Other Places"** presents humorous dialogue about pharmacy prescriptions and prohibition-era cocktails, satirizing both medical practice and the challenges of Prohibition enforcement. The overall page exemplifies Life's blend of social satire and domestic humor targeting early 20th-century American life.
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Life’s Fresh Air Fund Previously ack no wl- Elsie Hobson *Wauw Sun $6,946.86 Postals from the Farm Dae Drita few lines to let you fat How are you THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COUNTER IKKLTANTS AND geten along how is Mary Iai Keten docs she gow day like when Iwas home best wishes goodby from cousin. h. Egan right Drar Mes I just rite nes. 1 hat Ella and all sunbunt. Wilken to send her here. This is country fair 1 n fine Tw get my por are fine out here Tell baby the water is fine neice and hot, NOTHING NEW PAKIR IS NOT OF MODERN ORIGIN Why She Won't Wear It She will not wear a hobble skirt; she says the style is much too pert, and that n of good taste would so deharmonize her waist; besides, she says she thinks the style will last for but a little while, one it seems the fad is going to extremes Whene’er her hobbled sisters pass she only sighs and ! How can a lady of good sense incase herself in that pretense! Just see her trip and wobble by! Would I appear in that? Not I! h horrid. men-folks gocs here and there knew just what they know she'd blush a rosy red 0 wo! because to any says: sides the style is awk I don’t care if they ‘tis new And so she fully explains her preference for fuller trains, and for a petticoat that’s wide, and will not be with gigg eyed when she is trip- ping down the street Besides you sec she has 1 1 LARG FEET! Witbur D. Nesbit Might Also Have Happened in Other Place: “© A ND you are experienced in compounding prescrir asks the druggist of the applicant. “ Sure!" is the jaunty response. “I rickeys, sherry flips, plain and old-fashioned toddics kinds of cocktails, all the bracers there are, and “Great Scott! Where did you learn pharmac. “In Kansas, in a prohibition county.” mix juleps, 839 twenty