Life, 1910-11-03 · page 64 of 72
Life — November 3, 1910 — page 64: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two brief humorous dialogues rather than political cartoons: **"Bad Effect of Smoking"** features Uncle Mose lecturing young George Washington Jefferson about smoking's health dangers—ironically, while Uncle Mose himself has smoked his entire life. The joke relies on dialect humor common to the era: Uncle Mose claims he'd have lived past 100 if he'd never smoked, despite being already 84. This mocks circular logic and hypocrisy regarding health advice. **The second dialogue** involves a landlord-tenant exchange where a tenant complains about noise in a "quiet flat," only to be told the landlord couldn't have known he'd "hang around home on Sundays"—implying the tenant's presence itself is the problem, not actual disturbance. Both jokes use working-class/working-poor characters and rely on wordplay and situational irony typical of early 20th-century humor magazines. The page is primarily advertisements for underwear and playing cards, with literary announcements for William J. Locke and *Ainslee's Magazine*.
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Bad Effect of Smoking Uxctr Mose: Look-a-heah, you George Washington Jefferson, what you all smokin’ dat pipe fo’? Didn’t Ah done tell yo’ dat smokin’ shortins er man’s life moh dan haff? Youne G. W. J.: But you has bin smokin’ mos’ yo’ life, Uncle Mose, an’ Ah reckon yo's is a purty ole man. Unctz Mose: Dat's all right erbout me smokin’, mah boy, but dat ain’t de point. Ah’'s ecighty-foh yeahs ole now, but ef Ah hadn't nevah smoked, \h might have been moh dan a hundred yeahs ole by dis time. —National Monthly “Ee, Bill, wot’s the matter—you're lookin’ worrid.”’ “ Work—nothing but work from morn in’ till night.” "Ow long ’ave you been at it?” “T begin to-morrow.""—M. A. P. colds are often the cause of serious disease—or ] worse. Chills and colds are practically eliminated by the \ use of Jaeger Underwear. J Seven Weights to choose from Recommended by Physicians Everywhere. Dr. Jaeger’s S. W.S. Co.’s Own Stores Su. St. Chleage all Principal Cit. William J. Locke is acknowledged by critics to be the great- est living novelist. He wrote these books: “Derelicts,"” “Idols,” “The White Door,” “The Usurper,"” ‘Where Love Is," “The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne, “The Beloved Vagabond,” ‘Septimus, “Simon the Jester.” His latest book, and one of the most intensely dramatic ever written, will appear as a two-part story in Ainslee’s Magazine A generous installment of twenty-eight pages will ap- pear in the November issue, ublished October Fifteenth. rice Fifteen Cents. LOUISE CLOSSER HALE contributes the complete novel—A Story of the Stage. “SAY, LANDLORD, I THOUGHT You SAID THIS WAS A QUIET PLAT?”* “WELL, HOW COULD I KNOW THAT You WOULD HANG AROUND HOME ON SUN- pays?"* PRINCE ESTERHAZY. ‘Then up spake arient Prince Esterhazy, “Tan truthfully say I'm not lazy, I play ‘Rad-Bridge" all day And must candidly say, ‘That to start in anew Iam crazy."* SILK VELOUR PLA mitebed Tinea card, ooly difference design ef back, “IV's & beaoty.”” ‘Ten ceotain stamps (leq than cost) aecares eur handsome sample wallet et Bridge Whist acremartea with new Wlostrated catalog. Dept. L., RADCLIFFE & CO.. 144 Pearl 8t., New York Anthony Partridge, Eden Phillpotts, E. Nesbit, J. W. Marshall, Jane W. Guthrie, A. A. Knipe and Carey Waddell are among the contributors, comicbooks.com