Life, 1910-11-24 · page 34 of 48
Life — November 24, 1910 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Advertisements:** Wanamaker's department store catalogs (pitcher/plateau set), Manning-Bowman cooking stoves, White Rock water, and various patent medicines (Carol Bitters, Allen's Foot-Ease). **Humor Sections:** "Our Foolish Contemporaries" reprints jokes from other publications—mostly genteel puns about men's baldness and domestic mishaps. The "Adam and Eve" piece jokes about the biblical couple's social standing after expulsion from Eden, with a pun about "Dilatory Domiciles" (suggesting they're vagrants) and a cryptic reference to naming "the jackass after him." **Context:** This reflects early 1900s Life magazine's mix of advertising revenue and reprinted humor. The jokes are mild by modern standards—domestic comedy, gentle ribbing of male vanity, and wordplay. Nothing here engages serious political or social critique.
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rom WANAMAKERS Ordering by Mail, from a House of Character, is a Good Plan, Pitcher The pitcher is of beautiful, clear glass, decorated with ‘a charming Sterling Silverde- posit Grecian bor- der, 2% Inches wide, It ts of most’ convenient size, 824 Inches high, holding 3% pints; splendidly shaped, spreading to Soches at the base. The handle fs substantial and graceful. The Rerling silver of- namentation on the pitcher ts duplicated on the plateau. It Is large enough (diameter 7 inches) to bold not only the pitcher, but a half dozen small glasses as well. By special ‘arrangement with the manufacturer, we can Geliver these to your nearest express office, charges prepaid, Price $8 Prepaid - Order No. 131. Our Special Christmas Catalog of selected Gift Items, and 1,000 illustra- tions of toys and games, the latest novelties of foreign and domestic manufacture, will be ready November 25. Just write us on a postal, “‘Send me Christmas Catalog No. 47.” Practically every page of our General Winter Catalog contains suggestions for Christmas Giving, and 32 pages are devoted especially to that purpose. If you haven’t a copy, ask us for this also. We pay postage, anywhere, on mail ship- ments of $5 or more. See Catalog for Freight and Express Free Delivery Terms throughout the United States. JOHN WANAMAKER New York Christmas orders recetoed now, with cards for enclosure, will be reserved and mailed as directed, OQUR. TOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES maa 7G No, He Can Not A man can grow forests both deep and wide, Luxurious birches and pines ; He can grow oak trees with the greatest of ease, And acres of shrubs and vines. He can grow choice fruits on the top- most boughs, Caront Bitters—Try one Pony Glass before meals. Bost ap-etizer. No home without it. . . Oct. C. Blache & Co., 78 Broad St., New York, Gen'l Distrs. On which the nations are fed; But he can’t grow a thatch on the little bald patch On the top of his well-tilled head. —Mt. Tom Herald. Foiled He was very bashful and she tried to make it easy for him. They were driv- ing along the seashore and she became silent for a time. “What's the matter? '’ he asked. “O, I feel biue,"’ she replied. No- body loves me and my hands are cold."” “You should not say that,’’ was his word of consolation, “ for God loves you, and your mother loves you, and you can sit on your hands.’’—Success. In a Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE, Quicker “ Why do you consider women superior to men in intelligence? “A bald-headed man buys hair re- er by the quart, doesn’t he?” —yes."" “Well, a woman doesn’t waste time on hair restorer; she buys hair.” San José Palladium. ny with ‘. = WORLD TOUR sriis * Christmas rok Nor. 25. Dec. 3. Without Spain, Dec. 10. Christas tn Roo with Spain, Nov. 28, Dee. &. Without Spain, Dec." Oriental Tour in January—Tours to all parts of Europe DE POTTER TOURS (2: ateer 32 Heoudwa SEW Tnx Adam and Eve “T hope this expulsion of ours is not going to injure our social position,”’ said Eve, ruefully, “T guess not,’’ replied Adam. “ They can't stop us from being one of «he very first families, whatever they do." “T don’t find our names here the Social Register,’ said Eve, looking the volume over. “Look under Dilatory Domiciles, my love,’’ said Adam, as he went and named the jackass after him —Harper’s We For Chafing Dish, Coffee Percolator, General Cooking A Manning-Bowman Chafing Dish and a Manning-Bowman Coffee Pot Style Percolator can be used interchangeably on this stove, of you can use it for any sort of cooking with your Tegular stew pan, frying pan, kettle, broiler, of “other utensils. Fine for summer cooking. for light housekeege ing, for camping and px gp nics. Burns natured atcobol atacostolabout Mi two cents an hour, Sale,clean.odorless ‘Sold with Maan- ing-Bowman Chal ing Dishes or separ ately by leading dealers. Write for Free Recipe, and Catalog “M-26s ‘Chafing Dish ih the Mission Style endif Bread ike Over a Hundred Styles and Sizes, Littte Besste: Mamma, how'll I know when I'm naughty? Motuer: Your conscience will tell Bessiz: I don't care about what it tells me—will it tell yo —Harper’s Monthly. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER 50 cents per case of 6 clase stonprred bottles