Life, 1910-12-08 · page 35 of 44
Life — December 8, 1910 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical fortune-telling and period advertising rather than political cartoons. **"Life's Infallible Fortune Teller"** mocks marriage prospects for people born in December by predicting unfavorable domestic futures. The jokes target both genders: women will marry serial divorces or controlling husbands; men will marry women distracted by pets or in-laws. These gags reflect early 20th-century anxieties about marriage, divorce (then scandalous), and domestic power dynamics. The format parodies actual fortune-telling almanacs popular at the time. The remaining content is advertising: Usher's Whisky emphasizes its British reputation, Brooks Brothers promotes winter clothing for leisure travel, and Life Publishing offers a color reproduction of a C. Coles Phillips illustration as a subscription incentive—a common practice to boost magazine circulation. The humor relies on period-specific concerns about courtship and matrimony rather than current events.
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Usher's SB Whisky \) acenturys | Reputation if Colonies Abroad AK G. S. NICHOLAS & CO. NEW YORK Sole Agents LIFE’S INFALLIBLE FORTUNE TELLER If you were born on December “WS Your future wile will have been thrice widowed by divorce. You will be sorry that you were not familiar with the advice of the elder Weller. “EO Your future wife will be popular with her mother - intaw and you will be de- cidedly in the mi- nority in the family when it comes to a settlement of do- mestic questions. “WB Your future wife will divide her af- fection between you and a Pomeranian pup. The break will come when the cook makes a mis- take and gives you dog-biscuit. for breakfast food. 12 13 ‘Your future husband s@~ will never care to wander from his own fireside, There will be evenings when you will wish he was a club man, ‘Your future husband &@~ will be an appendi- citis operator, but after a while you will reconcile your. self to living on his ill-gotten gains ‘Your future husband aa will have a sono- rous voice and de- light in conducting family prayers. CSASLOTHINGs: Gentlemens Parnishing bs, FOR WINTER WEEK END VISITS Ulsters, Fur and Fur Lined Coats and Jackets. Shetland Sweaters, Vests, Mufflers, Gloves. Norfolks, Knickerbockers, Breeches. Heavy Wool Stockings and Half Hose. Trunks, Bags, Traveling Kits & Separate Fittings. Heavy Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. BROADWAY, Cor. TWENTY-SECOND ST., NEW YORK With Life’s Compliments Copvrieht. 1910, Lite Publishing Company as Upon receipt at this office of your subscrip- tion for one year, we will be pleased tosend you, with our compli- meats, as LIFE’S sou venir to its readers, a special reproduction, in full color, of Mr C Coles Phillips's picture, ‘DEAR’ or “DEAREST?” 8 x 10 inches in size, on heavy deckled edged buff plate paper 13 x 16 inches. “DEAR” OR “DEAREST"? on tn Colors . This picture will not be sold, and can only be procured by Subserij . ape jubscription, $5.00 subscribing to LIFE Canadian = $52 Foreign 6.04 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st St., New York