Life, 1911-02-09 · page 42 of 44
Life — February 9, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements** rather than satirical cartoons, typical of Life magazine's revenue model. The ads promote luxury goods (Martell Cognac brandy) and automotive technology (Truffault-Hartford shock absorbers), reflecting early 20th-century consumer culture. The only comic content is a small illustration captioned with dialogue between Mrs. Cobb and her servant. The joke appears to center on **class dynamics**: the servant reports speaking imperiously to a grocer's boy, invoking her employer's name to assert authority. The humor lies in the servant mimicking her employer's social pretension—the "punch line" suggesting the servant has adopted Mrs. Cobb's imperious manner when dealing with tradespeople. The cartoon satirizes servants copying their employers' snobbish attitudes toward working-class vendors, reflecting Edwardian-era class consciousness and domestic service hierarchies.
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J. & F. MARTELL Cognac (Founded 1715) AND FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE OF THE COGNAC DISTRICT Sole Agents G. S. NICHOLAS & CO. New York It Cannot Be Bought LIFE’S Premium. Picture, Copyright, 1910, Lite Publishing Co. ‘““DEAR’ OR ‘DEAREST’?”’ will not be sold, and can be procured only by subscribing to LIFE. To Secure the Picture printed in proof form, ready for framing, send us $5 for a year’s subscription to LIFE, and the picture will be sent free. OR “DEARES' (Color) LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st Street, New York, Subscription $5 Canadian $5.52 Foreign $6.04 Every Road a Boulevard When You Motor with TRUFFAULT ~ HARTFORD SHOCK ABSORBER on your car, incqualities of the road, however pronounced, cease to manifest themselves. YGUR car travels along with an easy, wavy motion over the roughest places. There's neither jolt no neither bouncing nor skidding. You enjoy SOLID C OM: FORT under all conditions of travel. very road becomes a boulevard, Over and above all these advantages, wear and tear are decreased materially. Repair bills, tire bills dwindle to a degree most pleasing. he Truffault-Hart ford is the standard shock absorber, Used in all important motoring events. Regular equip- ment on the best cars. Sold on a guaranteed-to-give-satisfaction basis, the Truffault-Hartford always makes good. We fit any car and make any car fit for any road. Write for interesting particulars and copy of our new catalogue, which is of specie! interest to every car owner. State model and year of your car Hartford Suspension Company, “"*Preideat™* 165 Bay St., Jersey City, N. J. New York—212-214 W. 88th Street. Philadelphia—250 N. Broad Street. Boston—319 Columbus Avenue. Chicago—1458 Michigan Avenue. Newark—289 Halsey Street Mrs, Cobb: was THE GROCER’S BOY IMPUDENT TO YOU AGAIN WHEN YOU TELEPHONED YOUR ORDER THIS MORNING? “YES, SRS, COBB, HE WAS THAT; BUT I FIXED 11x THIS TIME, 1 SEZ, ‘WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKIN To? THIS Is MRS. coBs.’” comicbooks.com