Life, 1911-04-06 · page 19 of 76
Life — April 6, 1911 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine's early era, with minor satirical content interspersed. **The satire:** - "When He Discovers the Cause": A brief quip about male hypocrisy—men blame women for their downfall only after being caught, suggesting men avoid responsibility until exposed. - "A Monument Fund": Dark humor about an unpopular townsperson; the joke is that raising money for his monument would be easy through "unpopular subscription" (people willingly paying to memorialize someone disliked). - "My! And This Comes from Boston, Too!": A domestic joke where a hen loses her eggs and complains about misplacing things—a gentle dig at Boston housekeeping, playing on regional stereotypes. **The advertisements** feature a Duplex Razor (safety razors were revolutionary), Mallory Hats (weatherproof), Sexology textbooks (reflecting early 20th-century sex education publishing), and European steamship travel. The cartoon of a man's face (upper left) promotes Durham-Duplex razors, emphasizing smooth shaving without adjustment or scraping—innovations for the era.
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JuRHAM)- Ses) ARAZOR For Safe Shaving WOHOEING NOSCRAPING Needs No Adjusting Atall the better dealers—$5.00 DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO, New Yor When He Discovers the Cause A inan never begins to blame a woman for his downfall until somebody has found him out. —Chicago Record-Herald. A Monument Fund The meanest man in town having died en duly buried, a bunch of his discussing the kind of party he was. “We ought to raise a fund to build hin a monument,” Rats!" chorused the crowd in pro- lest. “Who'd give anything to build hint a monument?” “Everybody would,” insisted the first speake We'd raise it by unpopular subscription."—Lippincott's. one man suggested. A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a know!- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. ‘This knowledge does not come Intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary every-day sources. SEXOLOGY (Uustrated) M.D. imparts in a clear, teat ieitad neentense Knowledge a All In one volume. iMtustented, re postpaid. of “Other People's Opinions" and Table of Contents. Puritan Pub. Co., 776 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. That You Like in a Hat $3, $3.50 and $4 HEN a man wears a Mallory Hat, he has a distinct advantage over men who don’t. While his hat is every bit as stylish as any other made, it has the added and exclu- sive feature of being entirely weatherproof, The lines of the Mallory are harmonious; the shades are distinctive, but refined; the fur felt is of the very best quality and the workman- ship unsurpassed. Besides, the Mallory outlives any other hat, because of the Cravenetting process which keeps it new. Send for Free Dooklet E. A. Mallory & Sons, Inc. Office: 13 Astor Place, cor, Broadway, New York Factory: Danbury, Connecticut Our new store in New York is at 1133 Broadway, corner 26th Street Boston Store: 412 Washington St. My! And This Comes from Boston, * Too! Mrs. Hen, having performed her ovip arous function, took a constitutional around the yard. Returning to her nest she found it empty and clucked angrily “What's the trouble, ma'am?" asked the rooster. “It's mighty funny,” she grumbled, “that I can never find things where | jay them."”—Boston Transcript. Smoothest Sea Trips New Palace Steamers, Largest and Fastest crossing the Channel, via QULENBORO-FLUSHING ROUTE The “Guickest and Most Coaverient Route {ron England to Northera and Central Europe. Write for Booklets and Itineraries Showing Every Detail of Delightful Tours, Including SIDE TRIPS THROUGH HOLLAND ‘The Pictoresque Wonderland of Earope HM expense—3 days—5 days—7 days, from js, Berlin—start any time, from anywhere. risan Agvat, Netherland State Rallways— Dept, D, 15S Brvatway, New York comicbooks.com