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Life — May 18, 1911 — page 33: Life, 1911-05-18

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This page is primarily **advertising**, with minimal satirical content. The main features are: **Advertisements:** - **Gillette Safety Razor**: A major ad emphasizing convenience ("no stropping, no honing") — targeting men's grooming routines of the era - **Tuthill Cut Glass**: Luxury glassware - **Ernest clothing firm** (London): High-end fashion - **Patent services** **Literary Content:** - "Mary's Clothes": A humorous poem (attributed to "Our Dumb Animals") satirizing fashionable women who wear multiple exotic furs and animal parts as status symbols — likely mocking excessive materialism and fashion excess - "Took It for Granted": A brief joke about a presumptuous suitor - "Thick Weather": A humorous anecdote about London fog, where a clerk claims he "cannot come down to the shop" because he "have not yet arrived home yesterday" — absurdist humor playing on the thickness of the fog The page reflects early 1910s consumer culture and gendered humor typical of Life magazine's satirical approach.

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| aa Dxee ‘ AOA Outhill Gat Glass Artistically unconventional in design. Diamond-like in brilliancy. Write for the Connoisseur Book and become a qualified judge of cut glass. Tuthill Cut Glass Co. Middletown. N. Y. Mary's Clothes Mary had a little lamb— ‘Twas Persian—on her coat; She also had a mink or two About her dainty throat; A bird of paradise, a te And ermine made the That perched at jaunty topped, at, 100; d tails of half Her tiny boots Her gloves w Her muff had head The “critters” in th And when she walked abroad I ween She feared no wintry wind ; At keeping warm ‘twas plain to see She had all nature “ skinned.” —Our Dumb Animals. Took It for Granted He had been calling on her twice a week for six months, but had not pro- posed. He was a wise young man and therefore didn’t think it necessary. hel,” he said, as they were taking 4 moonlight stroll one evening, “ 1—er— am going to ask you an important ques- tion,” “Ob, George,” she exclaimed, is so sudden! Why, I—" “What I want to ask is this,” he in- terrupted. “What date have you and your mother decided upon for our wed- ding? "—Chicago News. “this erate bal | leg The Time and Labor Saving Razor— Note the curve that gives the automatic adjustment NO STROPPING NO HONING Gillette ssx The STANDARD of SAFETY, EASE aa COMFORT The GILLETTE is always ready—no stropping, no honing, just | lather your face, take your GILLETTE from its case, adjust | for a light or a close shave «.y simply turning the screw handle | —and shave. That’s all! The GILLETTE gives you a clean, safe and comfortable | shave without delay, trouble, or irritation of the skin. The curve of the blade when adjusted, its rigidity, and the natural slant of the hand in holding the razor (giving the on stroke) all combine to effect the perfect shave—a GILLETTE shave. | GILLETTE BLADES are made from the finest steel by special processes, Flexible, with mirror-like finish. Rust-proof and antiseptic. Packet of 6 blades (12 shaving edges), 50c.; 12 blades (24 shaving edges), in nickel plated case, $1.00. The keenest and hardest edge ever produced. The GILLETTE Lasts a Lifetime. Ask your dealer to show you the Gillette Line. % Send postal for our free 1911 Baseball Booklet.” GILLETTE SALES COMPANY, 48 West Second Street, Boston, Mass. New York, Times Building; Chicago, Stock | NO STROPPING ~ NO HONING Exchange Building; Canadian Office, 63 St. Alexander Street, Montreal; Gillette Safety Razor, Ltd., London; Eastern Office, Shang- | hai, China, Factories: Boston, Montreal, Leicester, Berlin, Paris. WORLD OVER | KMingCGdle = “If it’s a Gillette—it's The Safety Razor." SECURED OR ] FEE RETURNED ATENTS Send sketch for free search of Patent Office Records. How to Obtain « Patest and What tolnveat wich list of inventions wacted and prizes ofered for inventions sent free, Patents advertised free. VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., Washington. D.C. Thick Weather At one time during a season of heavy THE MOST TALKED OF FIRM IN LONDON We SS fog a London daily newspaper offered a prize for the best fog story. The story given here won the prize. A merchant received a telephone mes- sage one morning from one of his clerks. “Hello, Mr. Smith!” said the clerk over the wire. “I cannot come down to the shop this morning on account of the fog. I have not yet arrived home yesterday.”—Youth's Companion, Coatse Skirts RECEPTION ano | Evenine Dresses MILLINERY. J TY «| ~ comicbooks.com