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Life — May 25, 1911 — page 41: Life, 1911-05-25

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This page is primarily **advertising**, with brief satirical humor pieces interspersed. The main content consists of four advertisements: Hunter Whiskey (emphasizing compliance with Pure Food Law), Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires, Panhard Oil for motors, and Caron-Paris perfume. The short jokes scattered throughout reflect early 20th-century humor sensibilities: - **"Expert Opinion"**: A student examining an eye thinks it's medically remarkable, only to learn it's a glass prosthetic—mocking overzealous academic pretension. - **"A Militant Grouch"**: Someone irritably insists they don't care if others sympathize with their bad mood—absurdist humor about curmudgeonly indifference. - **"Inheritance"**: A wealthy patrician's only ancestral legacy is an unpaid mortgage—satirizing aristocratic decline and financial ruin masked by old family pride. - **"Bon Davis" anecdote**: Praising someone as a talented "killjoy" who can "throw a wet blanket" far—using exaggeration to mock social party-spoilers. The page reflects pre-WWI American magazine culture mixing commerce with lighthearted social commentary.

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Expert Opinion Astodent in an ophthalmic institution yas requested to examine and report too the condition of a man’s eye. Have ie ceremoniously adjusted the ophthal- moscope, he looked long and carefully isto the opt'c “Most remarkable!" he ejaculated, in : Then, having read- nt, he made a further refuel examination. “ Very extraordi- mary, indeed!” he exclaimed. “I have rever heard of such an cye. Have you ssional opinion on it?” s the laconic reply. “ The t in said it was a fine bit of glass!"—Ked Hen, A Militant Grouch “How do you feel this morning?” “Grouchy. But please understand one thine.” “What is that?” “I don't care a rap whether you sym- pothize with me or not.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. “Your own baby, if you have onc,” alvertised the enterprising photographer, “can be enlarged, tinted and framed for tors per dozen,” Metropolitan Magazine, Parone R) GOOD JUDGES PRONOUNCE HUNTER WHISKEY THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE Guaranteed under the Pure Food Law at all first-class caf bbers, AHAN & SON, Batis, Md, Kelly- Springfield Automobile Tires We laid the foundation for our Automobile Tire when making Vehicle Tires. The quality of our Automobile Tire justifies the reputation of our Vehicle Tire. ‘The writer can personally say that he drove a set of these Kelly tires for over eighteen months with- ‘out a single cent of expense, and secured a mileas of over 12,000 miles, and the original tires still running on the same car they were put on, J. J, COLE, Pres, and Gen'l Mer. ‘Cole Motor Car Company, lodianapolis, Ind, Specify Kelly Springfield Tires on your aulomobile, They cost no more than any first-class tire and are better Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. 20 Vevey Street, New York Branch Offices in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Detroit, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Atlanta and Akron, Ohio, Inheritance “Did any one of your ancestors per- form a single action to cause posterity to remember him?" asked the Socialis:, truculently. The worn patrician lifted his head sadly and gazed at his interlocutor with mournful cyes. “My grandfather,” he said, in soft, melodious tones, “put a mortgage on the place that is not paid off yet.” —The London Sporting Times. “Bon” Davis, who is editor of Mun- sey's Magazine and the author of several plays, is the possessor of a sense of humor and a power of expression that is frequently picturesque. Speaking of a man who bad achieved some distinction as a killjoy, Davis said: “That fellow is a great athlete. He can throw a wet blanket two hundred yards in any gather- ing.”—Argonaut, (0 you know how to jydgea motor oil? My booklet, “Motor Lubri- WW cation,” will help you. It tells of the perfect lubricating qualities of Panhard Oil For Motors— Bot ft ts more thas ao ondiaary advertisement, 1 wfll seod It free Mf you will give the name ef year desler. Don’t merely ask for Good Oil say “‘Panhard,’’ becaus: It is refined from the Snest off In the world— Penasyirania crude, Absolutely niform in not carbonize if properly used. temperatares. Sold in“ or in barrels. | 35 years of Oil Experience bas ‘been pat into “ Motor Lubrication "and this is for you—if you write to-day, GEORGE A. HAWS, Main Office, 69 Pine St., New York City Dealers: Write for my spectal co-operatice plan, "Artistic Perfumer. Caron —Paris »tassxeriy: ‘xtract. Sold by the Best Stores, "1065 comicbooks.com