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Life — June 1, 1911 — page 33: Life, 1911-06-01

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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine (dated 1921), not a political cartoon. The page contains multiple advertisements and three brief humorous anecdotes. The notable content includes: **Advertisements**: Hawkes Glass (cut glass vessels), Apollo Player Piano, and Djer-Kiss perfume dominate the page visually. **Humor sections** ("On the Homestretch," etc.): Three short joke pieces, including one attributed to Chief Justice White about two enslaved men on a Louisiana plantation discussing a bullet. The jokes reflect early 20th-century American humor conventions—relatively mild, conversational anecdotes rather than pointed satire. **No political cartoons appear** on this page. The humor is domestic and apolitical: misunderstandings between travelers and hotel clerks, wartime disappointments about Spain. The page reflects 1921 consumer culture and entertainment conventions, with advertisements taking precedence over editorial content.

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Color, Craftsmanship and Design All these telling quali- ties are brought to rare perfection in Hawkes Glass Cut, Engraved, The distinctive difference in a Hawkes piece appeals to even the untrained eye; expert judges of glass unanimously accord it highest artistic praise. At the best dealers. No piece without this trade- mark engraved on it is genuine. If your dealer does not sell Hawkes Glass, write for address of one who does. Ustech Vase T. G. Hawkes & Co. Geavic tis Pattern Corning, N.Y. On the Homestretch Chief Justice White is a Southerner, roses ee and knows many negro stories. A writer in Munsey's 3 ° cites the follow- Britzin op7i ing as of his favorites: Two Louisiana negroes who worked on Mr. White's father’s plantation got into a quarrel with a third laborer, who car ried a pistol. The man with the re volver began to shoot, and the two others ran to cover. When they were out of range, one of them said to his com- panion Did you hear dat last bullet? Deed I did. I heard it twiet “What do you mean by dat?” asked first one. T heard dat bullet once when it passed me, and den again when I passed it,” was the answer Youth's Companion “Ties you were disappointed in your first glimpse of Spain?” “T admit 1 was somewhat surprised. I thought everybody carried a guitar.” Louisville Courier-Journal. ry Dyer:Kis. Ze Player Piano 4 pe Melville Clark Piano and the Apollo were made, from the very beginning, for each other. Aside from being one of the few pianos of the world, the Melville Clark Piano is specially Sorghinedt to meet the requirements of a player-piano. The good Pianos that contain other players deteriorate under the unaccustomed strain. The first Apollo made was installed in a Melville Clark Pian especially constructed to receive it, and from that day to this, piano, player and music have been constructed, each for the other, under the supervision of a man who has been the feader in his line of work for 35 years. Melville Clark made even the first Apollo play the piano correctly. He made it play with downward stroke on.the keys and made it play 88 notes—the full key! Kies eight bey the Apollo was the only mare that played 88 notes, and the only one that touches down on the keys. The others would i i they cul could, but the Apollo is protected in this exclusive right by U. S- patente re the largest manufacturers of piano players in the world who make the the music under one Bb-asts' payers ind (88-ote wissic more than twice as long as any other manufacturer of play The instrument that has built up our supremacy will be more fully explained to in a catalog showing nine of tha ISI styles. "Send your mame and address or see one of oar three hundred dealers Melville Clark Pianos without players, $500 to $1,000 " Melville Clark Piano is Company 442 Fine Arts Building, Chicago a New York Shaw Rooms, 305 Fi Avenue Lodeue exquise du parfum Dier-Kiss est fe secret de sa — Keen Rerkof| lf Baris Gxtraet, Suchet, Face and Taleum Lowder Atall dealers, Send 6c. for Sample of Extract. Alfred H. Smith Co., 41 West 33d St., New York Sound Argument wouldn't mind giving me the room on the In the gray light of early morning the traveler faced the night clerk resolutely. “You gave me the worst bed in the hotel!” he began, indignation in his voice and eyes. “If you don’t change me before to-night, I shall look up other lodgings.” “There's no difference in the beds, sir,” the clerk replied, respectfully. The traveler smiled ironically. “TE that is so,” he said, “ perhaps you 1081 left of mine.” “Tt is occupied, sir.” “T know it is. By a man who snored all night and was still at it ten minutes ago. His bed must be better than mine, or he couldn't sleep at a maximum ca- pacity of sound eight hours ona stretch.” “The beds are all alike, sir. That man has been here before, and he always sleeps on the floor, sir.” —N York Call. Ccomicbooks.com