Life, 1911-07-20 · page 30 of 40
Life — July 20, 1911 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine mixes humorous social commentary with automobile advertising. The main satirical content includes: **"A Warning"** presents a racist dialect joke about an African American woman marrying a flirtatious man—typical of the era's problematic humor. **"Voice from the Clothes Closet"** satirizes a moth complaining about tariff protections on wool, mocking labor issues and trade policy through anthropomorphization. **"Love in a Taxi"** is a brief comic about a chauffeur's unrequited love, playing on emerging automobile culture and class differences. The page is dominated by the **McFarlan Motor Car Company advertisement**, promoting their new six-cylinder automobile as superior to four-cylinder models. This reflects early 1910s auto industry competition and consumer anxieties about vehicle depreciation. The racial caricatures and dialect humor reflect *Life*'s period sensibilities, now widely recognized as offensive. The tariff joke references genuine economic debates of the era.
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SSAUT SCISSORS Avt Nu Down the Line Snubbed by the Queen! Gee whiz! A jolt most keen That is. LLUS A Warning “Why, 'Mandy,” said old Mammy Dinah, “what's diss I hyah about yo’ marryin’ dat good for nuthin’ Sam Johnsing ? mmy, I suttinly am," said blushing a rich ochre. dat man’s de nateralest born flirt dere ever was on diss yeare earth, chile," said Mammy. “ Why, dey done fiahed him f'm de barber shop caze eb- ty time he look in de glass he'd wink at hisse’f!"—Harper’s Weekly. But Mrs. Koyne her thin lips bites And snubs her lesser satellites. (By Choice Those dames in turn “While visiting Georgia last year,” Ane Snub theirs. says a New York business man, “I en- A Her blighting burn countered a darky fruit-dealer who was Lik Each shares. not without humor. He had displayed "A They rush for solace to their hubs; above his wares a sign that struck me . The atmosphere is full of snubs. as being one of the best ¥ had ever seen Swe Louisville Courier-Jourial. Voice from the Clothes Closet “How I wish,” moaned the half-starved moth, “Thad a political pull! I haven't had a square meal for years, On account of the tariff on wool!” It read: WATERMELONS Our choi se eeeeseese35 cents Your choice.............35 cents.” ippincott’s. “I'p give anything, almost, if I had Mrs. Toner’s savoir-faire.” “I think it much more patriotic to —Chicago Tribun SCORN own an American-made car” —Birmingham Age Herald. Wh Lire is pablished every Thutsday, simattancoasly in toe United Chancery Lane. London, E. C.. England, AGKNTS — Brentans'a 37 Ave de MOpers, Pas : British Possessions. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage 10 foreign counts also at Saarbach's News Exchanges, 15 Joba Strand, W.'C., Londons 148. Ree, & Ch Union shet yea to Canada, ts cents, Single current copies. 10 cents, Back numbers, after three Faubourg. St. Denis, Paris; 1, Via Gustavo Modena, Milan; Mayence, Germany. "No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed enselote. Li The text and illustrations in Lave ore copyrichted. For Reprint Right: in Great Britain ap; does mot hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. fo Live, 174 Scuthumpton Rew, London, W. C. : Lipa is for sale by all Newsdealess in Great ‘The International News Company. Bu Be Ye OU will never be satisfied un- til you own a six, because the six unquestionably represents the best in automobile construction today, The recent announcement by one of the best known and oldest. manufacturers (who heretofore hasbeen particularly partial to the Four) of the addition of a Six to their 1912 line, further empha- sizes thisfact. The Four will, therefore, from now on, suffer greater depreciation than a Six. Coupled with this, the fact that the Six possesses a multitude of advantages over the Four, makesit the most desiras ble car for you to buy. A MeFarlan Six costs no more than JO" ould ordinarily pay fora Four— it costs $500 to $1000 less than other Sixes. McFarlan Sixes are made in two chassis (35-40 H. P. and 0-60 H. P.) and range in price from $2000 to $2600. LOVE IN A TAXI It was a chauffeur bold Who loved a Jadye fair, But when his love he told, Oh, decpe was his despair! Ni Ar kin Let us send you our Comparative Table of Sixes —don't stop to write a letter—just put yourname and address on @ postal card and mail it to us, McFarlan Motor Car Company Desk H, Connersville, Indiana For. straight that ladve proved That she could never love him, By showing that she moved comicbookihe a In circles far above him,