Life, 1911-09-07 · page 38 of 44
Life — September 7, 1911 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct humor pieces from an early 20th-century American satirical magazine: **"A Grand Stove"** satirizes the presumed simplicity of enslaved and formerly enslaved Black servants. The "joke" hinges on a caricatured servant's alleged inability to understand modern appliances—she leaves a gas stove burning continuously during the owner's two-week absence, apparently unable to turn it off. This reflects racist stereotypes common to the period. **"A Senator Grady Editorial"** mocks a proposed law requiring signed newspaper editorials by tracing an article's chaotic journey through editorial hands—writer, editor-in-chief, publisher, staff debate, office boy ridicule—suggesting the editorial becomes distorted and unattributable by publication. It satirizes institutional muddling of responsibility. **The Ayers candy advertisement** (bottom left) simply promotes confections as an appealing gift alongside the humor pieces. The page also features a Bausch & Lomb camera lens advertisement with a dramatic football photograph, showcasing technological capability.
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NOW IF HE ONLY HAD A,BOX OF ABSOLUTELY THE PUREST AND BEST CANDIES (N THE WORLD HEN the ball is snapped into play, twenty-two men leap into instant action. Certainly no ordinary camera lens could capture a picture of that sort. But look at the above photograph, taken with a Bausch lomb Zeiss "Tessar [ENS Every detail is sharp, clear, perfect. Even the ball is arrested in its speedy flight by this still speedier lens, AndtheTcssar,withits wonderful light-gathering powers, has uniform, excellent definition. It is by far the best all-around lens ever produccd—adaptable forall outdoor action pictures, landscapes, indoor portraits and so on. Our Booklet M gives pricesand fullinformation as to the best lens for your particular purpose, Sent on request. Our name, backed by over a haif a century of ex- ferignce, {1 on all our producti lentes, micro. scopes, field glasses, projection apparatus, cngincering dnd other seientifie instruments, Bausch £9 lomb Optical CG. MEW YORK WASHINGTON CHICAGO SAM FRANCISCO LONDON DOCHESTER. NY, TRANKFORT A Grand Stove A Georgia woman who moved to Phil- adelphia found she could not be con- tented without the colored mammy who had been her servant for many years. She sent for old mammy, and the serv- ant arrived in due season. It so hap- pened that the Georgia woman had to leave town the very day mammy arrived. Before departing she had just time to explain to mammy the modern conven- iences with which her apartment’ was furnished. The gas stove was the con- trivance which interested the colored woman most. After the mistress of the household had lighted the oven, the broiler, and the other burners and felt certain the old servant understood its operations, the mistress hurried for her train, She was absent two weeks, and one of her first questions to mammy-was how = she had worried along. “De fines’ ever,” was the reply. “And dat air gas stove—oh my! Why do you know, Miss Flo’rence, dat fire Ee S ain't gon out yit."—Sacred Heart Re- riew. al A Senator Grady Editorial This editorial was suggested by S tor Grady’s bill in the New York Legis- lature requiring all editorials to be signed by their writer. It was first heard of in the celebrated Governor Pennypacker’s attempt at cen- sorship. It was suggested to us by “Constant Reader It was first written by B. Jones, edi- torial writer. It was mangled by X. Scott, editor-in- chief, and by him referred to the pub- lisher. It was ordered rewritten by the pub- lisher. It was debated in confidence by the entire staff. It was ridiculed by the office boy. It was again rehashed by B. Jones. It met the approval of the editor and the publisher. And was set on machine 26, printed on press 3 and proficred to the public. It roused the ire of ‘;Pro Bono Pub- lico.” And pleased “ Constant Reade And is now referred to Senator Grady. —Newark (N, J.) News. He Was Qualified “You're rather a young man to be left in charge of a drug shop,” said the fussy old gentleman. “Have you any diploma?” * Why—er—no, sir,” replied the shop- man; “but we have a preparation of our own that’s just as good.”—Sketch. No Fish Story “You'll be a man like one of us some day,” said the patronizing sportsman to a lad who was throwing his line into the same stream. “Yes, sir," he answered, “I s’pose I will some d. stay small and ketch a few fish.” ln the, OFFICE, 5.0L or or HOME bs BRIGHTEN UP axeters All sationer, Sead 10¢ bor of 50, asorted. arated booklet free. Liberal ducount othe trade. The O. K. Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y., U.S. A. ‘wo =MADE AT al GARS DR. GIVENS’ SANITARIUM — Spanien tee Aes CL Address DRG GIVENS, comicbook Mon i I I but I bilieve I'd rather OR