Life, 1911-10-05 · page 36 of 50
Life — October 5, 1911 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains several product advertisements interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes. The main content includes: 1. **Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.** tool cabinet ad (top left) — shows two men examining a combination workbench with 95 tools, marketed as a gift for handy men and boys. 2. **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** section — three short joke anecdotes about business trickery, overtime work complaints, and date-guessing schemes. These are generic humor pieces, not political commentary. 3. **I.W. Harper Whiskey** ad — nostalgic tagline claiming superiority through tradition ("The kind your grandfather used"). 4. **"Youthful Logic"** and **"Easy"** — brief joke pieces about a math teacher and a doctor. 5. **Hawkes Glass** ad — promoting decorative glassware with information booklet. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising and light humor conventions. There is **no apparent political cartoon or satirical commentary** visible — it's a typical magazine page mixing ads with filler humor content.
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man or boy than Tinkering with Tools and for the man who is really handy with tools a present of one of our Combination Benches and Tool Cabinets will give him more pleasure than anything else you could select. It is a handsome oak cabinct containing 95 of the finest tools made and when open is a complete bench with vise ready for immediate use For one less expert, or for the boy, we suggest ‘one of our smaller cabinets, All tools are the highest grade standard mechanics’ tools, arranged in con- venient sets for home use. The quality is the same in all, the higher priced cabinets are larger and contain more tools. sive him d Tool wnet and a smaller Tool Manual Training Beach. pioneers in the sale of high-gra 4 every set bearsour guarantee of qualit Preneerrger direct (we h ‘or send for Catalogue No. 2943. HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO., NEW YORK {iii 4th Ave. and 13th St. HARDWARE, TOOLS AND SUPPLIES and the correct uesser takes the coin.” “So everybody in the crowd guessed : everybody bought some worthless ru and the dealer netted a huge profi Then, at the cnd, he looked at the $10 gold piece, held it up and said: hish, . “Now for it! Who guessed 1894?" Trickery Me! Me! Me!* cried every man “The new idea in business 18 nonesty. jack in the ‘shop. oyenness, frankness,” said Alton B he Gealer“emiled: Parker at a dinner at Esopus.“ We Then you guessed wrong,’ he said, used 10 conces ing, and very our pl slipping the coin into his pocket. ‘The poor, unsanitary work it was. We ex- date is 1812.’"—Woshington Star pose it now, and it is altogether sound, nd satisfactory, Well, busi wh eso ness is like that Overtime When I think of some of the tricks “When I was a young man,” said Mr used to obtain in reputable business Cumrox, “[ thought nothing of working firms, Ian reminded of the seaside auc twelve or fourteen hours a day.” tionecr. * replied the young man with “This scoundrel once held up a S10 sporty es, TE wish you wouldn't gold piece and said mention it. Those non-union sentiments “*Guess the date on this picce of are liable 10 make you unpopular. money, friends. Make a guess anda —Washingtou Star. I. W. HARPER Whiskey “THE KIND YOUR GRANDFATHER USED— * STILL THE BEST” Leading Dealers Thruout America There is nothing more fascinating to the average Youthful Legic The teacher in elementary mathen ics looked hopefully about the room “Now, children,” she said, “1 wish y to think very carefully before you an- swer my next question “Which would you rather have, three bags with two apples in each hag, or two s with three apples in each b 1 the teacher. hree bags with two apples in cach said a boy in one the last seats, while the best answer. “Why, Paul?" asked the te “ Because there'd be one more bag to bust,” announced ss still debated as to the cher. pract you mathematician. Youth's. Companion Easy Puysiciay: Have you y aches oF pains this morning Patient: Yes, doctor, It hurts Leathe, In fact, the only trouble now seems to be with my breath Puysiciay: All right. I'M give you something that will soon stop that —Good Housel “How to Know Glass” due A little volume you wil Mustrates and describes the processes in the making of cut glass. Gives the ex- pert information that enables you to choose cut glass as a connoisseur chooses it—for the subtle points of cutting and color. Also shows examples of Hawkes Glass Cut, Gravic, Satin Engraved, Rock Crystal We shall be glad tosend you this book request, ss is sold by the best den ers. piece without this trade-mark is genuine. If your dealer can't show, you Hawkes Glass, write for name of one whocan, Be sure to sce Hawkes. T. G. Hawkes & Co., Corning, N. Y. Had No Desire to “ Hog” Things Hee Fatitce sented to become your wife. fixed the day of the wedding Svrror: I will leave that to my fiancée. H. F.: Will you have a church or a private wedding? S.: Her mother can decide that, sir. H. hier has con- © you So my da -: What have you to live on? I will leave that entirely to you, sir —Boston Transcript. In a Pinch, use ALL! comicbooks 9S FOOT-EASE, / | | -co