Life, 1911-10-12 · page 11 of 48
Life — October 12, 1911 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("The Shock Absorber"):** A man sits at what appears to be a bar or restaurant, looking stunned while a woman departs. The title suggests he's been emotionally impacted by an interaction with her—likely a rejection or unexpected statement. **Bottom Cartoon:** A woman performs a bicycle stunt, apparently popping a wheelie or similar trick. The caption reads: "PLEASE, MISS, WOT HAVE YE GOT FER ABOUT A PENNY THAT'D BE NICE TO GIVE A LADY ON HER SIXTH BIRTHDAY?" The humor appears to involve a man's awkward or inappropriate request to a woman performing the stunt—mixing admiration with an odd gift-giving proposition. **Article:** Discusses Secretary Fisher's verdict on Alaskan coal reserves, debating whether the Bering River coal has genuine value or represents worthless property.
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THE SMOCK ABSOKEER Next Week HE announcement of the winner in Lire's Picture Con- test will appear in our next issue. The Behring River Coal ECRETARY FISHER’S verdict on the Alaska coal will be accepted as sincere, but hardly as conclusive. Mr. Pinchot will doubtless come back with further infor- mation and, after all, the estimates of the values of Alaska’s coal were based on the reports of Government prospectors and inspectors, who were believed to be ex- perts and to know whereof they spoke. But in so far, at least, as Mr. Fisher may help to per- suade the authorities that the Behring River coal is not too good to use, his journey and report will be helpful to Alaska. That coal had been cracked up until it was almost as mischievous a possession as one of those huge dia- monds which imperil the lives of their possessors and worry the police. After all, unassigned property is a public nuisance. If it 1s going to turn out that there is just about a living for the Guggenheims in the Alaska mines, perhaps they may as well have them. But we shall hear more about that coal. “ PLEASE, MISS, WOT HAVE YE GOT FER ABOUT A PENNY. THAT'D BE NICE TO GIVE A LADY ON MER SIXTH BIRT~ pay?" comicbooks.com