Life, 1911-10-19 · page 32 of 48
Life — October 19, 1911 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with brief humorous anecdotes**, not political cartoons. The "Our Foolish Contemporaries" section contains three short jokes: 1. **"Too Much for Elizabeth"**: A child's innocent misunderstanding—she asks how large fish open tin cans, not grasping the metaphor about food chains. 2. **"He Was a Vegetarian"**: A philanthropist sends a starving man to a church, expecting charity. The punchline reveals the man is a vagrant drunkard (ordering "four beers and two cigars"), mocking both poor relief efforts and working-class behavior. 3. **"Had to Take Him"**: A church warden awkwardly thanks a bishop for substitute preaching, inadvertently insulting him by implying he's adequate "for such folk as us"—class-based humor about social hierarchies. The surrounding advertisements promote Chiclets gum, J&J Slater shoes, Hunter Whiskey, and Remoh gem jewelry. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and genteel satirical humor targeting class pretensions and naive observations.
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LIFE: © OURING I9IO, 2.623.412 CHICLETS WERE SOLD EACH DAY — niclets Litile Elizabeth and her mother were REALLY DELIGHTFUL having luncheon together, a wother, who always tried to i These jittle sardines, cth, sometimes eaten by the larger fish.” Elizabeth gazed at the sardines in Sle @ LOW +3 Q vint 117 wonder, and then asked: “But, mother, how do the large fish get the cans open? "—Lippine Strong in flavor, but not offensive. A delicate morsel, refreshing the mouth and throat and allaying after-dinner or aftec-smoking distress. The refinement cf chewing gum for people of refinement. It’s the peppermint—the frve mint. He Was a Vegetarian Pantaxtitxorist: Er—I sent starving devil down to you with a this morning to tell you to give hi eal, What's the bill? . - as For Sale at all the Better Sort of Stores Buxo: Eighteen pence. oo. Mj) 7/2 St the Ounce and in 5¢.0€ and 25¢ Packets Puitaxtuxorrst: What are the items? so 'SEN'SEN CHICLET COMPANVarteonnitestowte st vere Bux: Four beers and two cigars. dney Bulletin. Had to Take Him The vicar had been suddenly ill, and his church warden was in great difficulty about getting a substitute, when the bishop of the diocese kindly offered to » Not Imitations take the Sunday services himself, Ti greatest thump wie The church warden, wishing “to do . tric furnace—a marvelously ¢ right thing, : aser constructed gem, Looks lite the right thing,” at the close of the ser damond “Ww oxra the: ice went up to the bishop and, after ita mrond~brilisncy auking him mered out: forever—stands filing, fre 3 thanking him, stammered out: like adiamond. Has no paste, fo A poorer preacher would have done or, artificial backing, © Set only or si your lordship, bi 14° Karat Sotid gold. mounting for such folk as us, your lordship, but eign neat Sold gold, mounting. rer we were unable to find one J tecd to contain ao glass—will cut glass. I markedly distinctive— —The Continent, Senton approval. Money soy : ° ed if not perfectly satisfactory. every model is the in- — ff today for our De-Luxe Jewel Book—it Aidual creat: f fts “le AMOR expenavED™ free for the asking. Address— Ividual Creation of craits- “Yes, the upkeep is quite considera- Phi Remoh men skilled in carrying out Ule."—Boston Transcript. Jewelry Co. ‘ashion's.dictates S78 N. Brosdway, fashion’s dictates Caron! Rittere— Dest Tonic and Appetizer. No home com- St. Leal, Mo. plete withoutit. Sample on receipt of 25 cents, Oct. C. Blache & Co.,78 Broad St., N. Y., Gen'l Distrs, r inthe nec Newest styles oh _- = hand for every func- ‘ tion — dancing, \ morning and | evening wear, | golfing, hunting, automobiling. \ The J. & J. Slater custom-made department HISKE especially appeals fo those who insist upon a * made-to-measure”™* shoe. New illustrated price list." A Package of Shoes." wil al nsenaiont and measurement blank: FIRST OVER THE BARS J. & J. Slater BEST Broadway, at 25th Street OVER THE BARS New York Sold at all Orst-clans cafes and by Jobbera. WM. LANAIAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. comicbooks.com