Life, 1911-11-16 · page 35 of 44
Life — November 16, 1911 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with two minor text pieces. The main advertisements feature: - **Peter's Chocolate** (food product) - **Calox Tooth Powder** (dental hygiene) - **Franklin Automobile Company** (vehicles with detailed specifications and pricing) The editorial content includes: **"Josh Billings on Woman"** – A humorous piece using phonetic dialect humor (popular in 19th-century American comedy). It presents backhanded compliments about women, asserting they're valuable yet comparing them unfavorably to men, culminating in the joke that women's only mistake is thinking they're "better man than Adam." **"Too Much God and No Flour"** – A brief anecdote attributed to Bill Nye, quoting Chief Pocatello's criticism of a hypocritical Indian agent. The humor relies on the stereotype of Native American speech patterns and offers a satirical critique of religious hypocrisy. There's also a small cartoon captioned "CAN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR MY EYES, DR. DRAKE?" featuring apparently flirtatious behavior resulting in arrest. These pieces reflect early-20th-century humor conventions heavy on dialect comedy and gentle social satire.
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Who Loves Chocolate Loves Peter’s because it is the very acme of per- fection in the art of preparing an eatingchocolate with the true choco- late favor combined with nourish- ing qualities of exceeding value. It is a food and candy combined. Peter's Milk Chocolate Peter's Milk Chocolate Croquettes Peter's Almond Milk Chocolate Peter's “Thimbles” with Hazelnuts Peter's Bon-Bons LAMONT, CORLISS & CO. Sole Agents New York Josh Billings on Woman Woman iz the glassware ov krea- shun, She iz luvly and brittle, but she hez run up everything we really enjoy in this life from 25 cents on the dollar to par. Adam, without Eve, would hav been az stupid az playing a game ov checkures alone. Thare haz been more butiful things sed in her praze than thare haz ov enny other animate thing, and she is worthy ov them all. She is not an angell, tho, and i hope she won't never Only use can demonstrate to you the wonderful sense of sweet- ness and cleanliness that the oxy- gen in CALOX brings to mouth and teeth. Only use can show you how CALOX wards off de- cay and, where decay hasstarted, arrests its growth. No other dentifrice contains this Oxy- gen; no other dentifrice can do for you what CALOX does. ‘Sample and Booklet free on request All Druggists 25c oN Ask for the Calox Tooth Brush, 35¢. \. McKESSON & ROBBINS PED NEW YORK FRANKLIN DIRECT AIR COOLING REQUIRES NO MECHANISM. IT IS THE LOGICAL, SIMPLE, POS'TIVE WAY. WEATHER CON- DITIONS DO NOT AFFECT IT. IT AVOIDS THE WEIGHT AND COMPLICATION OF THE WATER CIRCULATING SYSTEM. THE MOTOR IS QUIET, FLEXIBLE AND VERY RESPONSIVE. HIGHER EFFICIENCY IS SECURED; THE MOTOR UTILIZES THE FULL POWER OF THE GASOLINE. SIX-CYLINDER, 30 H. P., “THE LITTLE SIX", FIVE-PASSENGER TOURING CAR, $2800. SIX-CYLINDER, 38 H. P., FIVE-PASSENGER TOURING OR FOUR- PASSENGER TORPEDO-PHAETON, $3500. SIX-CYLINDER, 28 H. P., SEVEN-PASSENGER TOURING, SIL- VERTOWN CORD TIRES, $4000; LIMOUSINE, $50C0. FOUR-CYLINDER, 25 H. P., FIVE-PASSENGER CAR, $2000. FOUR-CYLINDER, 18 H..P., RUNABOUT, $1650. FOUR-CYLINDER, 25 H. P., LIMOUSINE OR LANDAULET, $3000. ALL PRICES F. O. B. FACTORY, TOP AND GLASS FRONT IN- CLUDED, WEIGHT MAKES TIRE EXPENSE. FRANKLIN CARS ARE LIGHT- WEIGHT AND LARGE TIRES ARE USED. THE TIRES ARE NOT OVERLOADED AND THEY GIVE LONG AND SATISFACTORY SERVICE. WE HAVE A TABULATED REPORT OF TIRE SERVICE FROM MANY OWNERS AND WILL MAIL IT ON REQUEST. WRITE FOR OUR NEW CATALOGUE. FRANKLIN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY SYRACUSE N Y go into the angell bizzness. Angells on earth don’t pay. The only mistake that woman haz ever made iz to think she iz a better man than Adam. Too Much God and No Flour Old Chief Pocotello, now at the Fort Hall agency, in answer to an inquiry relative to the true Christian character of a former Indian agent at that place, “CAN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR MY gave in very terse language the most EVES, DR. DRAKE? EVERY TIME 1 STROLL ON BROADWAY SOME GIRL HAS ME ARRESTED FOR WINKING AT HER.” accurate description of a hypocrite that was ever given to the public. “ Ugh! Too much God and no flour.”—Bill Nye. 873 comicbooks.com