Life, 1911-12-21 · page 29 of 44
Life — December 21, 1911 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, dominated by a large Gillette Safety Razor Christmas gift advertisement. The razor is pitched as practical for "the traveler, the motorist, the college man" — targeting male gift-givers seeking useful presents. Models range from $5 to $50. The page also includes three brief anecdotes: "Cutting an Acquaintance" (a Georgian-era story about social snubbing), "Why Tom Lost His Job" (workplace humor about a tardy employee using an alibi), and "Our Ungrammatical Waiters" (a joke about Boston dialect, mocking a waiter ending a sentence with a preposition). A book advertisement for *Pandora's Box* by John Ames Mitchell appears on the left. **Context for modern readers:** The Gillette ad reflects early 20th-century marketing targeting men, emphasizing practicality. The brief jokes rely on period-specific social hierarchies and linguistic humor now largely obscured.
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cuum- “uums -LIFE- Cutting an Acquaintance George Selwyn, happening to be at Bath when it was ly empty, was in- duced, for the mere purpose of killing time, to cultivate the acquaintance of an elderly gentleman he was in the habit of meeting at the Rooms. In the height of the following season, Selwyn encoun- tered his old associate in St. James's street. He endeavored to pass unnot- iced, but in vain. “What! don’t you recollect. me?” exclaimed the cuttec. “I recollect you pericctly,” replied Sel- wyn; “and when I next go to Bath I shall be most happy to become acquainted with you again.” PANDORA’S BOX It glows with a warm and smiling humor, a story that will keep one read- ing right along from the first page to the last, possessing a certain radiance and wholesomeness difficult to describe. New York Times. A refreshingly original story, told with great skill, is “Pandora's Bos Brooklyn Eagle. By JOHN AMES MITCHELL Author of “Amos Judd," “The Pines of Lory," ete. Editor of Life. Fear lustrations by the author, $1.30 net: prepaid $1.42 FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Publishers. New York can This Christmas, Give HIM a Gillette Safety Razor GIVE your men friends something practical—some- thing they will value. The GILLETTE makes a splendid Christmas \present—simple, useful, lasting, sensible. The traveler, the motorist, the college man, the young man just reaching the shaving age, or the man who shaves at home—all will welcome such a gift and enjoy its use every day of the year. No matter what walk of life your friends may be in, you can easily select a GILLETTE to suit their tastes and requirements. The GILLETTE can be had in various styles from $5.00 up to $50.00—two of which are shown here. THE MATCHLESS GILLETTE BLADES have made the GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR the world’s standard. These blades are on sale everywhere. To your men friends who already use the \GILLET TE, why not make a gift of blades, a half dozen oradozen packets—6 blades (12 shaving edges), 50 cents —nickel plated box of 12 blades (24 shaving edges), $1.00. If your dealer does not carry the GILLETTE linesendus his name and we'll mail you catalog, NO STROPPING ~ NO HONING GILLETTE SALES COMPANY Plated Resor, Soap sad 48 West Second Street Boston, Mass, Brush in Cases, 2 Blade “If it’s a Gillette—it’s The Safety Razor."” y eves Valves ae eee Why Tom Lost His Jeb Our Ungrammatical Waiters afternoon of the big - Visitor: After reading so much about the Giant o e / , Boston culture | was surprised to hear entering the office, found a note from one of your waiters repeatedly end a his employer, Mr, Soandso: sentence with a preposi n going out—shall return at six- Henpite: Indeed! What was the sen- tence? fom left a note: Visitor: “ Plate of beans with!” “Tam going out, too; but you'll never —Boston Transcript. know it, Old Glue-foot, for I shall return at six-fourteen.” But Tom got caught in a 3 Howano: Miss Farnham paints block and Mr. Soandso didn't.—Success. Cowaxo: Houses, pictures or face? 1143 comicbooks.com