Life, 1912-05-30 · page 32 of 44
Life — May 30, 1912 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page is primarily **advertising**, with brief humorous anecdotes in the left column under "Our Foolish Contemporary." The featured cartoon/story concerns **Senator Bailey of Texas**. An editor supposedly predicted Bailey would lose his county convention bid so specifically that when Bailey didn't appear, the editor printed an obituary-style item claiming Bailey had died of appendicitis—only to have Bailey unexpectedly show up alive. The joke satirizes overconfident political prediction and the editor's embarrassment at being proven wrong. The remaining anecdotes are light social humor: a dispute between two men about writing books, a widow's superstition about Friday burials, and a story about Charles W. Morse (a noted businessman/financier) borrowing money. The bulk of the page consists of product advertisements: **Eux-e-sis shaving cream**, **U-All-No mint candies**, **Elco motor boats**, and other goods—typical for Life magazine, which relied heavily on advertising revenue.
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