Life, 1912-06-06 · page 36 of 56
Life — June 6, 1912 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humorous anecdotes typical of Life's satirical format, plus advertisements. **The Cartoons/Jokes:** The "Bachelor Buttons" illustration shows a man at a desk labeled with household items (drinks, smokes, papers), likely satirizing bachelor life's disorder or simplicity. The three brief jokes mock social pretension and hypocrisy: - "Theatrical Outlook": A theater manager can't remember what show last played—suggesting small-town Texas indifference to theater - "What She Wanted": A society woman dismisses fancy cooking because it upsets her digestion—poking fun at upper-class affectation - "Getting Back at Him": A snobby man boasts of aristocratic heritage; the woman retorts her father "raised hogs"—reversing his snobbery with blunt honesty **The Point:** Early 1900s Life magazine used such anecdotes to mock class pretension, particularly among the aspiring middle class claiming superiority through ancestry or refinement. The page also advertises investment services and John Ames Mitchell's book *Pandora's Box*.
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Dy AT J Sel 5, ANT, Theatrical Outlook in Texas The manager of a theatrical company playing a “one-night stand” in Texas was talking to the hotel proprictor re- ding the prospects for business and had been assured they were good. Then he asked: “What was the last show you had here?” The landlord thought for a moment and, turning to the clerk, said “ Say, Fred, what’s the name on those trunks upstairs? "—Kansas City Star. @ DRINKS © Smones PAPERS What She Wanted Mrs. Post: Have you any cooks who can make mayonnaise, lobster New- burgh and croquettes? Propxiztor or INTE (proudly): Lots of "em. Mrs, Post (sadly): Bring me one of the other kind. I’ve got dyspepsia. —Harper’s Bazar. LIGENCE OPrice BACHELOR BUTTONS Live is pablisted every Thersday, simultaneously in the United States. 0 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign co: Je current copies, 10 cents. Back ni 10 1910 out of print. spanied br stamped and addre cited eantribusions, Lape is for sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain, ‘The International News Company, Breams Buit fanvelipe, Lave does met held Getting Back at Him This one is told about an E dancing class. There was a you an who thought a good deal abo: cestry and descent, and there young man who thought that al stuff was snobbish. Thé two sat dance together, and the girl her hobby almost at once. “What was your father?” the inter pung man father was a gentleman,” “ But what did he do for a livir The young man thought that but the girl came right back “What was your father?’ “ My father raised hogs.” he did. But what did Cleveland Plain | she for a living? A New Idea “Your honor,” feur, “ horn would not work,” "Then why did you not slacken s rather than run him down A light prisoner. thought of that.” said the arrested ¢ I tried to warn the man, t seemed to dawn “That's one on me. I+ Post upon the '—Honston iu Lave: are eapsrighted, Wc Tor Reprint Rights in Grest Brita be unt by subcribers of any change $5,000 WELL INVESTED AMOUNT $1,000. 1,000. 1,000. INCOME - Ist mortgage guaranteed railroad bond -Ist mortgage public utility bond high-class industrial preferred stock 1,000. . .seasoned railroad stock. 1,000. . . proven industrial common stock - $5,000 =——— Yearly income, $296. or The average investor has neither the time, ex- perience nor facilities to choose the investments which yield as much as 5.92% and which are safe. That is our business and we are constantly doing it for our clients. Our Statistical Department has recently prepared analyses on the following subjects, copies of which will be sent on request: 1—Reading and Segregation 2—American Can 3—Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company 4—Allis-Chalmers s—Baltimore & Ohio 6—Republic Iron & Steel 7—Illinois Central 8—Lehigh Valley Railroad 9—Judging Securities EASTMAN, DILLON & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange INVESTMENT BANKERS 71 Broadway, - - New York PANDORA’S BOX By JOHN AMES MITCHELL Amos Judd," The Pines of Lory,” etc. Editor of Life. Four Mlustrations by the author, FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Publishers New York Author of $1.30 met; prepaid $1.12 comicbooks.com