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This page from *Life* magazine contains several short humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century satirical journalism. **The text pieces** are gentle domestic humor: - "A Practical Query" jokes about a child's innocent question after witnessing a death discussion - "Unexpected Flippancy" finds humor in a medical dictionary's definition of "shout" - "Fragile Father" presents a Maine farmer's matter-of-fact discussion of his 90-year-old father - "Typographically Speaking" makes a sly jab at Lyman Abbott (likely a public figure) about his editorial commitment **The main advertisement** promotes the Truffault-Hartford shock absorber for automobiles, emphasizing its longevity and reliability through "survival of the fittest" language—a popular business metaphor of the era. **The cartoons** include a silhouette illustration and a sketch of what appears to be a dog listening to a gramophone, captioned with a joke about appetite stimulation. The page reflects *Life*'s focus on brief, gentle satire and domestic humor rather than hard political commentary.

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In Search of Useful Information Donald and Jeanie were putting dow: a carpet Donald slammed the end o his thumb with the hammer and begar 1o pour forth his soul in Jangu: fitting the occasion. . “Donald, Donald!” shrieked J: A Practical Query horrified. “ Dinna swear that way Wummun!" — vociferated Donald “gin ye know ony better way, now is th lime to let me know it!” —Current Literature My little boy stood open-mouthed, while a friend claborated the details of a sudden death, The patient had not heen considered very seriously ill, and his nurse entered, bringing a baked po- 7 tato for which th fnan had ox. Fragile Father pressed a wish—" But friend, A man traveling in Maine met a mid- “before ‘he had tnsted it herd! I 7 dle-aged farmer, who told him his father, dep: ed the sadness of such recital aged ninety, was still on the fa hefore the child, but T need not have feared. His baby voice piped out. “ And — : where he w born. “Ninety years old, ch what became of the potato?” cP; pop’s close to ninety.” —Harper’s Magazine, “Is his health good?” ae ‘ain't much now. He's been com- plainin’ for a few months back.” Unexpected Flippancy “What's the matter with him?” “T dunno; sometimes I think farmin’ We hardly took for humor in a medi- don’t agree with him! cal dictionary, yet one recently published —Saturday Evening Post define ‘shout as “an ungte ; nt oie TYPOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING - produced by overstraining the throat, for ya time i Prodced ty versemining. heiress, (6 i [SR URGED! ABER GD: AsRAZE _ Many a time and oft we sit and won- ch great Soars paid: welt 2 vregine der whether Lyman Abbott docks his small children are punished.” contributing editor for soldiering —Boston Transcript. - Milwaukee Ase. de POpers, 10 at Saarbach's sve is published every 1 148 Rue du Faubourg, st. Denis, Pasi; 1. Via Possessions. $5.00 a year im advance. A ada, $2 cents. Single curt 25 cents. of be - . . i ee | alas pbated le Gand dead wd Mibustrations in LivK: are copyrighted, For Reprint Rights in Great Beitain apply Lare, 114 m is for salé by all Newsdealers 1a Prampt metiscation should be sent by subuvibers ef ams change of adders The survival of the fittest ruttault-Haritord ) SHOCK ABSORBER THE, Truffault-Hartford came when the motor car industry was in its swaddling clothes and it has been here ever since—just another instance of the survival of the fittest. ock absorbers” (?) have come and gone, but the Truffault- Hartford is still doing business on thousands of automobiles. It has survived because it has made good and it has made good because it is the only shock absorbing device founded on the one practical and scientific principle of shock absorption, cictional absorption, HARTFORD SUSPENSION CO. Factory, 165 Bay Street, Jersey City, Edw, V, Hartford, Pres. + Branches: New York —— Detro! Jersey City Kansas City Toston Newark Chicago: Phitadelpbls “TL LIKE TO LISTEN TO IT A FEW MINUTES: REFORE DINN 1 FIND IT GIVES ME AN APPETITE” comicbooks.com