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This page from *Life* magazine (a satirical publication) contains several short humorous anecdotes and advertisements, rather than political cartoons. The jokes employ common early-20th-century humor: **"Why the Bulldog"** plays on absurdist logic (ordering a bulldog to eat one's steak). **"A Nasty Accident"** uses children's innocent misunderstandings for comedy. **"It's a Long Lane"** is a gentle anecdote about Andrew Lang (a real Scottish writer) giving vague directions along London's Cromwell Road—the humor lies in the understated punchline that his house is "just opposite" after all that explanation. **"Preliminaries"** depicts class dynamics: a vagrant refuses backbreaking farm labor without even asking the wage, suggesting the work is obviously exploitative. The page is primarily **advertising**: Apollinaris water, Abbott's Bitters, Caroll Bitters, Craftsman House Plans, and Williams' Shaving products dominate the layout. The ads appeal to middle-class aspirations (beautiful homes, refined grooming). The humor is genteel and topical rather than sharp political satire—typical of *Life*'s approach to entertaining educated, middle-class readers.

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For High Balls take Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” It blends perfectly with all Whiskies It makes them more wholesome oO U R_ FOOLISH nite Often CONTEMPORARIES The men who say Hard work is sweet, Are those who live On Easy street —Cincinnati Enquirer. Why the Bulldog > as ." said Colonel Clay, as he Preliminaries glanced around the dining room of the “Can't you get any work?” asked a big hotel, “you all kin bring me a Ken- woman of a tramp who had applied at tucky breakfast the back door for food. “And what is that. sir?” asked the yes, ma'am,” he replied. “1 was waiter. offered a steady job by the man who lives “Bring me a big steak, a bulldog and down the road in that big white house.” a quart of Bourbon whisky.” “That's Mr. Oatseed. What was the “But why do you order a bulldog?” work? asked the waiter. “He wanted me to get up at four in “To cat the steak. sub,” replied the the morning, milk seventeen cows, feed. Colonel.—Cincinnati Enquirer. water and rub down four horses, clean the stables and then chop wood until it A Nasty Accident was time to begin the day's work.” “What did he want to pay you “LT dunno, ma'am, 1 didn’t. stop to ask."—Toledo Blade. Bennie, aged four, met Henry, aged five, and the following conversation en sued “ Whatsamatter your he a a pes poonful of Abbott's Bitters with your Grape Fruit Bumped it ona ceiling tonic. Sample of bitters by mail, “Ona stepladder? : 2. C. W, Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md, “No. 1 was playin’ ‘ith my papa ; floor an’ I was sitting on his tumm: : How did you get along in “ An’ nen wha r . Papa sneezed."—London Opinion Stoens: Not very well. Bronns: Don't you speak French? Caron Bitters. The best by test. Send 25 cents for Stones: Only enough to make myself ‘CRAFTSMAN’ HOUSE PLANS THs iso CRAFTSMAN house: dure beautiful, mee convenient, with no useless partitions, no waste space, decoration. We design homes of this character without charge for CRAFTSMAN subscribers. Sei CRAFTSMAN HOUSES" and a copy of THE CRAFTSMAN Magazine, which treats in a new and inapiring furnishing and beautifying homes; also sample pages of our new 204-page book, “MORE CRAFTSMAN HOMES. THE CRAFTSMAN, Ben Wiles, Circalation Manager, Room 428, 41 West 34th Street, New York City It’s a Long Lane They were telling stories of the late Andrew Lang in one of the clubs the other night. One man told of a dinner invitation given by Mr. Lang. He was staying in Marlowe's Road, Earl's Court, a street away at the end of that long Cromwell Road, which scems to go on forever. The guest was not very sure how to get there, so Lang explained. “Walk right along Cromwell Road,” he said, “till you drop deal. and m: house is just of posite!” —London Answers. Holder se Your fingers don’t touch the soap, not even when you are using up the last quarter-inch of the stick, and when you set the stick down it will stand firm and steady on its metal base, without toppling. How much these two points mean every shaver under- stands. And with all this con- venience there is the same thick, creamy, soothing lather that has made Williams’ Shaving Soap famous through three-quarters of a century. Four forms of the same good quality: Williams’ Shaving Stick 'inssd-cover ‘ams’ Holder Top Shaving Stick jiams’ Shaving Powder Hinsedeqsr Williams’ Shaving Cream ( (in tubes) SPECIAL OFFER A liberal sample of cither Williams’ Shaving Stick, Shaving Powder, Shaving Cream, Jersey Cream Toilet Soap, Violet Tale Powder or Dental Cream, sent for 4 cents in stamps, postpaid, or all six articles in neat combination package lor24centsin stamps. Address The J. B. Williams Co., Devt. A, Glastonbury, Conn. —_—_—_—— 2108 You ™ Or | Igo f That And, \ Kee Cares For Not hi And With To comicbooks.com