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This page from *Life* magazine (a satirical publication) contains several humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century American humor. The main cartoons/jokes satirize social behavior: 1. **"For Emergencies"** mocks a child's logic—he withdraws savings to have spending money, contradicting the purpose of saving. 2. **"Human Nature"** presents a waiter's cynical observation that poor men over-tip to hide poverty while rich men under-tip to hide wealth—satirizing class anxiety and social pretense. 3. **"Mutual Affection"** (caption visible) appears to reference romantic sentiment. 4. **"Every Man to His Trade"** jokes about a woman calling a taxidermist asking him to "stuff" a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner—confusing his profession with cooking. 5. **"Easy Little Primer Lesson"** presents grim irony: a lesson about a mad dog and bystander where the policeman's shot misses—dark humor about public danger. The page is otherwise dominated by period advertisements for Irish linens and Londonderry spring water, reflecting early 1900s consumer culture.

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Lave is published every Thetiday, simultaneously ia the U Possessions, 4 years to Canada, $2 cents. date of publication. 25 cents. For Emergencies In some of the college there are penny savings banks for chil- dren, One Saturday a small boy arrived with an important air and withdrew two cents from his account. Monday morning he promptly returned the moncy. So you didn’t spend your two cents,” observed the worker in charge. “Oh, no,” he replied, “but a fellow just likes to have a little cash on hand over Sunday.”—Huarper’s Mag settlements cine, Human Nature “Why is it,” asked the curious guest, “that poor men usually give larger tips than rich men?” “Well, sub,” said the waiter, who was something of a philosopher well, “looks to me Jike de po’ man don’t want nobody to find out he's po’, and de rich man don’t want nobody to find out he’s rich."”—Youth’s Companion. as “po you KNow, ME, TOO, LOVE ited States, Great Brisa 4 Beitish Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Unica, $1.04 Single current copies, 10 cents, Rack numbers, after three months from Issues prior to 1910 out of print. $5.00 a year in advance. ed unless accompanied by amped and addreued envelipe. turn of unialicited cantributions. Lape dees met held test Established Half a Century Registered Trade Mark Irish Table Linens At “The Linen Store” Historically, this house dates back to Ireland, whence its founders emigrated over half a century ago to market Irish Linens in America. In those carly days Irish Linens held a most important place in our stock. To-day our assortment is greater than ever before and is made up of goods from all the famous, long established fac- tories, among which are John S. Brown, J. N. Richardson's Sons and Owden, Ireland Bros., the Old Bleach Linen Co., Broadway Damask Co.—firms which are houschold names the world over, and whose product possesses the peculiar virtues whercin the Linens of the “ Emerald Isle" ¢: Our stock of Irish Linens ranges in price as follow TABLE CLOTHS Breakfast size Breakfast 3.00 up to 16.25 dos. 5.00 up to 46.00 doa. Mail Orders Receive Our Prompt Attention, James McCutcheon & Co. 5th Ave. and 34th Se. New York MUTUAL AFFECTION MENRY, LIKE A SILLY LITTLE Goose.” = —————_—_ Every Man to His Trade Mas. Newty Wepo: Is this the taxi- dermis MAN on THE TeLEPHone Mrs. you? Max: We sure do, ma’am. Mas. N. Weop: Well, how much would you charge to come up here id stutt the turkey we're going to have for Thanksgiving dinner? [myself don’t know how Yes N. Weoo: You stuff birds, don't Woman's Home Companion, An Easy Little Primer Lesson See the Mad Dog. Also the Innocent Bystander. The one froths at the Mouth. The other shudders with Dread. The Police- man takes Aim. Can the Innocent By- stander possibly escape c!—the Policeman's Re- volver misses Fire! —Kansas Ci “Mas. Covcrrs is dreadfully afraid of emboupoint,” remarked Mrs. Gadsley. “Is that so?” chirped Mrs. Wopper. “My favorite awnt had it, and the poor thing just wasted away!” —Birmingham Aqe-Herald, 1 PEEL just le by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from booksellers in all the princiat Id. The foreign trade supplied from Lin's London Office, Canaon House, Breams Baiktingy With the splash of the mountain springs in it—that’'s the way LONAONARTT comes to you. Sparklingly pure. Deliciously palatable. Delight- fully refreshing. No American table water equals Londonderry. Nothing anywhere excels it. _.Try it. The Londonderry habit is good for you. Sparkling\effervescent)inth: jain (still) 2 DONDERRY LITHIA SPRING WATER) <<.\ Nashua, N. H. | comicbooks.com