Life, 1912-11-07 · page 42 of 60
Life — November 7, 1912 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertisements with humorous content typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines. **Advertisements:** Mennen's Shaving Cream (emphasizing efficiency and hygiene) and Schlitz Beer dominate the page. The beer ad claims 60 years of purity, using brown bottles to prevent light decay—marketing appeals common to the era. **Humor Pieces:** 1. "There are Some Left"—a joke defining "haberdasher" as a shop for men whose wives don't buy their clothes, satirizing marital dynamics. 2. "A Hypothetical Question"—a lengthy poem asking whether moonshine could cause madness after a man meets an unattractive girl and becomes a poet. It's absurdist humor playing on romantic clichés. 3. A small cartoon about a burglar asking his partner if he "got anything," replied to with "Naw, de bloke wot lives here is a lawyer"—mocking lawyers as having nothing worth stealing, using exaggerated criminal dialect. The page reflects period attitudes toward gender, class, and occupational stereotypes presented as harmless amusement.
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A Half Inch of Cream A Few Movements of the Brush A Perfect Lather Mennen’s Shaving Cream “The Perfect Shaving Medium” Applied directly on the face—lathers freely and instantly. Contains no free caustic an absolutely will not dry on or emart the face—toft- ens the beard withcut the usual “rubbing-in"— catremely seonomical 100 shaves per tube —no waste—sanitary—antiseptic. Mennen’s Shaving Cream is not the hasty prod mq uct of a day, but the result of three years’ careful in. Y vestigation and experimenting. G name Mennen is behind the cream. For sale everywhere, 25c. Sample Tube, Free GERHAED MENNEN COMPAKY w Newark, There are Some Left “Pa, what's a haberdasher?” “A man who keeps a shop that is pat- ronized by men whose clothes are not bought by their wives.” —Chicugo Record Herald. “Dip youse git anything?” whispered the burglar on guard as his pal emerged from the window. “Naw, de bloke wot lives here is a ” said the first; T a “did youse lose anyt’ —Ohio State Journal. EXCLUSIVE FOOTWEAR To Your Order Made in any material to match your gown, cloak or hat. G Write for illustrat- ed catalog L and measurement blank. Fit guaranteed. E. HAYES Ladies? Custom Shoes A Hypothetical Question (By a contributor who prefers anonym- ity.) Doctor, assume that this defendant bere Had lived like any other normal boy For twenty years and nothing queer Had shown itself. He found his &reatest joy In baseball, hunting, fishing and the like, Until one moonlight night he rowed a girl Across the lake. Mike, Her hair is red and innocent of curl. Her nose is freckled like a turkey’s egg And pug to boot. Her figure we dis- miss With one remark—'twas like a young beer keg. And then he took to writing verse like this, Now in the light of modern theory, Could moonshine have brought on such lunacy? Her father’s name is —Green Bag. TYPOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING A RULE DISPLAY OVER A HOLD LETTER Order a case from your ‘dealer today. See that crown or cork is | branded “Schlitz”. the World over For sixty years we have used the best materials and inventions to make Schlitz pure and keep it pure. We go to Bohemia for hops. We go 1,400 feet down to rock for pure water, Our yeast, from which we propagate the mother cell, has been carefully guarded for sixty years. There is no purer beer brewed. We keep i it pure, too, from the brewery to your glass, by using the Brown Bottle. Light starts decay, even in pure beer. = SAL The Beer ‘That Made Milwaukee Famous. comicbook s.com t t t