Life, 1912-11-07 · page 44 of 60
Life — November 7, 1912 — page 44: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content**, not political satire. The main piece is "The Truth About Cats"—a humorous essay full of puns rather than meaningful commentary. It consists almost entirely of cat-related wordplay: "cat-a-log," "cat-ill," "cat-chin complaint," "cat-arrh," "cat-a-pult," and "cat-holic." These forced puns are the entire point of the humor. The accompanying story, "Good Business," is a straightforward anecdote about brothers hunting foxes in the Catskills—selected mainly because it contains the word "Catskills," allowing it to loosely tie into the cat-pun theme. The page otherwise contains shoe and hair tonic advertisements typical of the era. There is **no political cartoon, caricature, or social satire** visible here—just light, pun-based humor and period advertising.
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-LIFE The Truth About Cats When a puss purrs she does it for a FELT SHOE CO.’S Cats are easily teased. Give a cat ink from your tea-cup and your te Cats may be usefully employed in vari- ous ways. Thus a cat on a felled tree in a sales-room would serve for the cat-a- log. A cat who is poorly will take the place of cows, bulls, oxen, ete.—cat-ll. To obtain a sale-ground for cattle is the easiest thing in the world. Place a cat by the side of a mouse-hole, and you'll find the cat'll market it. Cats are capable of great things. To an able puss many things are puss-able. g d Yi Grameen tik Your Hair and You dark. This is because they cat lights. +i 5 ; Cats are not truthful; they will lie _ Once that ‘‘ Crowning Glory" about the place all day. They are also is gone, it is too late for regrets, ipy; the Manx cat is the only one that is not a tail-bearer. 9 Cats are easily offended. If you pur- sue one down a road you will find she e will easily take a fence. Cats kill things; they kill rats and mice, and we have heard of the Catskill Mountains, — They spend much time in washing and = The De Luxe tidying themselves. They do not know (Eau de Quinine) | Women’ sr Light Blue, Lavender, Ord Rose, Pink, Price what it is to dress for dinner, but they Fawn, Oxford Grey, Wine, Chinchilla Gr iw: emsely vinigelve: : rs ae Pea te Woinen' bat "without ‘a Hibbon. will (wash: themselves, brush whetselvce renewed life to the hair, the chemist's “Oxjord Grey ss against your legs, and we have no doubt most emphatic answer to you could see the catacombing itself. We moustache you to notice that the DANDRUFF cat's whiskers grow on its upper lip. —— Don't kiss a cat on the mouth; you might Delightfully fragrant and_ pure. contract a cat-chin complaint. If you Two convenient sizes, 50c. and $1, cats cold you will have cat-arrh. The cat’s religion has not been exactly All first class dealers defined, It is remored, however, by ob- There is a testing bottle for every reader The Peerles: servations taken at night that she is a who wishes to try this great French hair Women's, Light Blue, Red, Chinchilla Grey, Lavender Price preparation, Simply write our American s in’ cat-holic. Fawn, Pink, Oxford Grey, Wine, Old Rose, Navy xoamin: ‘cat ‘oc. for a libe: Biue, Brown, Purple, Wistaria, Black, Taupe. » $1.50 The small boy is an enemy of the cat. Offices and enclose toc. for a liberal sample. He has been known to pelt a cat with a PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD, cat-a-pult, Cats are not immoral. Any dog 106 ED. PINAUD Bldg. will tell you that most cats are chased. A cat once entered for a race, but she did not run; after paws-ing a short time she scratched. We will say no more about the cat for Sy: Underground fear of hurting her felines.—Tit-Bits. me, Garbage Receiver Ground MON Bat fe pins crite opine oe is a refreshing bath to the scalp, prevents dogs, eats and ol the gurtage.. Picture Comfys Good Business For Children John Burroughs some time ago visit- Dutch Kids and Rabbit. ir ary Biss ed his brother, Eden Burroughs, who Misses’ $1.25, Children’s $1.10 | lives in the Catskills, at a place called AC Your Deaté Hobart. The two brothers went fox Insist on getting Daniel Green Comfys."* If your dealer hunting together. The honor of the hunt does not sell them, we will send direct on receipt of price, come to Eden, who shot the only fox. It THE ‘MORNING A ‘AFTER. Express prepaid, if you give dealer's name, so happened that foxskins were worth on ORNS ACT aa, x about five dollars at that time, and the agree gy Sour ahi, See that this f; fi] Slippere with- successful Nimrod took much pride in Bai 4, for, 0, Toole tulle MeCluatt Trade Mark 4 EB} out this Trade WEAVE" PLAYING CALDS " M telling how he got the better of the sage 'Patente. se, Tear, ‘se Aaucee Upel.te ta the of Slabsides, Later, in boasting to a few Sar ig al ae pga than ont res en friends about it in the presence of his Beles ccremet, iRveLIERE sco. AP aati new Yo brother, John, he was interrupted by, = There are no Comfys" but Doniel Green * Comfys.” “You have bragged about that fox hunt EDWARDS 'S Send for our handsome illustrated Cata- long enough. You shot the fox, sold ee 1» No. 32, . lonues Nov) 2) shewine tmeny now stzles the skin and got five dollars. I wrote a Fee Auvevsotataa ona nasveeee . little account of the hunt and got sev- Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co. enty-five dollars from the magazine [ey $30 to $200 110-112 East 13th St., New York which published it. So there you are!" Easy to put up. Portable, Allee +~Argonaut, Posen) bringstatextliustrated coabe ‘THE EDWARDS MFG. CO., 236-286 Eggleston Ave., Clacioratl, &. Sole manufacturers of ‘‘Comfy" Footwear comicbooks.com