Life, 1912-11-14 · page 39 of 44
Life — November 14, 1912 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main feature is a **fashion advertisement** for Franklin Simon & Co., showcasing a "Charmeuse Wrap" (an elegant women's coat) trimmed with marabou feathers—typical luxury goods of the era. The left side contains two editorial pieces: 1. **"Age Owe 'Em"** — appears to be a phonetic poem (possibly Scottish dialect) by Deems Taylor, difficult to parse from the OCR. 2. **"Humor and Longevity"** — a brief essay arguing that while *cheerfulness* promotes long life (referencing a 110-year-old man), a sharp *sense of humor* actually wears people down by making them acutely aware of life's absurdities and contradictions. The author suggests humorists are worn out by their own perception of incongruity. The page also includes advertisements for **Moore's Modern Methods** (bookkeeping instruction), **French Bulldogs**, and a humorous anecdote about a newspaper editor's note about a town citizen's appendicitis surgery. No political cartoons are present.
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Ape Owe ‘Em When fur stews can this sill leer I'm Toot rye tomb ache theme e’en ink Lear, | Youth inked wood butt bee weigh sting thyme; Use ch, “It’s imp lean on scents, shear!" Gnome attar; Anna lies align! Nation mice lender verse says knot— Fork rip tick poet real Ike mine, How Aaron weal, demesnes allot. —Deems Taylor in the Century. Humor and Longevity One John Marski has just died in Chicago at the age of one hundred and ten years. Shortly before he diced he gave it as his opinion that a “ch disposition and a sense of humor" had more to do with keeping him alive so long than anything else. We are inclined to think it was his cheerful disposition rather than his sense of humor that preserved the old man so long. He may have possessed both; many people do; but they are not the same thing. Some of the most cheerful persons we have ever known were absolutely devoid of a sense of humor. And we think this is the make- up best calculated to resist the wear and tear of the world. A sense of humor, on the other hand, MOORE’S \ Modern Methods A Practical Instruction Book in Loose Leaf Record Keeping Coetains full explasation of this Money and Time Savi a eon Ee De book Without @ toany Besiness or Professional Man Joba C. Moore Corporation 762 Stone St. Rochester, N.Y. 415 NEVER-NEVER-LAND >< —— : KENNELS Miss Mary Winthrop, Owner French Bull Dogs Puppies and G: FOR SALE kro only Head and 4 ‘who writes for it, SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, Telephone, 47 Shelter Island. Cuas, Cuantemason Franklin Simon & Co. Fifth Ave. 37th and 38th Sts., New York & Charmeuse Wrap Marabou Trimmed ZES 32 TO 43 BUST 16 TO 20 YEARS No. 62. Charmeuse Silk Wrap, hand made; loose sleeve model, in light or Copenhagen blue, white, black, coral, grey, orchid, taupe or American Beauty, lined throughout with charmeuse in contrasting color, interlined with French wool ; large square collar, revers, cuffs and border of natural or black mara- bou; fastened with silk cord and_ tassel Value $59.50 might well have a tendency to shorten the life of the possessor. A sense of humor is (as has been remarked some millions of times) a sense of propor- tion, The owner clearly all the incongruities of a very incongruous world; all the contradictions, dispropor- tions, absurdities and ironies of life press sharply upon his consciousness; it is out of his perception of life's com- plexities and tragic asininities that what- ever humor he may write or speak pro- ceeds; we suspect that the real humor- ist is apt to be worn out quickly by cx- istence. In fact, he is, unless he pos- manages to acquire, that position which saves people al and moral dyspepsia. A cheerful person may survive own sense of humor; but the possession of a sense of humor by a confirmed grouch shortens his own life and the lives of all about him —New sees also sesses, or his York Sun. 219 45.00 A Joyful Pastime In the south aisle of the church at Tuxford, England, beneath a flowery arch, is a rude relicf of St. Law- rence placed on the gridiron. By him is a fellow with a pair of bellows blow- ing the fire, and the to turn him, The zcalo Martyrology, makes the executioner going Fox, in his arty say, in the midst of his sufferings, “This side is now roasted; turn me, O- tyrant, dear.” The Editor's Guess A leading citizen in a small town was suddenly stricken with appendicitis and an operation became necessary. The edi- tor of the local paper heard of it and printed this note about it: Our esteemed fellow-citizen, James L. Brown, will go to the hospital to- morrow to be operated upon for the re- moval of his appendix by Dr. Jones. He will leave a wife and two children.” —Ladies’ Home Journal. comicbooks.com