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Life — December 5, 1912 — page 80: Life, 1912-12-05

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This page contains three distinct sections: **Top Left - "A Mere Trifle, Anyhow"**: A joke about a visiting German scientist praising American trains as "wonderful" and luxurious, but complaining that wives dislike the upper berths. The humor lies in the absurdity of this single minor complaint undermining otherwise effusive praise. **Top Right - "Good Counsel"**: A humorous poem by Carolyn Wells anthropomorphizing household objects (teapots, clocks, windows, hay-scales), advising children to treat them politely. The joke is the ridiculous extension of politeness to inanimate things. **Bottom - "A Famous Victory"**: A brief joke mocking someone's boastful claim of descending from William the Conqueror, with the punchline that only a weak conqueror could compel *that person* to do anything. **Bottom Half**: A Northern Pacific Railway advertisement promoting scenic tours through the Pacific Northwest, featuring photographs and descriptive text about landscapes and train service. The page is primarily humorous short-form content typical of *Life* magazine's satirical style, with commercial advertising below.

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CV) Good Counsel —— Little children, always be Kind to everything you se Do not kick the tabie’s legs, Don't beat unoffending eggs. A Mere Trifle, Anyhow Do not mischievously try An eminent German scientist who re- To poke things in a aecdie’s ce cently visited this country with a number Nor guilty be of such a fault of his colleagues was dining at an Amer- Aa to plieh ibe (able galt ican house and telling how much he had enjoyed various phases of his visit. Do not pull a teapot’s nose. “How did you like our railroad , Don't ask bread what time it rose. trains?” his host asked him. Little pitchers’ ears don’t tweak, “Ach, dhey are woonderful,” the Ger- Nor smack the apple's rosy cheek nan gentleman replied; “so swift, so —_ ‘e—chenerally—und such luxury in all But remember it is right dhe furnishings und opp’indmends. All To all things to be polite: is excellent excebt one thing—our wives Let the hay-scales have their way, do not like dhe upper berths.” Wish the calendar good day. Harper's Weekly. Kiss the clock upon its face, Return the arm-chair's fond embrace. = A Famcus Victory “T would have you to know, sir, we came over with William the Con- queror.”” “Tt must have been some kind of a conqueror who could make you come over with anything.” —Baltimore American. Greet the sieve in merry strain, Ask the window how's its pane. If you learn to show such traits To your dumb inani-mates, Toward your playmates then you'll find You've an amiable mind. —Carolyn Wells in Harper's We ely. A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR SOME ONE. plished every T $5.00.a year s , simultaneously advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Pex c Single earrent copies. 10 cents. Back numbers, after three months from — Loadea, E. C. Issues price to 1910 out of pr im and may be obxained from booksellers in all the prisc!pal eign trade supplied from Livy's London Office, Cannoa House, Breams Daildiegs, The text and illustrations in LaPE are eopsrighted. Far Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply te Lave, 116 No contribution 4 addrened envelope, Lary. dees met bald itrly — Seuthamprim Rete, Londen, WC. responsible for the lass be returned unless accompanied by stamped nen-return of wnislicited contributions. Over the Scenic Highway Cetito Bridge, Cotambia River, Connecting Oregon Trank with S- P. & S. Bey. Northern @ Pacific Affiliated Lines scny'arty Kary ToorFromthe Pacific Coast and California @Enhance your trip a hundred-fold by traveling the trail of Lewis & Clark through the Storied Northwest. See this Land of Fruit and Farms—Land of a Thousand Scenic Surprises. See Glacial Peaks that vie with the Alps—Vineyards like those of Sunny France—Rivers that rival the Rhine. The Northern Pacific Railway Stretches between the Great Lakes and North Pacific Coast, with four daily through electric-lighted trains each way. Two through trains from Chicago, one from St. Louis, every day. Dining car meals that are famous—route of the “‘Great Big Baked Potato.” GWrite for booklets about the Scenic Northwest and Yellowstone Park—America’s only Geyserland. Season June 15 to September 15, 1913. Enclose 6 cents for postage. ‘al Passenger Agent, ST. PAUL, MINN. @ “Taylor Peaks, Gallatis Range of Rociy Mountains Coppi Oy A ean) comicbooks Men