Life, 1912-12-19 · page 33 of 40
Life — December 19, 1912 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements** rather than editorial cartoons. The main content includes: 1. **Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires** ad (top): Standard product advertisement emphasizing quality. 2. **Murray & Lanman's Florida Water** ad (left): A brief humorous anecdote about a man buying red flannel underwear "guaranteed in every respect," then complaining it shrank. The clerk's exasperated response ("Shrunk!") is the joke's punchline—the guarantee was misunderstood. 3. **Schlitz Beer** ad (right, dominant): A substantial advertisement claiming their beer won't cause biliousness (indigestion). It emphasizes filtration methods, dark bottle protection from light, and aging in glass tanks. This reflects early 20th-century concerns about beer quality and digestive health. The page also includes small literary quotations in the margins—presumably from *Harper's*, *Lippincott's*, and *The Scrap Book*—offering brief humorous observations about social pretension and wealth. The overall page is advertising-heavy, typical of Life magazine's business model.
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