Life, 1913-04-10 · page 30 of 48
Life — April 10, 1913 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page contains five brief humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American magazines, plus advertisements. **The jokes satirize:** 1. **"Caught on the Fly"**: A fallen Detroit newspaper editor is insulted by receiving a job offer—not because of the position itself, but the meager $12 weekly salary. He boasts he can borrow more than that locally, mocking his own financial desperation. 2. **"Putting It Up Quick"**: A boy builds shoddy toy blocks and dismisses criticism by saying he's building it "to rent"—satirizing slum landlords who construct deliberately poor housing for profit. 3. **"The Only Excuse"**: A one-liner about poets who don't realize they're poets. 4. **"Schedule Maintained"**: A waiter explains steak prices unchanged because it's porterhouse day—absurd logic about restaurant scheduling. 5. **"Money Makes the Mare Go"**: Once men earn money, they buy automobiles instead of supporting their wives. The page also includes a "Practical Suggestion for Cubists"—a jab at modern art's incomprehensibility, suggesting obscuring subjects with weights and nails so viewers imagine quality.
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Caught on the Fly A well-known but broken-down De- troit newspaper man, who had been a power in his day, approached an old friend the other day in the Pontchartrain Hotel and said: “What do you think? I have just received the prize insult of my life. A Putting It Up Quick William, who was erecting an cdifice out of building blocks, showed such un- usually bungling workmanship that his father, who is a carpenter, took him to task. “What kind of a shack do you call that?” he asked the boy. “Oh, that’s all right, papa,” replied William, “I'm building it to rent.” —Youngstown Telegram. Schedule Maintained paper down in Muncie, Ind., offered me . man ; “Has the price of sirloin steak ad- Do you call that an insult?” ed since yesterday?” “Not the job, but the salary. They a - “ No, =a a ar me jow do you account for it?” “This happens to be the day for the advancement of porterhouse.” —Chicago Record-Herald. id the friend, “twelve dol- lars a week is better t nothing.” “Twelve dollars a week—thunder!”” exclaimed the old scribe. “1 can borrow more than that right here in Detroit.” —Detroit Free Press. “ Do you believe that moncy makes the The Only Excuse PRACTICAL ‘SUGGESTION FOR CUBISTS are g sked Dubbleigh. “T see that somebody says many a Wess. or Pavered oF wuicaes Sure,” said Wiggley. “As soon as a man is a poet without knowing it.” AND SQUARE-HEAD NAILS, THE sUD- man gets money he buys an automobile, “Gee, what luck!” JECT 1S PREVENTED PROM EMERGING and the mare gocs for what she’s worth.” —Chicago Record-Herald. INTO THE PICTURE, WHICH GIVES THE —Spokane Chronicle. a PUBLIC A CHANCE TO IMAGINE A GooD LIKENESS. Live ts published every Tharsday. simukancously tn the tain Lire Is for sate by all Newadealers in Great Britain and may be obtai sed from booksellers in all the peiscipal Possessions. $5.00 a year in advance, Additional postage © ral U cities of the world. The foreign trade supplied {rom Livr's Loadon Office, Cannon Mouse, reams Buildings, a years to Canada, $2 cents. Single carrent copies. 10 cents. Back numbers, after three mo Loadoa. EC. date of pabiication, 25 cents.” thence prior to 1910 oct of print: The text and iiustrations in LAVE are eepyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply w Lure, 116 No contribution telll be returned union accompanied br stamped and addreued envalepe. Live dees mat hald inutf Southampton Rew, Landon, W.C. restensibte fer th los or wan-return ef wniniicited centrioutiens Prampt natifcation should be vent br rubvribers of ang change of adiren (Cay you appre- ciate the charm of playing the world’s finest music on a magnificent piano without the labor or the drudgery of years of practice or study? The enables you to do this with (An exqutstie catalogue and ‘The Stationery /a Gentleman amusing stortese free You may use only a box a year, but when you really need it, no other paper will suffice. We have a sample packet we would like to mail you. ' Ask us for it. HAMPSHIRE PAPER COMPANY, South Hadley Falls, Mass. KRANICH & BACH 237 EAST 23RD ST., NEW YORKCITY comicbooks.com