Life, 1913-04-10 · page 36 of 48
Life — April 10, 1913 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a Schlitz beer advertisement claiming purity prevents biliousness (digestive upset). The ad features a doctor figure and emphasizes brown bottles protect beer from light decay—a legitimate early 20th-century concern before modern refrigeration. The page also includes: - **"Greek Wit"** section: Classical anecdotes about ancient Greek and Roman leaders demonstrating virtue (refusing bribes, accepting criticism gracefully). These are moral lessons, not satire. - **Real estate and auto rental ads**: Standard period advertisements. The only potential humor appears in **"A Correction,"** a brief Irish anecdote playing on a counselor's linguistic slip—confusing a military officer with a soldier—that relies on class distinctions and accent stereotypes common to period comedy. There is no identifiable political cartoon on this page.
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-LIFE- Greek Wit When Eurybiades raised his staff to strike Themistocles, he replied: “ Strike me, but hear me.” Callicratidas, on declining a dishon- orable bribe, was pressed by Cleander, Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, after defeat- ing the Romans twice, with the loss of many of his friends and generals, cx- claimed: “If we gain one more such victory over the Romans we are lost.” Some one begged Agesilaus to write to his friends in Asia, that justice might “T would have taken it if I had been be done to him. “ My friends,” said the you.” “And so should I have taken it,” king, “do justice even if I do not write he rejoined, “if T had been you.” eal IMPURE nil fe eer! When beer is pure there is nothing more healthful. Pure beer brings no after-effect, no biliousness. Schlitz kept pure. is not only made pure but is Light starts decay even in pure beer. Dark glass gives the best pro- tection against light. The Brown Bottle protects Schlitz purity from the brewery to your glass. Perhaps if you, too, would drink Schlitz— Schlitz in Brown Bottles — you would have an aitogether different idea about beer. Schlitz in Brown Bottles should be your regular beer. See that crown or cork « is: branded ‘‘Schlitz.”* The Bee That Made M ilwaukee Famous. i LREADY Bespoken By Persons of A Fashion—The Montana Apartment House. Impressed by its location and magnificence, they reserved suites before they saw the walla even decorated. Sosa meatier, Reotals ep aay ta $6,000 to 300 in simplex and Visite by author- mie est wing a penonal interview *TIONTANR TeeeSere ty-Five Park Avenne Front AftySecond 6 Fifty-Third Street Temporary Office: 384 Park Avenue A Correction A celebrated Irish counsellor, as re- markable for his brogue as for his bon- mots, being retained against a young officer who was indicted for a very gross assault, opened the cause in the follow- ing manner: “My Lord, I am counsel for the Crown, and I am first to acquaint your Lordship that this soldier —” “Stop, sir!" said the military hero, “T would have you know, sir, I am an officer.” “Oh, sir, I beg your pardon,” says the counsellor, very dryly. “To speak more correctly, this officer, who is no soldier!” We have for Hire the Best Open and Closed Automobiles for British and Con- inclusive tariff in Europe. American Visitors io. The fifthannual edi- tion of “Throush rope in an Auto” The International Autetravel Society 56-60 Moraing Post Buildings ‘The Strand, Loadon, England comicbooks.com ete > as