Life, 1913-05-15 · page 34 of 52
Life — May 15, 1913 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several short humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines: **"Where the Minister Scored"**: A young lawyer tries to trap a minister in debate by asking whether parsons or the devil would win a lawsuit. The minister's clever response—that the devil would win "because he would have all the lawyers on his side"—satirizes lawyers as morally corrupt and willing to argue any case for payment. **"Heredity"**: A brief joke suggesting that a self-made man's bad manners must be inherited rather than self-created, mocking the concept of the "self-made man." **"His Devotional Attitude"**: A boy appears devout during church prayers, but reveals he was actually counting a fly walking across his hands 270 times—satirizing children's inability to maintain genuine piety. The page also includes advertisements for Milo cigarettes and Londonderry mineral water, plus literary nostalgia quotes from readers.
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SSAUT SCISSORS AvtT NULLS Where the Minister Scored The young lawyer didn’t like the min- ister, and so he thought to corner him. “Now, doctor,” he asked, “ suppose the parsons and the devil should have a lawsuit, which party do you think woul win?” “The devil unquestionably,” replied the minister. “An!” chuckled the young lawyer. “And will you tell us why? “Because he would have all the law- yers on his side —Ladies’ Home Journal. Heredity “Higgins is a sclf-made man, is he not?” “ He claims to be, but I do not believe those bad manners of his could ever Some Literary Favorites Would I again such joys could know As when I first read “ Ivanhoe.” —Baltimore Sun. Those days I'd have back if I could, Thrilled by the deeds of “ Robin Hood.” —Oakland Inquirer. Oh, could my soul find such delights As when I read “ Arabian Nights.” —Brooklyn Eagle. Knights, outlaws, Caliph, Check and All fade away before “ Huck Finn —Washington Post. Oh, for those lost days of my youth, When I, in hiding, read “Old Sleuth.” —Chicago Record-Herald. His Devotional Attitude Donald was usually restless in church, so his mother was doubly gratified one Sunday morning to sce him sitting with clasped hands and bowed head throughout a lengthy prayer. When, later, she expressed appreciation of his attentive manner, the boy's face Sey softened with a pleasant memory. “That * ES, fly,” he chuckled, “ walked in and out of Mien my hands exactly two hundred and seventy times! "—Harper’s Magazine. have been acquired; he must have been born so."—Woman'’s Home Companion, SHE MAD AN HEIR ABOUT ITER Live: is for sale by all newsdeaiers Britain principal cities of the world. The foreign trade supplied from Lirs's London Ofice. Cannon Mowe. Breauw Dalldogy EC. Lape js published every ‘Thuruday, sie se United St . and British nt. $5.00 a year in Add ft 1.08 ears 10 © Single current copies. 10 cents Back numbers, after three months trem date of publication, 25 ceu ues prior to 1910 out of print. text and Hilustrations im Lavi are capveighted. For Reprint Rights tm Great Britain apply u Lave, 114 ard ape, Laer dees mit held itwlf sascooee Rare. Linaun, any change of addren The old established dealers will tell you that MILO has been the best 25c cigarette for twenty-five years. At your club and all dealers Plain or Cork Tip The Surbrug Co., New York > that spring where, ays= 3 “Se a boy, youalways went % <~"when you were real thirsty? “Comes to you from just that kind of a spring—sparklingly pure and refreshing. Ii bottled for you at its source —high up in New Hampshife's granite hills. Londonderry is the most palatable of natural \ mineral waters. Try it. “Unequalied as a table water. Superior, too, as a blender—mellows the liquor. ffervescent) in phres table ‘sizes. comicbooks.com