Life, 1913-06-05 · page 42 of 52
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. However, it contains one notable satirical article: ## "What the Bridegroom Got" This is a humorous social commentary on wealthy marriages, presented as a mock inventory. An "unfashionable statistician" tallies what a groom actually acquires by marrying into high society: $24,000 in fashionable education, a $15,000 trousseau, 399 wealthy acquaintances, knowledge of European art galleries and restaurants, dress-making establishments, and superficial accomplishments in sports and culture. **The satire's point**: It ridicules the emptiness of "fashionable" society—the bride's value is reduced to expensive superficialities and social connections rather than character or intellect. The recurring word "fashionable" emphasizes how hollow and repetitive upper-class pretension is. The remaining content consists of period advertisements for Pebeco toothpaste, Grinnell gloves, Bausch & Lomb camera lenses, and a brief anecdote about French President Poincaré's compassion toward game animals.
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CREE PE BECO TOOTH PASTE Pebeco Gives a Winning Smile because it makes the teeth beauti- ful and keeps them sound and proof against decay. Pebeco does more for you than any ordinary dentifrice. Besides cleaning and whitening the teeth, it overcomes the mouth-acids that cause 95%—so den- tists say—of tooth decay. By making these acids harmless, Pebeco protects the enamel of the tooth, which prevents the decay-germs from penetrating the soft interior and preserves the tooth from cavi- ties and destruction. Send for FREE and prove Pebeco’s perfection by actual test. More than a toilet article, it originated in the hygienic laboratories of P. Beiersdorf & Co., Hamburg, Germany. Sold every- where in extra-large tubes. Very economical. LEHN & FINK, Manofactaring Chemists 108 William St. New York Producers of Lehn & Fink's Riveris Taleums What the Bridegroom Got FASHIONABLE wedding took place yesterday noon in a fash- ionable church, located upon one of the principal fashionable avenues. The services were conducted by a fashion- able preacher and the ceremony was followed by a fashionable breakfast, after which the bride and groom de- parted upon a fashionable honeymoon After the ceremony was over an un- fashionable statistician propounded the question as to what the bridegroom had actually married, and after various computations made out the following schedule: WHAT THE BRIDEGROOM GOT Item.—A_ fashionable education, for which the parents had paid two thousand dollars a year for twelve years. Total, twenty-four thousand dollars, Item.—One trousseau; price, fifteen thousand dollars. Trem.—One list of fashionable ac- quaintances, otherwise known as a cir- cle, consisti of three hundred and ninety-nine irreproachable and fashion- able friends, each one of whom was worth not less than two hundred thou- sand dollars. Item.—A conversational acquaintance with the leading art galleries of Europe. Item.—A fairly complete knowledge of restaurants of ditto. Item.—An intimate and comprehensi- ble knowledge of dressmaking establish- ments of ditto. Item.—Ordinary proficiency in tennis, golf, horseback riding and yachting. Item.—A_— superfi knowledge of music, French and literature. A Lover of Fair Play Parts, Fraxce.—President Poincare has made it known that he will discon- tinue the shoots at Rambouillet, estab- lished almost from time immemorial. As a lover of dumb creatures, the President considers that the pheasants, hares and rabbits at Rambouillet have the same right to live in peace as his own fireside cat-—The Monitor. “ Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.” —Schopenhauer. Choose your gloves for recreation with the same care you exercise in selecting your other equipment; for a poor pair of gloves will frequently mar the pleasure ol an entire motoring or hunting trip—a hot, sticky G pair will take the edge off a game of golf—or a stiff pair will be a continual aggravation under all circumstances. GrinnellGloves Sold with a Bond made of specially tanned velret colrskin—so pliable as to sive barehanded freedom, yet durable a9 rawhide. Are guaranteed not to crack, peel, sbrink or barden with wse—wasbable in scap and water of gasoline. - ‘Tee Grinnell Ventilated Backs (itlosrrated berewith) affords a free circulation of ait, kecp> VE Ing the bands cool on bot days, without admining dust and dint Grinnell Gloves are made in many styles— farnisbing the correct sore fo for every occasion. {i In gaunclet gloves the 1 Rise Fie & featre proviies« seve allored Sts the wrist and bolde the gauntlet back in place. Tre Grinnell "Grip-Ti double palm glove is perfection itself for motorcycling and motoring. See Grinnell Gloves st your dealer's. If be doesn’t carry them, write for pair 00 approval, stating whetber you are interested in @ glove for motoring, busting, dress or work in the garden. every exposure —No doubt about which you want— and if you wish to give yourself all the chances of success, you should have your camera fitted with a ausch [omb Zeiss "TESSAR [ENS —the lens that is many times as quick in action as ordinary camera lenses, that consequently gives you a good negative in poor light, and a really sharp image of any kind of movement. For speed work out-doors, portraiture, landscapes, as well as commercial work, , etc. With a Bausch & Lomb-Zeiss Tessar you know yoo have the best lens that can be put in a camera— and the result shows in the quality of your negatives. interested In better ind for literature. Bausch £3 lomb Optical . 620 ST. PAUL ST. ROCHESTER, N.Y. Item.—Expert knowledge of bridge and turkey trotting. Item.—About two hundred and forty opinions, obtained by purchase from various sources—books, teachers and other experts. Item.—One hundred and pounds of plain girl, eighteen “Mux of humor are always in some degree men of genius; wits are truly $0, although a man of geaius may, amongst other gifts, possess wit, as Shakespeare —Coleridge. comicbooks.com we ewe e ew eeeeeeeeeeen=