Life, 1913-09-18 · page 32 of 44
Life — September 18, 1913 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **The jokes** satirize everyday social situations: a promotion that means nothing (the office boy still uses the employee's first name), mutual insults between barber and customer, and a child's innocent question about where cows get tears. These reflect period attitudes about workplace hierarchy, social pretense, and childhood naiveté. **The Orville Wright reference** mentions the famous aviator discussing 1913 Dayton floods with characteristic optimism—a topical reference showing Wright's public prominence and philosophical outlook. **The advertisements** for Egyptian Deities cigarettes, Edwards garages, Corfee cigars, Gibson's whiskey, and Great Bear spring water represent standard period marketing, emphasizing quality and tradition. The page is primarily **light humor and advertising** rather than political satire—typical of Life's entertainment-focused content during this era.
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Not Much “I hear Brown's been prorunted again.” “Yes.” “That's splendid! He must be quite an important member of the concern now.” “Oh, I guess not. The office boy still calls him by his first name.” —Detroit Free Press. Comfort Without Extravagance, Hotel Woodstock, New York Mutual Admiration “You are getting very bald, sir,” said the barber. “You yourself,” retorted the customer, “are not free from a number of defects that I could mention if I cared to become personal."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Floods and Optimism Orville Wright, discussing the floods in Dayton, took an opt “Optimism or pessimism Cork Tips or Dlain the viewpoint,” he declared, “A pessimist growls over the thorns on the roses. An optimist rejoices over the roses on the thorns,” jeowarrsee’” 6©GARAGES Pies vei Tau: . ~ For Automobiles and Motorcycles & GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER k $30 and Up 5O cents per case of 6 glass stoppered bottles Easy to put up. Portable. All sizes. Postal brings Sue: George, dear, here's a scientist ihe latest illustrated catalog. who says the earth is wabbling on its THE EDWARDS MFG. CO., 336-386 Eggleston Ave., Ciocianati, O. axis. What do you suppose they can do about it? Tt puzzled the child where cows could FoR MEN OF BRAINS Grorce (absently): Open up the muf- get fler, reverse the lever, shut off the power, Their milk, and she longed to learn. (| ARS lubricate the bearings, and tighten the “ | wheel cap.—Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Now, where do you get your tears, Linette?" “MADE AT KEY WEST Her mother asked in turn. ee And then, with suddenly opened eyes, And suddenly lifted brows, “Oh, mama,” she asked, in quick sur- Prise, “Do they have to spank the cows? ’ | —Our Animals. pf Gates eve The piquancy of a Sherbet ts attatied by using a dash of | A WHISKEY OF TRADITIONS She hue a Gon iiuttioores Mads 7 UA 3 ete: Im etampe. RADITIONAL for high quality, absolute purity, satisfying richness, velvety mellowness, T delightful fragrance —nearly 80 years the whiskey standard of the world. Every drop ————_ of Gibson's is made from selected, matured rye and sparkling sprin; ter; ripened in a fixed tem- perature; and held in iginal wood. We especially commend the di 1900—the finest old whiskey dfrom o} tByofi SOLD AGAIN comicbooks.com