Life, 1913-12-11 · page 28 of 40
Life — December 11, 1913 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **five brief humor pieces** plus advertisements, typical of Life's satirical format: 1. **"Wasted Ammunition"**: A novice duck hunter kills a duck through its fall rather than his shot—he wasted bullets. 2. **"A Protracted Service"**: Church announcement says services continue "until further notice," implying they never end—satire on tediously long services. 3. **"To the Point"**: General Sheridan, touring Waterloo battlefield, reportedly says only "It was a good place for a fight"—mocking military brevity/anti-intellectualism. 4. **"Enterprise"**: A theatrical manager boasts his play has no suggestive content, calling this "novelty"—satirizing prudish audiences demanding clean entertainment. 5. **"Dustbin 'D'"**: A pretentious footman uses verbose language to explain a dustbin's marking, mocking artificial class-based speech patterns. The page's humor relies on understated irony and wordplay typical of early 20th-century American magazines. Advertisements for whiskey and Pinehurst resort occupy the lower portion.
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Wasted Ammunition A man who had never been duck hunt- ing shot at a duck in the air, The duck tell dead to the grouni “Well, you got him!" exclaimed the amateur's friend. A Protracted Service They must have long church, services in a certain Western town. where a paper announced of a certain church: “ The regular services will commence next Sun- day at three P, M., and continue until further notice."—Ladies’ Home Journal. To the Point An American gentleman recently went over the field of Waterloo with a guide, who boasted that he escorted General Sheridan over the scene of Napoleon's great defeat. “What did General Sheridan say?” asked my friend. “Oh, nothing.” “He must have said something.” “Well, he only said, ‘It was a good place for a fight.’"—Reedy’s Mirror. “ What advantage do you claim for the “Yes,” replied the amateur, “but I might as well have saved my ammunition —the fall would have killed him.” —Boston Post. Enterprise “You have produced a play without a single suggestive line or situation in it!” “Yes,” replied the theatrical manager with pardonable pride. “The public wants novelty nowadays.” —London Opinion. “Wuat is the meaning of that big ‘D’ on the dustbin?” asked the new ser- vant. The haughty footman replied: “Damsel, the ‘D’ displayed on the dustbin denotes that the despairing do- mestics of this detached domicile desire that the deserving dustmen during their reference book which you have bought?" daily diversions will deem it their de- “IT never knew of another book from “t's NO USE, JIMMY, I JUST can’t lightful duty to dislodge deliberately and which one could find out so quickly what SEEM T’ Love Ye!" it does not contain."—Buffalo Express. deftly the dirt and dust deposited in that disagreeable dustbin."—Tit-Bits. Lirik pattished every Tharwlay, simullancously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Tomrssions, $5.00 a year in advance. | Additional postage to foreiga countries ia the Postal Union, $1.04 a year: @ Canada, $2 cents. 'Single current copies, 10 cents. Huck numbers, alter three months {rom date B canis. "Issues prior to 1919 out of print No contribution will be returned wnlest accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Aold iie(f reipomtible for the tort or mom-return ef unsolicited ontribationt Lave does pablication, not cba he anh Or ll eredenire ova Bre one ny Be aang, besksrion il theo een SHER’S EXCEPTIONAL GREEN STRIPE WHISKIES ‘The refined product of a firm famous throughout Six Reigns N Center of Winter out-of-door life of Middle South The Carolina now open Through Pullman from New York The’ finest golf courses in the south, 1200 miles of connecting automobile roads, 40,000 acres shooting preserve with good guides and dogs, fine livery of saddle horses, fox hunting, tennis, | trap shooting, model dairy, frequent tournaments in all sports. No consumptives received at Pinehurst. Full information on request at the General Office, Pinehurst, N. C., or Leonard Tufts, Boston, Mass. comicbooks.com