Life, 1913-12-18 · page 7 of 40
Life — December 18, 1913 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine presents satirical humor about social etiquette and class distinctions. The main illustration shows two well-dressed gentlemen and a dog outside what appears to be an upscale establishment marked "BEER" and "LAGER." The two text pieces below mock social pretension: "Tact" depicts a celebrated author embarrassed when his display books attract an unruly crowd; "All Brothers" presents a witty exchange about King Alfonso of Spain's cigarette addiction, with the punchline suggesting even royalty shares common human weaknesses with ordinary "American office boy[s]." The overall theme ridicules how the wealthy and famous aren't fundamentally different from everyday people—a recurring satirical motif in early 20th-century *Life* magazine.
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= . ADVICE TO THIRSTY YOUNG MEN DON’T LEAVE YOUR DOG OUTSIDE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE LADY FOR WHOSE SAKE YOU HAVE SWORN OFF Tact ATHER CELEBRATED AUTHOR (to bookseller’s salesman): Look here! I don't see my book dis- played on your shelves, SatesMAN: No, sir. We had a pile of them yesterday, sir, but they drew such a mob we had to call in the police, sir, and the building inspector has notified us to take no more chances. Sorry, sir. All Brothers “T_TERE'S an item in the paper that says King Alfonso of Spain is so addicted to cigarettes that he dislikes to spend an hour at a court function where he is deprived of them.” “Well, well, well! kings are human like all of us. American office boy.” If that doesn’t show that after all Why, he might be an comicbooks.com