Life, 1914-02-26 · page 28 of 40
Life — February 26, 1914 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Life magazine humor: **Top section**: Competing newspaper pronunciation guides for "Huerta" (likely Victoriano Huerta, Mexican political figure). Different papers claim different pronunciations—a joke about regional American accents and newspaper authority. **Center stories**: Two brief anecdotes satirizing social behavior—one about a man's black eye from his honeymoon (implying marital discord), another mocking a bachelor rejecting marriage because an engagement ring exchange seemed better than commitment. **"Calling the Kettle Black"**: A hypocrite accuses another of hypocrisy while admitting he's friendly with him only for practical advantage—satirizing American social expedience. **Bottom**: Advertisement for Arrow Collars (a major brand) and a cartoon about a man at Palm Beach interrupting a woman, with the joke being she's a week ahead of schedule. The page reflects typical Life content: light social satire, wordplay, and advertising integrated throughout.
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We still preferta Call it Werta. —Chicago Tribune. But thousands dareta Call it Whereta. —Peoria Journal. And some do careta Say Hoo-airta. —New York Sun. We can't think yoorta Call it Hoorta. —Houston Post. It makes us jeerta Near it Heerta. —Boston Transcript. All wrong, Alberta— Name is Wherta. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Hero, Mike. that black eye?” “Why, O'Grady's just back from his n’ "twas me advised him t honeymoon, get married "—Boston Transcript. Where did you get “SAY, JACK, YOU GIVE ME THE SHIVERS. I WISH YOU'D TRY TO LOOK A LITTLE WARMER ” His Happiest Moment A ‘cachelor ot considerable wealth was much sought after by many of the most charming young women of the town. Minnie Rivers, a very pretty maiden, was sure she had brought him almost to the point of a proposal. “What was the happiest moment of your life?” she asked, while they were taking a moonlight stroll one evening. “The happiest moment of my life,” answered the bachelor, with a reminis- cent smile, “was when the jeweler took back an engagement ring and gave me some cuff-links in exchange.” —Harper’s Magazine. Calling the Ketlle Black “I despise a hypocrite. “So do I.” “Now, take Jackson, for example; he’s the biggest hypocrite on earth.” “ But you appear to be his best friend.” “Ob, yes; I try to appear friendly toward him. It pays better in the end.” —Boston Transcript. “Paris to Athens in sixty hours” is a newly advertised train schedule. A saving of time, but what a waste of op- portunity !—Courier-Journal. Lire ts pubtahed every Thorubay, simsttancous Foxsessioas. to Canada, $2 ceats. $5.00 a year la advance. 2S cents “Issues prior to 1910 out of print. No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelopes ited States, Great Britaln, Canada and British ‘Additional postage to foreign countries ia the Postal Union, Single curreet copies, 10 ceath. Mick numbers, alter three months trom date 1.08 a yeart ‘publication, Live doer mot old tttelf responsible for the loth or mon-returm of wntelicited contributions, Tare ts for sue by all neradealers to Great cities of the world. The text and dinstrations on LAW are copyrighted, For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apy te Lire, ign wade supplied ior Livers Loedon Ofer, Rela Howss, Breas Bolicrs Ud Southampton Row, London, PrOiAd GAGtiok LAOGAE be ae by thbecreued Af bug chan OL otras, sellers tn all the Avery istic dnd served ef ular, sty lo- mona “notch “at ne sali; laundry fin ranton “Bets ole) in a striped 7 He: GOODNESS GRACIOUS! 1 THOUGHT THIS WAS THE PROPER NUMBER OF LIFE She: SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU, BUT YOU ARE A WEEK AHEAD, THE PROPER NUMBER WILL APPEAR xy Sone NOON, MARCH 3Rn SDOOKSICOnMmE