Life, 1914-05-21 · page 34 of 52
Life — May 21, 1914 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous anecdotes and cartoons typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. **"Puzzled the Lawyer"** jokes about a witness who communicates only by shaking his head, frustrating the attorney. The humor relies on the literal interpretation: the attorney hears the head rattle but cannot determine whether it moved up-and-down (yes) or side-to-side (no)—a play on courtroom procedure. **"Try This, Girls"** presents brief romantic/domestic humor aimed at female readers, including a woman's silence being misinterpreted as pensiveness, and a cynical woman rejecting a marriage proposal with life insurance, joking he might survive. **"The Triumph of Matter Over Mind"** (right illustration) shows a schoolmaster at a blackboard with a female student, likely suggesting intellectual or romantic subtext, though the specific reference is unclear. The page also includes **"The International Trophy"** advertisement for champagne at bottom-left. Overall, the content reflects period attitudes toward gender, courtroom procedure, and class relations—typical of Life's satirical humor circa early 1900s.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Puzzled the Lawyer Occasionally in court proceedings which some reporter is trying to get into the record some witness will insist on simply shaking his head to answer to questions put to him by the attorney. There was present such a witness at a hearing recently held in the county of L Again and again the attorney was obliged to repeat the answer for the benefit of the official court reporter. Presently the patience of the attorney gave out. “Please answer that question,” he said. “Why don’t you answer the ques- tion?" “T did answer,” was the retort of the injured witness. “I shook my head.” “Yes,” assented the quick-witted at- torney for the defense, “I heard it rattle, and so did the court reporter; but he docsn’t know whether you shook it up and down or side Lippincott’s. “Loox here, old chap, I'll dance twice with your ugly sister if you'll take my mater down to gue ‘—London Punch, THE RETURNED PRODIGAL. Try This, Girls “Why are you so pensive?” he asked. “Tm not pensive,” she replied, “But you haven't said a word for ty minutes.” “Well, I didn't have anything to sa: “Don't you ever say anything when you have nothing to sav?" “Wil you be my wife?” —Chicago Record-Herald, Goopuxsxt: I've got you down for a couple of tickets ; we're getting up a rafile for a poor man of our neighborhood Joaxtey: None for me, thank you. T wouldn't know what to do with a poor man if I won him.—Christian Register. Epwipar, if you will marry me I will take out five hundred thousand frances of life insurance; if I die, you will be safe from want.” “Yes, but what if you don’t die?” lhe Rire. “Sam, T under: dd there's a schism in your church,” said the jocular man to his colored man-of-all-work. “ Kaint be, ‘less'n somebody done made us a present of it, % all onah money foh a new ohgi —Livingstoh Lance. ause we done spe nt Lupe is for sate by sil newwteaers In Grest Mritsin and may be oltalned trom booksellers in all the princi. Ary, slmaltancousty in the United States, Great Tain, Canada and. Bettish r ‘The foreign trate suppiled Wren Likes Leadon Ofice, Rolie House, Beans I The text and iinstrations tn LAUR are copyrighted, For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply t2 Lave, 44 Southampton Reve, Lon be returned wntest accompans Prompt motifcation thoutd be sem fy subscribers of any change of address, r the lois or monereinrm of Hi pdressed envelope, LAPE does net THE TRIUMPH OF MATTER OVER MIND comicbooks.com