Life, 1914-06-04 · page 38 of 52
Life — June 4, 1914 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humorous anecdotes** rather than political satire. The content includes: **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** column: Three brief jokes mocking social awkwardness—a waiter's circular definition of fish, a child's confusion about church organs lacking "monkeys" (organ grinders), and a paradoxical partnership agreement dividing bankruptcy profits equally. **Advertisements** dominate: Milo cigarettes, Frank Miller's Mohair Top Dressing, and "Mum" deodorant (a snow-white cream neutralizing perspiration odors). **A humorous poem** about a fisherman named Fischer pulled into a fissure by a grinning fish—wordplay humor typical of the era. The cartoons appear to be visual gags rather than political commentary. This reflects *Life* magazine's shift toward lighter satirical humor and commercial advertising by this period, rather than hard-hitting political critique. The page exemplifies early 20th-century American magazine humor: genteel, pun-based, and commercially integrated.
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LIsH Bob Davis, editor of Munsey’s, was at the Hotel Cecil, in London, Glancing ove fas! fr the menu one morning at break- t, he said to the waiter: “What is a whiting?” “A whi g, sir,” said the waiter, “is a fish, si wh: tas! “I know that,” said Davis; “ but at kind of a fish? How does it te? The waiter pondered the matter for a moment. wh refi “TM tell you, sir,” he said. “A iting is like a ‘addock, sir—only more fined."—Saturday Evening Post. Barton & Guestier (“B. & G.”) wines are bottled in Bordeaux only from the wines of the best vintage jyears.—Ads Iv, Edith had been to church for the first tim “And what did you think of it?” asked her mother, “T didn’t like the organ very well.” “Why not?” “ Cause there wasn’t any monkey with Harper's Magazine. FRANK MILLER’ MOHAIR TOP DRESSING Unequalled for refin- ishing rusty Mohair Tops. IS NOT A f) VARNISH, but gives a new velvety finish g without hardening the surface. If your dealer does not carry it in stock we will, upon receipt of one dol- lar, deliver by Parcel Post a quart can of this 4 dressing. The Frank Miller Co., 349-351 West 26th Street, New York, N. Y. Established 1838 If you prefer Plain Ends ask for the Flat Milo Red Box | A firm of notion dealers on the East Side had gone out of business via the bonkruptey court, and the attorney for the principal creditors was going through the accounts of the concern. In the back of the safe he came on a partnership agreement, drawn up by the two bankrupts when they engaged in commerce and jointly signed by them. The second clause read as follows: “In the event of failure the profits are to be divided equally.” —Saturday ning Post. Comfort Without Extravagance Hotel Woodstock, New York A lively young fisher, named Fischer, Fished for fish from the edge of a fissure. A fish, with a grin, Pulled the fisherman in, Now they’re fishing the fissure for Fischer.—Ladies’ Home Journal. “ Novel Salads "—recipes from the principal hotels of the United States—forwarded without charge upon application to E. La Montagne's Sons, New York, Chicago or New Orleans, agents for Barton | & Guestier olive oil (Bordeaux, France).—Adv. Cork Tips in the Milo Yellow Label Box In warm weather “Mum” (as easy to use as to say) gives you a gratifying sense of personal wholesomeness by gently neutralizing all odors of perspiration. A snow-white unscented cream easily applied—lasts from bath to bath. 2sc at drug- and department-stores. “Mum” Mfg Co 1106 Chestnut St Philadelphia IT REAL KIND be try. am in ( ing twer In o voti fron ougl tellig Lorn getti we § the of u of k to he sibly to b will life g help that