Life, 1914-06-11 · page 28 of 44
Life — June 11, 1914 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"No Place for Ladies"**: A German newspaper correspondent staying at a seaside hotel complains about being served by college girls working vacation jobs (following New England custom). After receiving poor service, he demands a male waiter, not a "lady." The satire mocks both the foreigner's rudeness and, implicitly, the era's gender assumptions about service work. **"Of a Particular Kind"**: A wife warns an aeronaut not to sell her husband an airship because he "cannot be trusted with one." The joke plays on marital dynamics and emerging aviation skepticism. **"Not Granted"**: A three-year-old tells her grandmother she prays nightly for her brother Fred to be good, but "He ain't done it yet"—gentle humor about prayer's apparent ineffectiveness. The page also includes an **Englebert Tyre advertisement** (Belgian-made car tires) and what appears to be a wartime Cupid cartoon about disrupted business.
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