Life, 1915-02-25 · page 36 of 44
Life — February 25, 1915 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with interspersed humorous anecdotes**, typical of Life's format during this era. The jokes mock contemporary social situations: a donkey mistaking a zebra for a disgraced mule; a defendant blaming his court-appointed lawyer; a pessimist criticizing traffic safety measures; and modern education's shift toward hands-on learning (modeling clay, capturing snakes) versus traditional composition-writing. One anecdote satirizes middle-class pretension: a mother tells her daughter they'll have oyster soup "without the oysters" for economy, but the child innocently exposes the fiction by pointing out a single oyster and asking if the guest should have it too. The advertisements include patent medicines (Dioxogen antiseptic, Abbott's Bitters), cigarettes, liquor, and a book on imperial Britain—reflecting early 20th-century consumer culture. The content reflects prevailing attitudes toward education, propriety, and modern anxieties about disease prevention.
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When the donkey saw the zebra He began to switch his tail; “Well I never,” was his comment; “There's a mule that's been in —The Horse L Wino Jolly when flavored with Abbott's Bitters ta made more delightfal and healthfal, Sample of bitters by mall, 25 ets. in stamps. C. W, Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md, Placing the Blame “Have you anything to say before I pass sentence?” “Yes, your honor, I would call your attention to the fact that the fool lawyer who ‘defended me was assigned to the case by yourself." —Philadelphia Public Ledger. GREAT DEAT SPRING WATER 5O cents the case of G glass stoppered bottles | Where It Fails “The only trouble with the pace kills,” said the pessimistic person, that it doesn't kill enough of them.” —Penn State Froth, “Hy Professor (eA CRAMB, whose “Germany and Ene- | land" is now in its 130th thousand Origins and Destiny | of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe A study of the nation’s ideals. AT ALL BOOKSTORES, Net $1.50 | E. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Ave., New York | Look at the WARNING: Look « know the so-called “just cquires the qi Promptly cleanse any fresh cut or wound with Dioxogen and you absolutely prevent the ever-present danger of festering or serious blood poison that may follow the merest scratch. Ask your druggist for a bottle of Dioxogen today and you'll have no regrets. jonable drug DEITIES “Dhe Utmost in Cigarettes | Plain Edo Gay Tip | People of cullure.refine- ment and education incariohly PREFER Deities to any other cigarette “Helping a child with his lessons used to mean that you wrote a compo- sition or did a few sums.” “Well?” “Now you may have to model some- thing in clay or even go out and capture a live snake.”"—Pittsburgh Post. Youxe Lavy (in book store) : something popular. Ciexk: Wicked or vapid? —Philadelphia Public Ledger. I want Dioxogen by chemi- cal test is g i) 916 1000 per cent pure, It is the choice of people who un- derstand. so pure it needs no acetanilid to make ntee it no matter how long it is kept, Makers of the Halicd Grade Turkish F nid Fqyptean Cigaratesin the Workd LIQVOR MADE IN PARIS Purity certified toby the French Government WILLIAMS & HUMBERT U.S. Agents, 1158 Broadway, NewYork Mama's Little Helper When unexpected company came to dinner, little Betty was told privately that she and mother would have to have oyster soup without the oysters. The young lady was much flattered at her share in this sacrifice to hospitality, and apparently disappointed when she found one small oyster in her plate. Holding it up on the spoon, she inquired in a stage whisper : “Mother, shouldn't Mrs. Smith have this oyster, too?” —New York Evening Post. “Steeped to the lips in misery, So sad, so tender and so true.