Life, 1915-03-04 · page 34 of 48
Life — March 4, 1915 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical humor pieces and advertisements typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **"Aut Scissors" Section:** Two brief jokes mocking human behavior. The first ridicules a car salesman's claim that an automobile is "almost human"—the buyer responds it's too human, behaving badly (smoking, puffing uphill). The second joke features an aged German couple quarreling; when the wife wishes she were in heaven, the husband retorts he'd prefer a beer garden—satirizing marital discord and male priorities. **"Where Love Is" Poem:** A weather complaint poem that personifies winter as unpredictably temperamental, arriving with varied conditions and unexpected freezes that harm nature (killing the robin's song). It's satirizing the frustration of an unreliable season that lacks consistent character. **Advertisements:** Plymouth Gin and what appears to be a music hall or theatrical venue advertisement occupy the lower half. The page exemplifies Life's formula: brief satirical jokes about everyday life, romantic/domestic situations, and interspersed advertising.
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{AUT SCISSORS No Recommendation “This car,” said the demonstrator, “js almost human. Perhaps you have noticed —— ” “Yes, I have,” said Binks, dryly. “It reminds me of several men I kaow— been smoking ever since we left the garage, and the last hill we climbed it puffed like a porpoise. Haven't you something that is less human and more generally satisfactory ?"—Tit-Bits. AN aged German and wife were mach given to quarreling. One day, after a particularly unpleasant scene, the old woman remarked, with a sigh: “Vell, I vish I vas in heafen!” vas in a beer-garden!” husband. “Ach ja,” cried the old wife, “al- ways you try to pick out the best for yourself! "—Everybody's, “ WITERE LOVE 18" This Remarkable Weather Winter, with varied weather, moves along, Freezes us not, nor sweats us over- much ; We tolerate it, since it does no wrong Nor good to us, as such. A Christmas snowfall for the looks of things, A January thaw, for it’s the style; A hint of spring, some of all sorts of things Most every little while. And then—a horrid, unexpected cold! A freeze, a blizzard—something over wrong! A chill that never came in days of old To choke the robin's song! Ths’ why we always hate and always must This wintry month, whose ways are queer; It brings an unexpected frost at just The same time every year! —Cleveland Plain Dealer, __ Lire is published every Thursday, simultancously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. "$5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; to Canada, 52 cents. Single cur- rent copies, 10 cents. Back numbers, after three months from date of publication, cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of ‘print. The text @ Britain apply to Live, 114 Southampton Row, London, Wlustrationg im Livt are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Lire is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from boa sellers in all the principal cities of the world. The foreign trade supplied from Luts London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. No contributiow will be returned unless accompanies envelope. Live. does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of exe licited contributions. Prompt notification should be sent by subscribers of any change in address. “by stamped and addressed PLYMOUTH Dry Gin The man who orders Coates’s Plymouth has the satisfaction of knowing he drinks the best and most expensive gin made. Yet Plymouth costs him no more by the drink than any other. ALEX DISH AW/ «co ny “YE CAN'T DORE ME, MAGGIE O'BRIEN, SHURE, Of KNEW YE WHEN YE WUZ NOTHIN’ BUT A SPINDLE-SHANKED KID WITH FULL 0’ HOLES” +s comichooks.aem