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This page from *Life* magazine (circa 1910s) contains several satirical short jokes and advertisements: **"His Attitude"** mocks a politician's non-answer to a constituent's question about his position—he claims to feel "very uncomfortable," a joke about evasive politicians. **"Keeping It Dark"** cartoons a British military bureaucrat who arrests enemy aliens without knowing which country he's at war with, satirizing imperial inefficiency and confusion during wartime. **The dog-show joke** features two British sailors unable to distinguish which end of a shaggy Skye terrier is its head—humor based on working-class dialect and absurdist observation. **The barman anecdote** suggests a suspected German spy in a bar isn't drinking his whisky, implying Germans (or spies) can be identified by suspicious behavior—Cold War-era spy paranoia humor. The page is primarily **advertising and content filler**, with a Cascade Whisky ad and promotion for an autobiography serialization taking significant space.

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518 His Attitude is your position on this ques- ed the constituent. ssman thought a minute and “Wh tion? The Co then replied “Very uncomfortable.” —Washington Star. Tue way they do things in some of the odd corners of the British Empire, where they are comparatively free from wire less telegrams if thorough The officer in charge of a certain hinter- land received from his superior officer at the base some time in August this “War has been declared. A all enemy aliens in your district sde the su reply: “Have four Russians, is unique, res With commendable promp perior officer received thi arrested seven Germans, two Frenchmen, five Italians, two Rou- manians and an American. Please say who we're at war with."—Argonaut. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. '$s.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countrics in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; to Canada, 52 cents. Single cur- Tent ‘copies, 10 cents. Back numbers, alter three months from date of publication, 25 cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of print” The tert avd illustrations in Lire are vopyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lave, 114 Southampton Row, London, W. C. MELLOow as MOONLIGHT PURE WHISKY We do not claim to be exclusive in our desire to produce extraordinary whisky +-but somehow results seem to have credited us with that exclusiveness. Origindt Bottling Has Old Gold Label GEO. A. DICKEL & CO., Distillers ‘ENN. “KEEPING IT DAKK ” envelope. licited contributions. How to Vote “How are you going to vote, Jean- nette?” Inquired her friend Marie. And the other miss, nonplussed at this, Replied: “ Now, let me see.” “T think I'll vote in a sealskin coat,” Jeannette went on to say, “And a gown of red.” Then the other said: “Well, that’s a lovely way.’ —Kansas City Journal. Settling the Matter The two British sailors had secured tickets to the dog show and were gazing upon a Skye terrier which had so much hair that it looked more like a woolen rug than a dog. “Wich end is ‘is ‘ead, Bill?” asked one. “Blowed if I kno was the reply. “But ‘ere, I'll stick a pin in ‘im and you look w'ich end barks.” —Ladies’ Home Journal. ? A souve Price, 14 Wes Barman: Strikes me there's one o° these bloomin’ German spies in the smoke- room, sir. 'E’s bragging about bein’ a Scotsman, and the whisky I took ‘im a quarter of an honr ago ‘e ain't even touched yet !—Tit-Bits. Castes L@HDd™ Great Britain and may be obtained from, book Live is for sale by all newsdealers sellers in all the principal cities in the.world. The foreign trade supplied from Live's London Office, Rolls ti louse, Breams Buildings, London, FE. C. No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addresset Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of wns> Prompt notification should be sent by subscribers of any change of addre: It Begins in the April Century An Astounding Chapter from Life A Book of Remembrance wea war: Soci grip hang wou cour usua (To be printed in five installments) ‘“*Me’’ is the autobiography of a well-known woman novelist; that is, it covers about a year, when, at seventeen, unsophisticated but almost hysterically alive, she left her home in Canada to make her own way in the business world of men. Besides being an extraordinary piece of art as a perfectly transparent self revelation, it tells, and quite inci- ', more of what meets an attractive girl who goes out to work than a dozen sociological volumes. It is anonymous. ‘*Me"’ is called the 2 A. M. manuscript in THE CENTURY office, because all the veteran readers reported that they had to sit up until the early hours with it. It has been a long time since a manuscript created such a commotion in this maga- zine office. Special Offer to New Readers The Next Four Numbers for sj | Regular price of The Centary, $40 year. (Tear off and mail) THE CENTURY CO. 353 Fourth, Ave ork City Gentlemen: I enclose, § for whet please send me The Century for fou months, beginning with the April numbe Name... | Address. | e's