Life, 1915-07-29 · page 36 of 40
Life — July 29, 1915 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"Not Really Extravagant"**: A New England hotel keeper reveals he's netted $17,000 but won't renovate—satirizing rural Yankee frugality even amid prosperity. **Exposition Joke**: A man cannot afford the fair because his wife bought a new outfit *to attend* it—mocking couples' financial friction over unnecessary expenses. **Mark Twain Anecdote**: The famous humorist visits H.H. Rogers's library and criticizes a marble bust of a woman coiling her hair as "unnatural"—because she should have hairpins in her mouth. This jokes about Twain's reputation for witty, slightly irreverent commentary. **"Rheumatism in One Reel"**: An elderly Black man describes his pain as "a movin' picture ob pain"—a contemporary reference to the then-novel medium of cinema, using dialect humor common to the era. The page also contains period advertisements and brief one-liners about gender and mental strain. Overall, it reflects turn-of-the-century American middle-class preoccupations and entertainment conventions.
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OUR FOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES Not Really Extravagant There's a Yankee landlord on the Maine coast who keeps his old hulk of a summer hotel filled every year with well-to-do guests from the cities, who pay high prices for the wonderful scenery and the good meals, philo- sophically accepting the bleak rooms, the shabby wall paper and the threadbare upholstery. A New York man asked him, toward the close of his season, how he had been doing. “Wal,” the Yankee replied, “I've just been going over the books, and we've netted about seventeen thousand dollars this season. I reckon if we do as well another year I'll paper the parlor! "—Everybod. Jelly when flavored with befall and healthful. Saumpl butt & Co. Bi “Ane you going to the Exposition “Nope; can’t afford it.” But your wife bought an entire new outfit to wear at the Exposition.” “That's why we can’t afford it.” —Houston Post. In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE Here’s a Case That's UP TO YOU! Chay and unique? Oper: ated ly a fagee which bits UP TO YOU” No metal springs, clams, dash of lemon athirst quencher Mildly Alkaline Unnatural “Mark Twain was visiting H. H. Rogers,” said a New York editor. “Mr. Rogers led the humorist into his library. “*There,’ he said, as he pointed to a bust of white marble. ‘What do you think of that?’ It was a bust of a young woman coiling her hair—a grace- ful example of Italian sculpture. Mr. Clemens looked, and then he said: “Tt isn't true to nature.’ “Why not?’ Mr. Rogers asked. “She ought to have her mouth full of hairpins,’ said the humorist.” ‘ —Christion Register: } Developing and printing kodak films. Most perfect Cash prizes for good pictures, Miles Greenwood, Melrose, ) Rheumatism in One Reel An old darky appeared in the doctor's office one morning, plainly very low in his mind. The doctor, recognizing his old pa- tient, greeted him in his most inspiriting manner. Well, Elijah, how is the rheumatism these days?” “ Porley, porley, sah replied Elijah dejectedly, “ Belieb me, Marse Doctor, V'se jest a movin’ picture ob pain!" —Woman's Home Companion. COOLING SUMMER BEVERAGES Hhacael Rlekey—Cocktan—1iisutat Constant Wear Suicus: Scientists claim that a woman's mind is more apt to succumb to great mental strain than a man’s. Cysicus: Yes, I suppose the constant changing of anything will wear it out. —London Opinion. The Best Regular Services to EGYPT, INDIA, CHINA, PHILIP PINES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND. Round World Trips and Winter Tours in INDIA. PER- INSULAR & ORIENTAL 8. H.C Full Information from Shirt Down Socks Up SHIRT GARTER CO. cosmos comicbooks.com