Life, 1915-09-23 · page 36 of 48
Life — September 23, 1915 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes satirical humor with period advertising. The top cartoon satirizes social obligation: Mrs. Exe must accept a tedious dinner invitation from Mrs. Boreleigh despite hating such events, because pleading a prior engagement would be dishonest—suggesting the rigid social conventions constrained people into uncomfortable situations. A second joke mocks political decline: a defeated candidate explains that a public man "at the zenith of popularity" means he's "about ready to hit the toboggan"—i.e., about to lose power and fall from favor. A military cartoon jokes about officer appearance standards becoming absurdly focused on looking "like a man" rather than competent soldiering. The remainder consists of period advertisements: patent medicines (Dioxogen disinfectant, Abbott's Bitters), diet books ("Eat and Grow Thin"), and travel services. The bottom cartoon shows a cheapskate restaurant patron upset at costs—a common humor subject of the era. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: social conformity, political instability, and consumer health anxieties.
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Bople of culture, refinement Mars, Exe: Here's an invitation from ; 5 ‘ PREFER Deities to | Mrs. Boreleigh to one of her tiresome 5 y i ; a other | dinners. I hate them. < Nea Exe: Why not plead that you have a previous engagement? Mrs. Exe: That would be a lie. Edith, dear, write Mrs. Boreleigh that we accept with pleasure. —Boston Transcript. ‘Wine Jelly when favored with Abbott's Blttors {s mate moro dolightfal and healthfal. Sample of bitters by matl, 25 ets, $n | Stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. “Pa, what does it mean when a public man is said to be at the zenith of his popilarity 2 “It means, my son,” replied the de- feated candidate ruefully, “that he is about ready to hit the toboggan.” —Birmingham Age-Herald, GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER | &O cents the case of 6 glass stoppered bottles = : : . Difficult EAT AND GROW THIN. The adjutant was lecturing to the sub- Without By VANCE THOMPSON alterns of the battalion. Wrinkles The advice and the Mahdah menus in this book “In the field," he said, “it is now Neekin, have been successfully tried by thousands, incumbent upon an officer to make him- AMuzbaser E, P. DUTTON & CO. N. Y. self look as much like a man as possible.” enema cr — Everybody laughed. ROUND THE WORLD TOURS “That is, I mean,” he explained, “as ‘The Best Regular Services to | much like a soldier as, possible.” EGYPT, INDIA, CHINA, PHILIP. | —London Mirror. INES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW COOLING SUMMET RAGES Bacardi Rickey — Highball INSULAR @ ORIENTAL 8. N.CO. | Full Information trom -| CUNARD LINE, 24StateSt,N.Y. It destroys the germs before trouble can start Yi Y, Yj) When a cut, a scratch or a bruise comes, think first of ij Lif Dioxogen, the pure peroxide of hydrogen that needs no UY Uf Weer questionable acetanilid to preserve it. Dioxogen prevents infection. Its use is the best health insurance. Don’t run chances with cheap dieaching peroxides. To enable you to judge, we will send you a trial bottle, this size, on request. iis fin Geis a 4 MioLaA Ask for DIOXOGEN by name—at any drug store ATA NET PROFIT OF FORTY CENTS A ROX— THE OAKLAND CHEMICAL CO., 10 Astor Place, New York EIGHTY IN A BOX—GAZING AT THE RESTAU- RANT CHARGE OF TWENTY CENTS A HALF PORTION FOR THE SAME FRUIT STUDY IN EXPRESSION THIS 18 A FRUIT GROWER WitO HAS Comicbooks.com