Life, 1915-10-14 · page 36 of 44
Life — October 14, 1915 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and humor page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The page contains several brief jokes and product advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines. The humor pieces include: - **"Defining Parents"**: A child's naive essay where he defines parents as things boys "look after," noting fathers talk about what they'll do but mothers actually enforce discipline. - **"Conscience"**: A maid asks to borrow her mistress's lawnmower; the mistress refuses because cutting grass on the Sabbath violates religious observance—a dig at Victorian religious propriety. - **"Accomplished"**: A joke about an untrustworthy person who's friendly to your face but backstabs you. The majority of the page features **period advertisements** for liqueur (Chartreuse), leather goods, foot powder, and world travel services—standard commercial content of the era. The bottom cartoon ("Baseball: An Error at First") appears to be a visual gag, though details are unclear from this reproduction.
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Defining Parents Little Alfred was asked to write a com position on parents, and wrote this: Parents are things which boys have to look after them. Most girls have parents, Parents consist of pas and mas. Pas talk a good deal about what they are going to do, but it’s mostly the mas that make you mind.—Ladies’ Home Journal, RDI Makes The Perfect Rickey of Highball, Try Itt DA Cockta Farwer Brows, while his crew of threshers were “washing up” one morn- ing, noticed among them a Swede who was not engaged in the use of water, soap and towel “Well, Harris,” said the farmer, you going to wash this mornin “Naw,” returned the Swede; make me dirty to sleep.”"—Everybody’s. In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE If You Carry Them tn a DANDA LEATHER KEY CASE San FIRST GRAND PRIZE Supreme Honor From the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 “The Machine You Will Eventually Buy” al ae eae pat Conscience Brivcet: The new neighbors want to cut their grass, mum, and they sent over to ask the loan of your lawn-mower. Mistress: Lend them our lawn-mower to cut grass on the Sabbath! Certainly not! Tell them, Bridget, what we haven't one.—Boston Transcript, A Sherbet ts made tasty and deltghtfal by using Abbott's Uitters, Sample of bitters by mall, 25 cts. in stamps. C. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. Epiti: Miss Oldgirl says she has just reached the marriageable age. Mantz: You don't say. I wonder what delayed her.—Boston Transcript The superb liqueur of the ages. Unvarying in character—unsurpassed in excellence. DARBY AND JOAN These quaint little wooden needlecases, highly colored and humorously conceived, individuality and are anywhere, postpaid, our Year of 1000 distinct, unusual, fragrant, simple or more elaborate gilts for every occasion and for everybody. Fully illustrated, 72 pages, mailed for 6cin stamps. Pohlsea Gilt Shep, 21 Bank Bldg., Pawtacket, R. 1. “ROUND THE WORLD TOURS ‘The Best Regular Services to 7) INDIA, CHINA, PHILIP. QU) HES Pull tn ition CUNARD LINE, 24 State St.,N.Y. Accomplished Sart Yor Max: What do you think of Brown? Ixpicnant Otp Gextteman: Brown. sir! He is one of those people that smack you on the back before your face, and hit you in the eye behind your back —Tit-Bits. BASEBALL AN ERROR AT PIRST comicbooks.com