Life, 1915-11-04 · page 38 of 56
Life — November 4, 1915 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three brief humorous cartoons and one major advertisement, typical of Life's satirical format. **The Cartoons:** The first cartoon mocks a young druggist facing customer skepticism—a satire on age discrimination and consumer anxiety about competence in service roles. The second jokes about social climbing through wealth: a man's dinner parties attract guests only after he achieves financial success, implying people are motivated by free food rather than genuine friendship. The third is a visual pun: a man claims his gout came from "painting Thanksgiving pictures"—a play on words suggesting artistic work caused his condition, likely nonsensical humor. **The Advertisement:** The dominant lower half advertises Perrier Water, invoking Pascal's philosophy to suggest the product's natural purity. It emphasizes French sophistication and appeals to "refined taste," targeting upper-class consumers. The page reflects early 20th-century American attitudes: social anxiety about class mobility, skepticism of youth, and aspirational marketing toward genteel consumers.
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“Ain't you rather young to be left in charge of a drug store?” “ Perhaps; what can I do for you?” “Do your employers know it’s danger- ous to leave a mere boy like you in charge of such a place?” “T am competent to serve you, madam.” “Don't you know you might poison some one?” “There is no danger of that, madam; what can I do for you?” “Think I had better go to the store down the street.” “To can serve you just as well as they can and as cheaply.” “Well, you may give me a two-cent stamp, but it doesn’t look right.” —Toronto Mail and Empire. “Your wife’s dinner parties are al- ways beautiful affairs.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Cumrox. “ At first people didn’t seem to want to come to ‘em, but I guess mebbe the high cost of living is making a difference.’ —Washington Star. sf SUSCEPTIBLE. “HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU EVER COME TO HAVE THE GouT?” “DUNNO, DOC, BUT I S'POSE IT'S PROM PAINTING THOSE THANKSGIVING PIC TURES.” Live is published every T! Canada and British Possessions. 25 cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. Fer Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lire, 114 Southampton Row, London, W. ‘sday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain s.99 a year in advance, Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; to Canada, s2 cents. S rent copies, 10 cents. Back numbers, alter three months from date of publication, My Love Story A lady of sagacity and beautiful audacity once had the pertinacity to ask me, at her door: “If I can find a minister who is not bold or sinister—why should I stay a spinister—and you a bacheldore?” It was no time for puttering or stam- mering or stuttering, and so I has- tened, uttering as fast as I could speak: “Had I a home Colonial, with furnish- ings baronial, I might feel matrimo- nial—but NOT on six a week.” She laughed and said quite cynical: “Well, you're the very pinnacle of everything that's finical "—but I said nothing more. And thus we found no minister, and I moved off to Finisterre, and she is still a spinister, and I'm a bacheldore. —Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch. “Wet, how did your ticket come out in the primaries?” “Crooked methods beat us,” answered the Punkville candidate. ‘“ We were fix- ing to offer two dollars for votes and the other side came along offering five. It’s a heavy blow to reform.” —Louisville Courier-Journal, ingle cur- licited contributions. Lire is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from b sellers in all the principal cities in the world. The foreign trade supplied from House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Live does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of wmo Live's London Office, Rolls Prompt notification should be sent by subscribers of any change of address. The enthusiasm for France inspired * by Lafayette is re-inspired by Perrier. Obtainable at all high-class Hotels, Restaurants and Grocers. WILLIAMS & HUMBERT, Agents, 1158 Broadway, New York. §| HEN Pascal said that the stream is always purest at its source, he unwit- tingly wrote a testimonial in advance for Perrier. Every.drop of sparkling Perrier Water is bottled at the gushing, bubbling Perrier Spring. And there is something irresistibly appealing to refined taste in the fact that the brilliance of Perrier is entirely a natural brilliance. Perrier is bottled at the Springs in the South of France amidst the glorious French vineyards. There is no saltiness in Perrier, the great reason why it combines so perfectly with Wines and Spirits. N.B.—A glass of Perrier alone or with a slice of lemon in the early morning is invaluable in gout and uric acid troubles—the bugbear of middle-age. For a high-class High-ball — say PERRIER Bubbling with its own Carbonic Gas. [comicbooks.com