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This page contains three separate humorous anecdotes satirizing professional pretension: **"Big Chances Both Ways"** mocks the mutual skepticism between doctors and clergy. A physician and minister argue about life's uncertainties—the doctor dismisses the minister's warnings about the afterlife, while the minister counters that medical men's gloomy pronouncements make life seem hardly worth living. The joke: both professions undermine confidence in their own domains. **"Horrible Thought"** is a brief quip about an unpaid debt and mistaken identity. **"A Dual Reputation"** (the main cartoon, showing a caddy at a golf club door) satirizes an English actor's terrible golf skills. After playing miserably, he admits to being "the worst golfer in the world." The caddy soothingly disagrees—but then reveals another golfer is worse: "Jones-Brown." The joke: the actor's reputation for bad golfing is so widespread that even his caddy doesn't recognize him, knowing him only by his golfing infamy. The page also contains period advertisements for Reed & Barton stores and Life magazine subscriptions.

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Big Chances Both Ways A Dual Reputation As Grantland Rice tells the story, a certain distinguished English actor, whom we may safely call Jones-Brown, plays 3 persistent but horrible game of golf During a recent visit to this country the The famous physician and the eminent clergyman were deep in a discussion which threatened to become acrimonious. “You see,” said the minister sarcasti- cally, “you medical men know so much about the uncertainties of this world that I should think you would not want to live.” “Oh, I don't know,” responded the physician caustically, “ You clergymen tell us so much about the uncertainties of the next world that we don’t want to die.”"—Ladies’ Home Journal. Horrible Thought Burrovens: T know a man who looks so much like you that one could hardly tell you apart Lenvers: You haven't paid him that actor in question occasionally visited the links of a well-known country club in Westchester County, near New York. After an especially miserable showin: of inaptness one morning, he flung down his driver in disgust. “Caddy,” he said, addressing the silent youth who stood alongside, “that was awful, wasn’t it?” Purty bad, sir,” stated the boy. “T freely confess that I am the worst golfer in the world,” continued the actor “Ob, I wouldn’t say that, sir,” said the caddy soothingly. “ Did you ever see a worse player 11 I am?” “No, sir, I never did,” confessed the boy truthfully; “but some of the other boys was tellin’ me yistiddy about a gen tleman that must be a worse player than fiver T lent you three months ago, have LISTENING TO THE REPORT OF THE you are. They said his name was Jones- you?"—Boston Transcript. STANDING COMMITTEE Brown."—Saturday Evening Post. rx is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions, 0 a year in advance, Additional postage to rent copies, 10 cents. Back numbers, aiter three months. fs date of publication, 25 cents, Issues prior to 1910 out of print The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lire, 114 Southampton Ro: don, W. C, laddin’s cave was I more fascinat ing than the Reed & Barton stores. Here not only can the eye be filled with beauty but all the creature comforts can be graciously served. Everything we offer is genuine in its nature e. sin’ cere inits expression and not even artificialin price. “You are very welcome to our hou © REED & BARI Ot Fifth Avenue & 32 Street Silver Di for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from b all the principal cities in the world, The foreign trade supplied fr London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addrene: ope. Lire. does not hold itself responsible for the loss or nowreturn of wes lieited contributions, Prompt notification should be sent by subscribers of any change of address. FOR COLLEGE MEN AND WOMEN LIFE is $5 a year, but it is not perhaps generally understood that subscriptions will also be accepted for shorter periods. LIFE will be sent for six months for $2.50; eight months for $3.34; or nine months for $3.75, the last period covering the college year. For Foreign Subscriptions add 2 cents per copy for Postage ForCanadian “ teent LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 WEST 3ist STREET NEW YORK comicbooks.com