Life, 1916-01-20 · page 34 of 44
Life — January 20, 1916 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains several short humorous anecdotes and advertisements, typical of early 20th-century satirical publications. **Main humor pieces:** - "Much Simpler": A schoolgirl's commonsense answer about nutrition—listing actual meals rather than scientific food categories—mocks overly pedantic education. - "Joy of Eating": A banker with digestive problems views meals merely as vehicles for medicine, satirizing hypochondria. - "A Knock": A man claims friends discouraged his theatrical ambitions; the woman assumes they were protecting the theater itself—a jab at amateur performers. - "A Lodge Without Finery": Judge Pettingill satirizes fraternal organizations' obsession with ritual, uniforms, and hierarchy, preferring simplicity. - "A Coaxer": An Oklahoma church invents a collection box that rewards larger donations with silence but embarrasses small-change givers with noise—mocking manipulative fundraising. The page is primarily **advertising** (Luden's cough drops dominates the lower half) and contains period-appropriate social satire targeting education, health anxiety, social pretension, and institutional practices.
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Much Simpler For an hour the teacher had dealt with painful iteration on the part played by carbohydrates, proteids, and fats, respec- tively, in the upkeep of the human body. At the end of the lesson the usual test questions were put, among them: “Can any girl tell me the three foods required to keep the body in health?” There was silence till one maiden held up her hand and replied: “ Yer breakfast, yer dinner, and yer supper.” —San Francisco Argonaut, Joy of Eating A well-known banker in a downtown restaurant was eating mush and milk. “What's the matter?” inquired a friend, “Got dyspepsis “Don't you enjoy your meals?” Enjoy my meals?” snorted the in- dignas* dyspeptic. “ My meals are mere- ests to take medicine before or Miustrated Sunday Magazine, Bette: to last night. Nett: I'm not surprised. He told me he didn't care what became of him when I refused him.—Baltimore American, Jack proposed me THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND A Knock He: Yes, I once thought of going on the stage, but friends dissuaded me. Sux: Friends of the stage, I presume. —Boston Transcript. A Lodge Without Finery “My ambition in life,” confessed Judge Pettingill to the Chanute Tribunc, “is to be the organizer of a 'odge with- out flubdub, gold tassel uniforms, red tape ritual, a regiment of officers with high-sounding titles, a calisthenic drill of idiotic signs and grips, a goat, and mem- bers who call each other ‘brother.’ I would name the presiding officer ‘it,’ and its first by-law would provide for the ex pulsion of the member who advocated the wearing of a lodge pi —Kansas City Star. A Coaxer ‘The latest American church device for “raising the wind” is what a religious paper describes as “ some collection-box.” The inventor hails from Oklahoma. If a member of the congregation drops in a twenty-five-cent piece or a coin of larger value, there is silence. If it is a ten-cent piece a bell rings, a five-cent piece sounds a whistle, and a cent fires a blank car- tridge. If any one pretends to be asleep when the box passes, it awakens him with a watchman’s rattle, and a kodak takes his portrait—London Christian World. Svitor: What makes you think, sir, that I will not be able to support your daughter? Her Fatuer: The difficulty I've had in doing it myself—Boston Transcript. cis published every Thursday, 5 Canada and British Possessions. foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.05 a rent copies, 10 cents, 25,cents. issues prior to 19to out of ‘print, The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrightes Britain apply to Lire, 114 Southampton Row, Lon imultancousl WS ’ SB cough and colds. Recognized for purity. Carefull many uses In the * yellow box "— the world over Wm. H. Luden, Manufacturing Contectioner ja the United States, Great Britain, $$.00 a year in advance. ear; to Canada, $2 cents. Back numbers, after three months from date of publication, For, Reprint Rights in Great We. Additional postage to Single cur- —_Lirx’s London Office, Rol envelope. licited contributions, Prompt notification sh RELIEF” THE NATIONA “HEALTH GUARD” FOR OUTDOORS LUDEN’S protect throat and nose against dust or dampness—and quickly relieve Reading, Pa. Lire is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from book sellers jin all the principal cities in the world. Office. Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. ‘0 contribution will be returned unless accompanied by ‘stamped and addressed Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of wiic The foreign, trade supplied fro Holst for t] Combined rolucers, atte are a tie takes fivored gue | Holstein ype Men Who Care for Appearance should wear th fold to preserve a gout f or remedy a fi By wearing th THE FIGU vigor and v freat charac instandy ottained FIGURE MOLD ‘The Beau Brumme! for Men and the Beauty M: Women will line up und perfect au already gv0 The Magic Figure Mold for Men and W relieve ton ealth, asd beautily the (a place. Endorsed by Physicians fe make them to individual measare in varying lengths for wes ect for illustrated booklet with full descrigtion. LY THE OSLT FIGURE MOLD IN EXISTESCE reign and domestic pat (od and peadlog FIGURE MOLD GARMENT COMPARY, gure. 54 Enst Broad St. ‘Columbus, 0. comicbooks.com