Life, 1916-01-20 · page 41 of 44
Life — January 20, 1916 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily consists of **advertisements and satirical short pieces** rather than traditional political cartoons. ## Key Content: **Main Advertisement:** The C-H Magnetic Gear Shift promotes an early automotive innovation—push-button gear shifting controlled from the steering wheel, eliminating the manual gear lever. This appeals to the era's fascination with technological convenience. **Satirical Pieces:** - "Marked His Grave" jokes that Sir John French's burial is "less mournful" because he received the title "viscount"—dark humor about consoling himself with honors. - A dialogue satirizes job applicants who claim to "understand children" while refusing positions with them. - "All Hail! Ambiguity!" mocks contemporary journalism, psychology texts, and government agencies for being deliberately obscure, incomprehensible, and unhelpful—suggesting widespread institutional obfuscation. The page reflects early 20th-century anxieties: technological progress, labor relations, and institutional opacity masquerading as sophistication.
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SHIFT YOUR GEARS FROM THE STEERING WHEEL The same power that cranks your motor will shift the gears of your automobile at the touch of a button. The C-H MAGNETIC GEAR SHIFT controlled by push buttons mounted on the steer- ing column at your finger tip, out of the way of lap robe and overcoat, makes the gear shift lever unnecessary and permits you to shift from any speed to any speed—instantly and surely—by merely pressing a button No need to take the eyes from the road or to lose steering control for a single instant. stripping or clashing of gears. The C-H Magnetic Gear Shift makes the most powerful gasoline car as easy to drive as an electric coupé. Practical! Economical! mple in operation—startling in efficiency. The century's greatest gift to Motordom. Insist that your next car be equipped with the C-H Magnetic Gear Shift. Write for booklet. AWFUL PREDICAMENT OF A DRAWING THE CUTLER-HAMMER MFG. CO. WHICH BECAME SEPARATED FROM A 1219 St. Paul Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin LADIES’ LINGERIE ADVERTISEMENT Marked His Grave Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note; but the burial of Sir John French is made somewhat less mournful by the title of “ viscount.” —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Aprticayt: No, mavam, I could not work where there's children. Mapas: But we advertised for a girl who understood children. Appuicant: Oh, I understand ‘em, ma'am. That's why I wouldn't’ work where they are—New York Times, For Artists 274,47 eresing, beplak’ artic; UNIOU All Hail! Ambiguity ! Tt will please you. Money tack if not satis 10c a copy, $1 per year. Sead STUDENTS ART ion for the Advancement of Ambiguity held a session yesterday Dept. 105, Kalamazoo, Mich. | afternoon. Everybody was present, and all were pleased. Several books on the = Psychology of Sex were read, and it was agreed that they could not hy any pos- rel : sible means he more uninteresting or obscure. ARAGE $ L The newspapers were highly commended for printing only such parts of the actual HEATER ae news as enabled their readers not to understand anythin: 2 A magazine poem was read by a distinguished author and referred to the Puzzle Protect Your Car! Den : tot omctyarsett_ Keep year enrages warm as yoar Jepartmen| . ; ; sot! Sombre shivering: eo more wants hands, Onder & Resolutions were passed, commending the general tendency of everything to become more complicated, and a quartet of sociological experts wound up the proceedings by explaining to cach other and the audience at the same time their views about the ten- : dency of everything in general. Itt your enrages Ordet now Foul be giad Jou die Packages of adulterated foods from the Pure Food Department at Washington were 120.886 Reps bon ete then distributed, and everybody went home supremely grateful to an all-ruling Provi- \ dence that nothing which had happened was of any consequence to anybody or could be Send In Your Order understood by the most complicated child. Act NOW! Today! comicbooks.com