Life, 1916-06-29 · page 33 of 41
Life — June 29, 1916 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and light humor**, not political satire. **"The Crow and the Fox"** is a fable adaptation (credited to Arthur J. Goodhart) teaching the moral: don't be fooled by flattery. A vain crow drops cheese when tricked by a fox's compliments—a timeless lesson about vanity and gullibility, not contemporary satire. **"A Perfect Gentleman"** is a short humorous anecdote about a man so obsessively polite that he removes his hat in an elevator—absurdist humor mocking excessive etiquette. The rest are **product advertisements**: Pétrole Hahn hair tonic (Park & Tilford), Clicquot Club Ginger Ale, and Carstairs Rye whiskey. The page reflects **1920s advertising culture** where brands occupied significant magazine space. The humor is gentle and moralistic rather than cutting social commentary—typical of Life's lighter editorial content between ads.
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\ A necessity as well as a luxury. 2 WE wasest you ty ittoday. The | ' Petroleum contained, delicately perfumed, stimulates the tred hast folli- cles. The scalp 1s cleansed and a nat ural gloss and rich waviness produced, PARK & TILFORD New York $1.50 aud 31.00 at dealers on by parcel port The Crow and the Fox (Somewhat after La Fontaine) RCHED on a tree, Master Crow sat and held A beakful of Camembert cheese. Soon came a fox to the fragrance he smelled, And handed the crow words like these: “Well, well, look who's here on this tree! Believe me, some bird! Gee! you look good to me. kid, if your pipes can compare With all those swell feathers you wear, You've got poor Caruso backed off the map!” Now these words made the crow such a swelled-headed yap That, to show off his do-re-mi’s, He opened his beak—Zip! down came the cheese! Sly old fox scooped it up and said, “Bonehead, get wise; Fight shy of us soft-talk guy The drinks are on you if you fall for such tru This lesson will stand you one cheese —Tough luck. Master Crow was sore, and he swore, Just a little too late, that he'd be a boob no more. Arthur J. Goodhart. Carstairs Rye bs recast ooea The same a quality has spanned {&4 In the protective bottle—“a good 128 years of hotel and home use. { bottle to keep good whiskey good.” ump A EST. ft, oh tt Qe tReet esas “(i i il {s|# Wi y A Perfect Gentleman was particularly polite to women, d usually made a good impres- A young woman who sion on the! was visiting which he resided about his manners. “Oh, he's such ect gentle- man!" she exclaime He always rememl ¢ little things which mean so much.” “Yes,” agreed her hostess. “ For instance, he and his wife were coming down from the roof in the clevator last evening. I boarded the elevator at the fourth floor, and the instant I entered he removed his hat and held it in his hand all the rest of the way down!” comicbooks.com