Life, 1916-07-27 · page 26 of 32
Life — July 27, 1916 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humor columns with period advertising. The main content includes: **"He Knew"**: A children's joke about a student (Willie) who guesses arithmetic answers correctly by accident rather than understanding—satirizing rote memorization in education. **"Danger for Someone"**: A *Punch* magazine joke where workers debate who deserves blame for boiler explosions—the inventor of boilers or whoever discovered coal burns. It's dark workplace humor about industrial accidents. **"The Monoclius"**: A *Louisville Courier-Journal* piece mocking Theodore Roosevelt, suggesting he hunted the prehistoric monoclius (a three-million-year-old horned creature) into extinction, outlasting previous presidents' hunting achievements. It's satire about Roosevelt's famous big-game hunting. **"Literal"** and **"Scot"**: Brief anecdotes about misunderstandings—one about rushed eggs, another about a Scotsman haggling over bath costs. The advertisements (Egyptian Deities cigarettes, Bell-Ans antacid, Carstairs whiskey) are standard period product pitches.
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