Life, 1916-11-02 · page 32 of 46
Life — November 2, 1916 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains several satirical pieces: **"The Med. Crusade"** (top left): A poem mocking excessive medical/scientific authority. It sardonically suggests that if society keeps killing animals in the name of science ("Swat the fly," "Shoot the dog"), eventually someone will advocate "Kill the baby"—critiquing the logic of unrestrained scientific experimentation. **The barber anecdote**: A humorous story where a customer becomes anxious upon seeing someone enter the shop, frantically demanding quick service. The joke's punchline is missing in the OCR, but appears designed as casual humor about mistaken identity or social anxiety. **"What's in a Name?"**: A university joke playing on a student named Meadow being asked about his "fine old name"—the student quips it would be "a great pity if it were ploughed," making a pun on the farming context of his surname. **The bakery poem**: Social satire about consumer fraud—bakers labeling loaves "Twelve Ounces" while actually selling ten-ounce loaves. The page is primarily **humorous content and advertising**, not overtly political satire.
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=$AUT SCISSORS AvT NULLus “ Swat the fly” And “Trap the rat,” “ Shoot the dog” And “Croak the cat.” Keep it up, For science, maybe, Soon will holler, “ Kill the baby.” —Chicago American, “T was preparing to shave a chap the other afternoon,” says a head varber. “IT had trimmed his hair, and from such talk as I had had with him, I judged him to.be an easy-going, unexcitable sort of fellow. But suddenly his manner changed. Out of the corner of his eye he had seen a man enter whose appear- ance upset him. “*Hurry, George!’ he muttered to me. ‘Lather to the eyes—quick !—quick!— “ What's in a Name?” A story which will be appreciated by university men is told in Edinburgh. A number of examinations were being held recently at the university, and at one of them a student bearing the name of Meadow, who had answered the printed papers, was called up for his “ oral.” “Ah, Mr. Meadow,” facetiously re- marked the examining professor, “ fine old name yours.” “Yes, professor,” responded the stu- dent, without a moment's hesitation, “It would be a great pity if it were ploughed."—Tit-Bits. Now Qualified “Aren't you the boy who was here a then that I wanted an older boy?” “Yes, sir; that’s why I'm here now.” —Southern Woman's Magazine. Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker man, Bake me a loaf as light as you can. Label it plainly “ Twelve Ounces,” and then Sell it to me, tho it only weighs ten. here comes my tailor !'"—Everybody's. crowTn —Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Lire is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from book- Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U, S. Patent Office. $5.00 a year sellers in all the principal cities in the world. The forciga trade supplied from in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; Lirz’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings. London, E. C- to Canada, s2 cents. Single current copies, 10 cents, Back numbers, after three months Be cent ates we ny Mee te Oe ee of eet oe from date of publication, 2s cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. esa’ Guinan ee The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain Notice of change of address should reach this office ten days prior to the date of apply to Lit, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, B. C., England, issue to be affectea. ‘OW short can a short story be? Life, wishing to solve this problem, held recently a very . Interesting contest. A prize of $1,000 Stories from was offered for the best original story ores. under 1,00 words in length, and second Life and third prizes of $500 and $250. In the 4 PRE erowes IN dd these every sto 2 ppeonre v Life ee en (4 “ LIFE'S" SHORTEST STORY enter the competition was to be paid for ,, CONTEST | at the rate of ten cents for every word With an Introduction by under 1,500 words which the author did THOMAS L. MASSON || not write! Thatis, a story of 1,499 words Managing Editor of ** Life would be worth 10 cents; a story of S00 Net $1.25 words would be worth $100, and so on. This unique contest aroused great interest among the best American short story writers. More than 30,000 MSS. were received by Life. Of om (fea these, 81 were selected as the best, and these are the stories which appear FRESH HOUR in this book. Eighty-one short stories, all under 1,500 words, vivid, unconventional, some by established writers and some by authors still unknown to the public, make this a book of unusual interest. Thomas L. Masson, the well known managing editor of Life and compiler of humorous anthologies, con- tributes an introduction. It cost Lsfe more than $12,000 to collect these stories. The reader may have them for $1.25 net. By post, $1.36. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY _ im 17 West 31s Suee, New Yok COiichookskieomn any holiday, the children’s birthdays, her anni- versary, any little family festivity is a good ex- cuse for bringing home candies so tempting as Hundreds of kinds to choose from—all dainty, pure and wholesome. Our Dollar box of assorted Chocolates can be obtained from our Sales Agencies or our Stores—if zouprefer, one will be sent prepaid upon receipt of One HUYLER'’S, 64 Irving Place, New Yorn