Life, 1916-12-14 · page 33 of 42
Life — December 14, 1916 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical commentary and period advertising from an American publication, likely early 20th century. **"Just Pants" cartoon:** A humorous Christmas-themed sketch showing a child in minimal clothing worried Santa will think them greedy for lacking stockings—a joke about wartime rationing or poverty. **"Don't Change Your Habits" essay:** Satirizes a London doctor's advice about maintaining established routines. The piece ironically extends this to absurd conclusions, suggesting one shouldn't change bad habits (scolding one's wife daily) because disruption causes discomfort. The closing marriage analogy—advising against divorce unless the replacement woman is "young, beautiful" AND wealthy—is biting social satire mocking both habit psychology and marital dynamics. **Advertisements:** Fownes gloves and Gillette Safety Razors occupy the remaining space, typical period marketing emphasizing quality and practicality as Christmas gifts. The page's closing anecdote references WWI (Allied capture of Berlin), dating this publication to 1918-1919.
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n hook 1 from “JUST PANTS* “L AIN'T GOT NO STOCKINGS, WONDER IF SANTA CLAUS WILL THINK I'M GREEDY.” Don’t Change Your Habits LONDON doctor, who is described by the Times as being a well-known authority and whose name is Herschel, says: A man who has accustomed himself to having a week's holiday in bed every year is practically certain to feel the ef- fect of dispensing with such a holiday.” In brief, be careful not to change your habits. If you are accustomed to scold your wife every morning, do not try to be nice to her, just for a change. It will disturb the rhythmic balances and cause you trouble, Not only is this true in matters of health, but it applies to many other things as well. Possibly the mis- take, in many cases, comes in the be- ginning, in acquiring a set of habits that are not highly desirable in the long run. Fownes gloves . ? in a dealer's glove department indi- cate high quality in his other departments. Make thetest yourself... You'll find the Fownes sign a sure sign of good merchandise,wherever that’s all you need to know about a GLOVE. Are You a Friend of His? Give Him a Gillette HAT could you give that he will use so often—and like so much? The happiest hit of all the gifts at Christmas. See the displays—buy now! The Bulldog, the Aristocrat, the Standard Set or Pocket Edition -$5; with gold-p! zor, $6. Or more elaborate-a Combina- tlon or Trav: $6 to $50. jacket of Gillette Blades -50c. or $I. us for Catalogue. GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS NO STROPPING We should all be careful about that. Approach a new habit cautiously. Get references about it from its last em- ployer, Bear in mind that once you take it up, it is likely to become a life com- panion, and that, even if it should prove not desirable, it will be unsafe later on to make the attempt to get rid of it. This rule is, perhaps, the best argu- ment against divorce. In many instances a wife is merely a habit. But having ac- quired her, and having become more or less used to her, beware of changing her for another one. Unless the other one NO HONING is so young and beautiful that the dis- comfort of the change is more than counterbalanced by the new vista. And if she also has money "HE forces of the Allies had just captured Berlin. One of the orders issued by the Commander-in- Chief was that every officer and sol- dicr should be permitted to place his advance order for Lire. with a Berlin newsdealer. comicbooks.com