Life, 1917-02-01 · page 5 of 40
Life — February 1, 1917 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page is primarily **advertising and humor columns** rather than political satire. The top section contains a humorous essay titled "From These Pests, Good Lord, Deliver Us!" that catalogs annoying character types—people who constantly agree with you, those who are perpetually gloomy, etc. It's gentle social satire about everyday personality quirks rather than political commentary. The page includes advertisements for **Great Western Champagne** (prominently featuring a gold-medal-winning bottle) and a **Standard Oil Company product** (Nujol) claiming to treat constipation by mimicking the cave man's natural digestive process. The cartoon at top-left shows children playing, with the caption "Hey, mister, why don't you get a hoof o' yer own to play with?"—simple humor about playground dynamics, not political satire.
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ial bag Lea leug 165 “Wey, MISTER, WHY DON'T YOU GET A HOOP 0’ YER OWN TO PLAY wiTH?” From These Pests, Good Lord, Deliver Us! FRoM that man who always agrees, and disagrees with you. Who is forever saying, “Yes, I grant you that.” Who conceals under a single phrase the meanest, smallest, narrow- est conception of human life in all its phases that it would be possible to imagine. Deliver us, O Lord, from (namely) the man with the “open mind,” From that terrible person who meets you on the morning after, when you are not feeling particularly well, and who, looking at you mournfully, de- clares: “By Jove! You're looking very badly, old chap! Better do some- thing about it.” From the fond parent who takes you aside confidentially—just as you have made up your mind to break away— and says: “I want to tell you of a little thing that my youngest boy Harold— you know ‘Harold—did — yesterday. Maybe you can work it up into a story. It certainly ought to be printed. You'll agree with me, I'm sure—" From that enthusiastic lady—who goes about doing good to others—who insists upon your serving upon a com- mittee. You explain that you have never served upon a committee before, and promised your dying grandmother that you never would, She tells you that there is no possible excuse, that it is for the good of a great cause, and she keeps at you day after day until, in intolerable anguish, you are obliged to yield. From yourself—in certain moods. Naturally The first thing a climber wants is a family tree. —Lonisville Courier-Journal. If You Lived As The Cave Man Lived G r t W estern Your health would take care of itself ea THE cave man ate coarse food and lived a strenuous 4 fe in the open. His digestive apparatus was ( ham a e M suited to that kind of an existence, P: You inherit from the caye man the same internal mechanism, but youeat diferent food and youlead adifferent kind ofalife. “ i ree . Hence the almost universal prevalence of constipation and Bent Specie 1982 Special Reser rve' its constant menace to health on i Your problem is to adjust that “cave man” internal mechanism “Extra Dry” Of yours to the sedentary life and concentrated food of civilized ra a man, NUJOL accomplishes this adjustment by pre bowel contents from becoming hard, thus making ha ments easy. It doesn’ y proce: Produced by the old French and it doesn't forma habit. ee slow method of fermentation NUJOL is sold in pint bottles only. at all drug stores. Refuse in the botile taking from six substitutes—look for the name NUJOLon the bottle and package. qi AS lo seven years of time. Dept. Great Western is the Only STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) American Champagne ever Bayonne New Jersey awarded a Gold Medal at Foreign Expositions. Paris Exposition, 1900, France Paris Exposition, 1889, France 1910, Belgium a, 1873, Austria ion, 1897, Belgium Paris Exposition, 1867, France Write for our tree Hivatrated Booklet which tells how Champagne ts made, Pleasant Valley Wine Company Rheims, N. Y. Oldest and largest producers of Champagne in America Send for booklet, “THE RATIONAL TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATION.” Write your name and address plainly on the margin below. comicbooks.com