Life, 1917-05-10 · page 32 of 46
Life — May 10, 1917 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains several brief humor pieces and advertisements typical of early 20th-century satirical journalism. **Main Content:** The page features four short jokes/anecdotes: 1. **"Quakers in War"** — a historical anecdote praising Quaker pacifists' patriotism, ironically told through a story of a Quaker ship captain who cuts a rope to drown an intruder "quickly and quietly." 2. **"The Cat That Went Back"** — a joke about Boston's confusing street layout where a man lost in the city only found his way home by following a cat he'd abandoned. 3. **"The Hymn of Hate"** — a brief churchyard joke about an old man with three buried wives. 4. **"Proved Unnecessary"** — a tourist anecdote about a dangerous cliff where warning signs were removed after nobody fell. **Advertisements:** The page includes a Maillard Chocolates advertisement featuring a man giving candy to a child, and a portrait photograph of a dog labeled as "a friend of Life from Vancouver, B.C." The humor relies on irony, wordplay, and everyday absurdity rather than specific political references.
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The Cat That Went Back Mx, Pex: They say the streets « Boston are frightfully crooked. i Mx. Huss: They are. Why, doy . know, when I first went there I cos, Quakers in War ! : : hardly find my way around, - “The Quakers may be depended upon, | “That must be embarrassing.” however, to prove loyal to the nation and “It is, The first weck I was to human liberties,” writes Horace Maher wanted to get rid of an old cat we by Lippincott, “even if they show it in a and my wife got me to take it to peculiar a way as one of their river a mile away.” who was a ship's captain and lay “And you lost the cat all right?” anchor in a foreign port. Espying a “Lost nothing! I never would by tical-looking fellow coming up a rope i} found my way home if I hadn't followe over the side of the ship, he said the cat!"—Yonkers Statesm “Friend, if thee wants that rope thee can have it,’ and he cut the rope, let- ting the marauder down to a watery Proved Unnecessary “This scems to be a very dangers grave, quickly and quietly." , precipice,” remarked the tourist. *| — public . A wonder that they have not put up a wan. — " “Z A n ing-board!" Ir was in the churchyard, The morn- ‘i “Yes,” answered the guide, “it ing sun shone brightly and the dew was a * 7 dangerous. They kept a warning-board still on the grass. ig up for two years, but no one fell over “Ah, this is the weather that makes so it was taken down.” things spring up," remarked a passer-by Lz y —Harper’s Magazine, casually to an old gentleman seated on a Like Bunthorne, we are d “a passion a la Plato for a bas * and must possess ow bench, scoveri “Hush!” replied the old gentleman, “T've got three wives buried here.” Tit-Bits THe HystN Patience—London Opinion. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Live is for sale by ail newsdealers in Great Brita Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in U Patent Office, $5.00 a year ‘sin all the principal cities in the worl eign tr in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries ¢ Postal Union, $1.03 a year; a pes London, Oca, els House, Bree a Yel singe. London: E le current copies, 10 cents. Rack bers, after three months oka Lite. done uot held esclf responsible for the tose or Issues prior to toro out of print. birt ii oon ren are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain Notice of change of address should reach this office ten days privr to the ims Buildings, Fetter La London, BE, C., England, issue to be @, CHC BON BONS ° FRENCH PORTRAIT OF A FRIEND OF “LIFE” FROM VANCOUVER, B. C. comichooks.com