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This page contains three humorous anecdotes typical of Life's satirical humor: 1. **"In Memoriam"**: A joke about a clergyman's wife asking a parishioner about a locket. The punchline plays on the woman's assumption—the parishioner carries hair from her dead husband, but reveals he's still alive; she's just kept a lock from before he lost his hair. 2. **"Two Lawyers"**: A courtroom joke where a lawyer insults another as a "jackass," and the judge must restore order by reminding both lawyers who's in charge—absurdist humor mocking legal pomposity. 3. **"Near-Sighted Hostess"**: A brief cartoon caption joke about a server apparently being complimented by a nearsighted hostess, who worries other waiters will become jealous. The page also advertises a new LIFE magazine binder ($1.50) and Perrier water ("The Champagne of Table Water"). These represent Life's characteristic early-20th-century domestic humor—gentle satire of bourgeois society, marital situations, and professional pretension, rather than political commentary.

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