Life, 1917-07-26 · page 36 of 40
Life — July 26, 1917 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page consists primarily of **humorous anecdotes and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes short jokes satirizing everyday situations: - **"No Use for It"**: An Irish immigrant (indicated by "Begorra") becomes frustrated trying to use a telephone at the post office—a commentary on early telephone technology's unreliability and the absurdity of the medium itself. - **"Obtuse"**: A prisoner's logic that hiring an expensive lawyer proves guilt rather than innocence—satirizing the legal system's perverse incentives. - **"The Grand Jury's Visitation"**: Dark humor about a county jail in "good condition, except the doors and locks"—mocking the incompetence of officials who allowed prisoners to escape yet reported everything fine. The remaining content is **advertising** (Old Overholt Rye whiskey, Bacardi, Club Cocktails, Egyptian Deities candy) interspersed with minor jokes about telephones, eggs, and domestic life. The page reflects early-20th-century American humor: dialect comedy, bureaucratic incompetence, and emerging consumer culture.
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No Use for It Pat walked into the post-office. After getting into the telephone-box: he ‘called a wrong number. there was no such number, the sw attendant did not answer him, Pat shouted again, but re- ceived no answer. The lady of the post-office opened the | door and told him to shout a little louder, which he did, but still no answer. | Again she said he would vequire to | louder. speak Pat got angry at this, and, turning to the I id: “ Begorra, if I could shout any louder I wouldn't use your bloomin’ ould tele phone at all !“—Tit-Bits. In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE Obtuse here!" said the lawyer. ¢ your case I want to know “Now, see “ Before it if you're guilt “Am I guilty?” replied the prisoner. “Wot d'yer s'pose? D'yer think I'd hire the most expensive lawyer in town if I "—Columbus Citizen. was innocent?” Under GovernmentSeal atte Goyernment’s green stamp of Old Overholt Rye “Same for 107 Years’’ Signifes “Bottled in Bond.” To be 80 guaranteed by the Government a whiskey must be pure—not blended or compounded. A straight Pennsylvania Rye, aged in the wood, bottledin A. Overholt & Co. Pittsbargh, Pa. —————S MAKES THE PERFECT : COCKTAIL, HIGHBALL OR RICKEY. F conta Bacardi driuks DLs, DEJONGH. Water Street, New York EGYPTIAN DEITIES ee iacate Bieta PREFER Deities other agarte 25* oranges sof te Us Cnt Ee ond Uggs Operas ticks The Grand Jury's Visitation The grand jury of Laurens County re- cently reported : “That the county jail, from which two negroes under life sentences have escaped recently, is in good condition, except the doors and locks."—Macon Telegraph. A Sherbet is made tasty and delightful by using Abbott's Bitters. Sample of bitters by mail, % cts, in stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Ax Englishwoman went into an egg store and asked for fresh eggs. “Yes, mum, plenty,” said the shop- man; “them with a hen on ‘em are fres! don’t see any with a hen on them,” said the lady, looking around for a nest. “The letter ‘hen,’ mum, not the bird. *Hen" stands for noo-laid, “PULL VEK SKIKTS DOWN, AGNES. YE FER ONE O° SOME- ONE MIGHT TAKE THEM SOCIETY WIStMEN.” Hubby Was Too Quick “Hubby, you know that letter I said I gave you to mail?” “Yes, my dear; I assure you I mailed i” “No, you didn't. I didn’t give it to you. I thought I gave it to you, but I gave it to father.” —Lonisville Courier-Journal. You generally 93 give > all your guests the same drink when you mix your own cocktails. How much better to have ready on the ice the favorite varieties of Club Cocktails to meet the individual taste! In all ten varieties, Club Cocktails are marked by a smoothness and balance of flavor practically impossible in the home mixed variety. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. Hartford = New York London Importers of the Famous BRAND'S A-1 SAUCE comicbook uy th w be ar sa m el