Life, 1917-08-16 · page 32 of 40
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This page contains primarily **advertisements and humorous anecdotes** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"Accuracy" anecdote**: A joke about a newspaper editor obsessed with accuracy who misses an obvious error—a reporter writes of "one-eyed man in the audience" when describing those present. The humor lies in the irony that obsessive focus on correctness can blind one to actual mistakes. **Other brief humor pieces**: Include jokes about fishing, biblical lessons, and wartime references (Wilhelm the Barbarian and the Clown Prince "locked up in Berlin jail," likely referencing German leaders during WWI era). **Advertisements dominate**: Forhan's toothpaste (for pyorrhea/gum disease), Egyptian cigarettes, a "Sexology" book, and Herbert Tareyton cigarettes. These ads reflect period health anxieties and consumer products typical of early 20th-century magazines. The page is primarily **commercial content**, not satirical commentary on political events.
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Accuracy An American editor had a notice stuck up above his desk that read: “Accuracy! Accuracy!” and this notice he always pointed out to the new re- porters. One day the youngest staff came in with his report of a public editor read it through, Three thou- Accuracy! ember of the mecting. The and came to the sentence were fixed upon the speaker.” | “What do you mean by making a silly blunder like * he demanded, wrath- fully, “But it’s not a blun ter, “ There udience! * protested the one-eyed man “7 your gums Start- ng 1 to recede? O you realize the full dangers of bleeding and receding ums? They are the ‘ore-runners of tooth and gum decay. They immediately precede | Pyorrhea (Riggs’ Dis- | ease). WithPyorrhea | the gums recede. The teeth loosen and a peculiar and repellent con- | dition appears inside the | mouth, And four out of five people who are over forty suffer from Pyorrhea—and many under this age also. Ordinary tooth-pastes cannot prevent Pyorrhea. Forhan’s Preparation positively will do so, if used in time and used consistently, Use it like a dentifrice. Then the gums will not tender up nor bleed: neither will the teeth loosen. No matter what your paste. may be doing for your | teeth, it does not possess the peculiar virtues of Forhan’s If gum-shrinkage has already set in, start, using Forhan’s and consult a dentist im- mediately for special treatment. In 30c and 50c tubes at all druggists in the United States. FORHAN CO, | Sand for Trial Tube Free 702 Sich Ave. New York | sand nine hundred and ninety-nine eves |? EGYPTIAN DEITIES The beet i Cet oes PREFER Deitus any other agar Mak ‘the Li; Turkish od Epics Oe rer od Missing id the Sunday-school su- picture illustrates to- was warned to take his wife and daughters and flee out of Sod- om. Here with his wife just behind them; and there is Sodom in the background. Now, has any girl or boy a question before we take up the study of the lesson? Well, Susie “ Pleathe, thir,” lisped the latest grad- vate from the infant class, “where ith the flea? ""—Ladies’ Home Journal. “ Children,” perintendent, day’s lesson; 1 are Lot and his daughters, R"— Asheville, North Carolina INN—Perfect GOLF. “THE MANO! IN AMERICAT AS ENGLISH First. Aid He had been fishing patiently for sev- cral hours without a bite when a small urchin strolled up. “ Any luck, guv'nor?” he called out. “Run away, boy,” growled the angler, in gruff tones. “No offense, sir,” said the boy, as he walked away, “only I just wanted to say that my father keeps the best fish shop in the High Street; fust down on the right, sir."—London Opinion. ILHELM the Barbarian and the Clown Prince had just been locked up in the Berlin jail. “1 wonder,” said the former, “whether the Allics will be cruel enough to make us read what Lire will have to say about this misfortune. 1 haven't subscribed for Lie for years.” Scriptural Rain Farmer Havetex:) Mighty wet rain, hain’t it, Sovrne squire? Groven: Ever hear of rain that wasn't wet, you idiot? Farsee Hayrick: Yes. 1 did. Ace to Scriptur, it once rained fire and brimstun, by gosh! —Boston Transcript. cordin’ SEXOLOGY a clear, wholesome ‘one volume: bmparts Keekice a Yoong Mas Sbesid Keowledce 3 Yeust Hecbind Stel lave Keowledge a Father Should Have. jedscal Knowledge a Wile Shoold Have. People's Opininns™ snd Tal-le of Contents. PURITAN’ PUB. CO., 797 PERRY BLDG. PHILA., Herbert | ton Tarey London zy ton Herbert TareytonL Landon Smoking. Mixeure % Pound SO’ Sample upon Falk Tobacco Co. SB West soot Noted, by William H, Walling, A.M., M.D. Kecrindee « Tether Shad bapartt Hi Sen ferleces her Shel fare Fee anne PA fork, comicbookser