Life, 1917-10-11 · page 28 of 40
Life — October 11, 1917 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three brief humorous anecdotes satirizing American social pretensions and Irish immigrant perspectives: **"How Mary Lost a Tip"**: An Irish waitress named Mary serves a newly appointed Rhode Island Supreme Court judge who's pleased with himself. When he mentions his new position, Mary deflates his pride by noting that bank directors in New York earn far more—implying his judicial status is unremarkable. **"A Noo Yawk Bank Director"**: A Buffalo businessman tips a newsboy half a dollar to direct him to a bank. The boy reflects that the tip was "easily earned," but the man notes it was actually half a dollar—a modest sum for directing someone nearby. The humor mocks New York banking prestige. **"Her Idea of Men"**: A young girl's essay defines men as creatures who "drink and smoke and swear, but don't go to church" and are "more zoological" than women. She suggests they're more evolved than monkeys but barely. The cartoon "Aunt Prudella's Idea of a British Tank" (visible) appears to depict a World War I-era tank misunderstanding. These pieces mock American social climbing, banking vanity, and gender stereotypes through working-class and immigrant Irish perspectives.
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A Noo Yawk Bank Director A Buffalo man stopped a newsboy in New York, saying: “ See here, son, I want to find the Blank National Bank. I'll give you half a dollar if you direct me to it.” With rin the boy replied “Al right, come along,” and he led the man to a building half a block away. The man paid the promised fee, re marking, however: “That was half a d How Mary Lost a Tip Soon after a certain judge of the Su- preme Court of Rhode Island had been appointed he: went down into one of the southern counties to sit for a weck. He was well satisfied with himself. Mary.” he said to the Irish waitress the hotel where he was stoppin: ve been in this country how long lar easily carned. responded the Jad.“ But you mustn't fergit that bank directors is p high in Noo Yawk." —The Ce Her Idea of Men \ little girl wrote the following e+ position on men Two ye. she said “Do you like “Sure, it's well en ir eh.” answered Mary,” the ny privileges in this co “Men are what women marry, They you have m: drink and smoke and swear, but don't go to church. Perhaps if they ¥ ry which y not have in Trela nw at home you would never he ina with a justice of the Suprem ting familiarly with him sure, sir,” said Mary, quite in you'd never be a jud they would. They are im women, also more zoological h men and women sprang from monkeys, ‘ang farther than the 1 Hes Home Jours the women s about it is we are here Ax oculist ought to be a very hapr e still here. man, Are days eye-deal ones? Lamb. more Americs AUNT PRUDELLA'S IDEA OF A BRETISIE TANK N_newsde in Great Rritain and may be obtained from book: principal cit T Rolls I t 1 Union, $ trade supplied fro c nvelope. Live docs not Lecited contributions J Rolls Hon Live's editor JOHN A. MITCHELL has written an extraondi- nary new novel entitled DROWSY It is the romantic story of a woman and a lover with a strange inherit- ance, and it has just been published Champagne of Table \ “The SENT YOU FROM FRANCE HES Sold Everywhere by STOKES at Net $1.50 On Sale at all Bookshops comicbooks Gamnil