Life, 1918-08-22 · page 30 of 34
Life — August 22, 1918 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three short humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century Life magazine's "Aut Scissors, Aut Nullus" humor column: 1. **"A Thinly Camouflaged Antique"**: A porter mishears "time-table" as "calendar" during a railroad delay—a simple wordplay joke about miscommunication. 2. **"Quite Another Chap"**: A rookie soldier confuses the Roman emperor Nero with someone who is "always cold," conflating the historical figure with the word "naw" (no). The punchline references the Kaiser, playing on wartime anxieties. 3. **"Guess I Won't Go In"**: A diner complains about turtle soup lacking turtle flavor; the waiter sarcastically argues that ordering cottage pudding shouldn't guarantee cottage flavor—absurdist restaurant humor. The page also includes advertisements for The Hollenden hotel and Scribner's Magazine's investment guides. These are light, observational jokes reflecting early-1900s American life, class relations, and wartime concerns, with no deep political satire—simply entertainment for the magazine's readers.
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sAUT SCISSORS es pee For Modem Children Only Note from the “movies”: A wel AUT NULLUus. y ae 4h known actress has recently been “filmed / i a , for Henrik Ibsen's “A Doll's House.” Iq announcing the new film, a provincial f s a theatre is said to have put forth thi, A Thinly Camouflaged Antique oe q placard: “Coming—' A Doll’s House, ( i by Henrik Ibsen. Bring the hiddies” The railroads were tied up with the Che oe worst freight glut in history. The train was fifty-seven hours late, and he was wea \ ene i A Scortisiu farmer, being clected “Get me something so that T can fig ; 4) school-manager, visited the village s ure out when I will get to New York,” i bg “! and tested the intelligence of the ¢ he commanded the colored porter. Jay d by his metaphysical questions. His i “Yes, sah, I'll get you a time-table, rR Wy inquiry was, “ Now, boys, can any one of sah,” replied the porter. - f be, you tell me what nacthing is?” “Time-table? Time-table? What I i] 4 After a moment's silence a small boy want is a calendar.” f 3 z in a back seat rose and replied, “Irs —Christian Register. y ay oe yy, 7 what ye gi’ed me t'other day for 2 yer horse!""—London Tit-Bits, Quite Another Chap < He Tee A rookie was reading an article about 2D. “Loox here, waiter!” said Mr. Joyce, the Kaiser which compared him with < scowling deeply over his plate. “I or Nero. * Who was Nero, Bill?” he asked a = dered turtle soup. There is not evens of a fellow-rookie. “Wasn't he a man “ morsel of turtle flavor in this” that was always cold?” .. “Oo arse not,” said the waiter : a “GUESS 1 WON'T GO IN, AFTER ALL, t courae: ot” sald th " “Naw,” was the reply, “that was “What d xpect ? ‘ou ord . DENTAL WORK COMES UNDER THE HEAD oF What do you expect? If you orde Zero, another guy altogethe: NON-ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY, AND I WoS'T pudding, would you expect —Transcript ENCOURAGE 11." a it?"—Farm and Home. Lire is published every TI multaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Lire is tor sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained fra Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in Patent Office. $3.00 a year sellers in all the. principal cities int The foreign. trade. supplied in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; 18's London Office, Rolls House, T s Buildings, London, E, C to Canada. 52 cents. Single current copies, 10 cents, Back numbers, after three months No contributions will be re renee agcomnanied by, stam from date of publicatio ts. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. faceleres, dee der old saelfrespansible: for She lessor’ m r 4 4 pare * lietted contributions, The text and illustrations re copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain Notice of change of address should reach this office ten days prior 4 Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E.C., England, — saue to be offecte 3 , ELLECETDPP MDA LEED 8 Short Cuts to Investment Knowledge To assist investors to acquire fundamental in- vestment facts, the Financial Departmentof Scribner’s Magazine has published 10 book- lets on differentinvestment subjects. Any of the following will be sent free on request: HEN inCleve- land the place to stay 1s at The Hollenden. Its location is central— y . yee Ae niet , right in the heart of g onds and the Investor Our Foreign Bond ot ae . pean Investment Position of Municipal Bonds ee iia aut Partial Payment Investments enol) acressivie. fo. a ¥ The Farm Mortgage As An Investment terminals of travel, : ys The Farmer Must Be Financed The excellence of its cui- What Is the Stock Exchange? sine,serviceandaccommo- [E Z Exchange Members and What They Do dations is unchallenged. The Sinews of the Market European plan, with bath: sisititeeedis” % Investors Service Bureau The, Hollenden | SCRIBNERS MAGAZINE 594 Fifth Ave., New York | shopping, business and comicbooks.com