Life, 1919-04-10 · page 32 of 46
Life — April 10, 1919 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three unrelated humorous anecdotes typical of Life's satirical content, plus an advertisement for a Locomobile automobile. **The cartoons/text jokes:** 1. **"Recommended to Mercy"**: A former judge, now officiating his first marriage ceremony, addresses the groom with mock-courtroom severity, asking "have you nothing to say in your defense?" — satirizing bureaucratic pomposity and the absurdity of applying legal formality to weddings. 2. **"Deserted"**: Uncle Bill Bottletop laments that Prohibition has made him "lonely" because "nobody notices me anymore" — he's no longer pointed out as "a horrible example." This satirizes how Prohibition removed social disapproval of heavy drinkers since drinking itself was now legally forbidden. 3. **"Maids Are So Dishonest"** and **"The Cause"**: Brief domestic comedy sketches about servants and racial dialect humor typical of the era. The page also features an automobile advertisement, which was common in Life magazine's layout.
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Recommended to Mercy An ex-judge had becn nominated mayor in a French country district. It soon de volved upon him to sanction a marriage ceremony. “ Do you consent to marry this gen man, young lady?" he asked amiably “Yes,” was the reply. Then, suddenly changing his tone to one of great severity, he said to her pro posed husband: “And you, have you nothing to say in your defense?" Loudon Opu Deserted “TL suppose Prohibition has male you 1 little lonely. ! ¢ has,” replied Uncle Bill Bot tletop. “Nobody notices me any more The folks don’t even point n atoas a horrible example."—Washington Star. Lire is published every Canada and British Possess in advance. Addi cents. Single current copie public: $ cents, a are copyr fed. Breams Buildi multaneously in the United States, ed in U. S. Patent Office. ies in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; . Tack numbers, after three months Issues prior to 1910 out of print. For Reprint Rights “1 pak You To come DowN!” “1 DARE You To come uP!” Live is for sale by all newsde sellers in all the principal cities Lire’s London O! olis House, No contributions will be re Lire does not hold itse heit tributions. Notice of chan; issue to be affected, $5.00 a year of address sho IFUL EXAMPLE OF THE FIN Custom design by The Locomobile Company of America, Bridgeport, Coen. Maids Are So Dishonest “You simply cannot trust anybo} Everyone seems so dishonest nowaday declared the woman. “My whom I had the utmost confidence me suddenly yesterday and took with my beautiful pearl brooch.” “That is too bad,” sym friend. “ Which one was “That very pretty one through last spring."—Fore: The Cause “Were you a slave, Uncle “Nussah, Cuhnel; but ‘bl thized for de ‘terrygation, des [ isn’t old enough. T’se bee tines at's what makes me | integrated dis-uh-way, sah.” —Co Faruek I'm ashar iT you er ing because a bee stung you. Act like man Bonuer: Y-ye gim-me a li-lic » like you s said yey and th-then you-ye would i-if you ever h-he that k-kind of Ilanguaxe.— sin Great Rritain and may t n the world. 1 i Ruildings, La 5h ss accompanied by stan ped and elf respon: for the loss or vor-reture MOTOR CAR