Life, 1919-10-30 · page 31 of 36
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This page contains two distinct elements: **Left side cartoon:** "Shock of the Man Who Thought He Was Getting Free Advice Over the Phone From His Doctor" depicts a thin, disheveled figure recoiling in horror while holding a bill. The satire mocks the expectation that doctors provide free telephone consultations—a commentary on the emerging practice of doctors charging for medical advice even delivered remotely. **Main content:** A lengthy article on "Hard Times for Jackson Jones" traces a wealthy man's life trajectory from idle youth through elite education (St. Pentateuch's, Harvard, Princeton) to financial pressures in old age. The satire criticizes how these prestigious institutions continually solicit donations from successful alumni, extracting money under the guise of preventing educational collapse. The right side is dominated by a W.L. Douglas shoe advertisement featuring price-stamped footwear and endorsements. The page satirizes both medical and educational commercialism—the implicit expectation that professionals and institutions will extract payment for services and support from those who've already benefited from them.
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THE STAMPED PRICE [5 NEVER CHANGED, THIS PROTECTS THE WEARERS AGAINST UNREASONABLE PROFITS AND MAS SAVED THEM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THEIR FOOTWEAR UZ. “THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS @/SHAPE” 00 00 200 .00 00 $522 $G2l 8FOL $HLO $900 & 319° You can save money by wearing W.L. Douglas shoes, the best known shoes in the world. Sold by 106 W. L. Douglas own stores and over 9000 shoe dealers. W.L. Douglas name and the retail price stamped on the bottom guarantees the best shoes in style, comfort and service that can be produced for the price. The stamped price is W.L Doug- 'HESE are the days in which men las personal guarantee that the who in their youth were lagging g shoes are always worth the le: Jackson Jones was an idle boy, u Fa ecstanigen: but & rater of lessons gga aig gs Sammie aaa His parents sent him to St. Pentateuch’s ade Rouges shoes are sold through our own stores ‘ rect to the wearer at one profi All middlemen’s and Khool, where he remained with diffi- manufacturing profits are eliminated. By this method clty four years, being once dropped of marketing our shoes, W. L. Douglas gives the wearer Then being dropped again his parents shoes at the lowest possible cost. took him out, had him tutored and sent W. L. Douglas $7 and $8 shoes are absolutely the best shoe values for the him to old Mather Academy at Butover money in this country. They are the leaders everywhere. W.L. Douglas $9 and $10 shoes are made throughout of the finest leather the market affords, with a style endorsed by the leaders of America’s fashion centers; they com- bine quality, style and comfort equal to other makes selling at nigher prices. W.L. Douglas shoes are made by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all wevicing with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that rnoney can buy. CAUTION—Insist upon having W. L. Douglas shoes with his name and price stamped on the bottom. If W. L.. Douglas shoes cannot be obtained in your vicinity Eresidest W. 7s Doselss Qrderdirect from factory by mail. Parcel Post charges prepa‘. Spark St, Write for Ilustrated_ Catalog showing how to order by mail ‘TT Ce aT mi NT | SHOCK OF THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING FREE ADVICE OVER THE, ‘PHONE. FROM HIS DOCTOR Hard Times for Jackson Jones Best to the World $4.00 $4.00 $9.00 in Massachusetts. From there he got schools—the boys to St. Gideon's and “BRAD” Sport Gloves ue largely hand-made ue cut over special The Patterns to insure the . TRAPPER, a Taximumoffit,warmth —knitted-Angora and appearance. lined capeglove of Meareit Dealer $6.00 RE BRADFORD 12 Burr Street Loversvitie, N. Y. into Harvard, was able to stay there two years, and: then for reasons con- nected with scholarship went to Princeton where, three years later he got an A. B. degree. Subsequently he got married and went into business with some ene and, being continually prodded by the needs of a growing family, did well and got fairly high wages. Now at sixty he is an object of pecuniary interest to St. Pentateuch’s, which must have a million dollars to keep its teachers from starving, to Mather Academy at Butover that is out for a million and a half, and to Harvard and Princeton, who must have fifteen millions apiece to save them from down-and-out. His boys and girls have been to the girls to St. Tabithas, and both to various colleges, all of which are calling for help with piteous cries of calculated penetration. The boys and girls have no money to speak of yet, and look to father to help them meet their moral obligations to the cause of education. It makes it rather anxious times for Jackson Jones. He has an income tax, the same as other solvent persons. He gets letters) from his spiritual advisers saying that this is the time of all times for a great missic y drive, “All the regular charities—hospitals and the like, a great flock—tha beseech him now with increased fervor His heart bleeds for the starving chil- dren of Vienna; he gro at the fix of Poles and Arme and tries to + besought him, comicbooks.com