Life, 1920-01-15 · page 3 of 36
Life — January 15, 1920 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: **Left column ("This Is Law")**: A courtroom satire depicting a woman testifying about using water on her lawn. The humor lies in the lawyer's objections being sustained on technical grounds (the witness's testimony being "irrelevant, immaterial, incompetent"), while the actual substantive point—whether she used the water—remains unaddressed. This satirizes legal pedantry and procedural obstruction obscuring basic truth. **Right side**: A Connecticut Telephone & Electric Company advertisement for ignition systems, claiming their spark plugs are superior. The product photo and technical claims occupy most space. **Bottom ("Life's Little Candidacies")**: A brief satirical item about theatrical ticket requirements and enforcement, poking fun at entertainment industry regulations. The page mixes legal satire with period advertising.
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This Is Law WATER company in Florida was being prosecuted on the charge of furnishing water unfit for ordinary do- mestic purposes to the public. A lady consumer was a witness for the state. \fter stating lier name, residence, ete, she was asked Prostct Do you use this water on your law Wrrsess: No, sir Proseeut Why do you not? lefendant objected on the witness's reason did evidence, and that it was aterial, incompetent, ete s instructed by the court to retire from the room and the point ely argued pro and con decided that the question werruled the objection of counsel defendant and noted the exception. The jury was brought back sand the Court instructed the witness Wrxe T haven't got any lawn cA How Connecticut Sparks ‘ FireThose Cold Cylinders HEY are intense sparks. Because they alone realize the full possibilities of your battery and coil. For Connecticut need not sacrifice its current to reduce the danger of battery drainage. 5 When the engine stops with the current KEEP YOUR EYE ON on, the Connecticut Automatic Switch YOUR EYES absolutely cuts it off—climinating all You should visit your danger of wastage OPTOMETRIST once a year. If . =e tyme willbe glad te sogget the Wa CONNECTICUT cececrric COMPANY I ame of several who are entirely Meriden 51 Britannia Street Connecticut a worthyofyour cyesightconfidence. Also send forthe little “Conser- vation of Sight’ booklet. LIFE’S Little Candidacies Associated Optometrists of HE Actors’ Candidate for President: He will favor compulsory attendance at the America, Inc. T Home Office, Richmond, Va. cightcen and seventy-five, to be enforced by the war-draft boards under the per- sonal direction of General Crowder. He will demand a minimum mission fee of five dollars, with adoption of the circus plan’ of charging extra for a seat. He will stand for a minimum salary of five hundred dollars a week, a guarantee of forty weeks every exten las tioa year, ten of them to be played in New York, and full pay for actors to whose talents purchase your glasses. producers and playwrights are unable to fit plays. He will pledge himself to have Con- gress enact a law providing capital punishment for writers of unfavorable press criticism theatre at least « a week for every able-bodied person between the of and for hotel-keepers who refuse to permit dogs in the bedrooms. comicbooks.com