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Life — November 4, 1920 — page 40: Life, 1920-11-04

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This page from *Life* magazine comprises advertisements, filler content, and satirical commentary typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines. The main cartoon, "He Was Such a Quiet Dresser," depicts a man emerging from a large mirror or doorway—the joke being that an inconspicuous dresser has somehow become notable enough to warrant illustration, subverting expectations. The page includes various brief satirical items: a dinosaur poem mocking Victorian-era criticism; Japanese advertising commentary poking fun at exaggerated similes ("acid than...mother-in-law's tongue"); and jokes about tobacco leading to alcohol consumption. A "Lost" notice humorously reports a woman misplacing both a suitcase and child. The *Faultless* nightwear ad promises style and comfort. The page concludes with *Life*'s self-congratulatory note about supporting a presidential candidate from Ohio (likely referencing recent elections), inviting subscriptions. Overall, this represents *Life*'s formula: advertisements mixed with brief comedic observations about contemporary society, advertising practices, and politics.

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There once was a Great Dinosanrian, Prodigiously phantasmagorian, Who perished of blight When a Wee Trilobite Dismissed him as “Early Victorian”! —Bookman, Lost This little advertisement from the Florida Times-Union «will be appreciated by many absent-minded people Mrs. M. L. Simons left suit case and child at some one house and unable to find where she left them, a little boy by the name of Drie Simon, her grandchild. Please let her know if any one see it at 1202 W. Ashley Gour is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.—From “Not That It Matters,” by A. A. Milne (Dutton). HE WAS SUCH A QUIET DRESSER Commercially Speaking Japanese advertisers believe in a lavish use of similes. “ Step inside!” is the invocation of a bg @ multiple shop in Tokio. “ You will be wel comed as fondly as a ray of sunshine after a rainy day. Each one of our assistants ig as amiable 4s a father seeking a husband for a dowerless daughter. Goods are dis: patched to customers’ houses with the ne pidity of a sbot from the cannon's mouth> A grocer proclaims that his “superfine | vinegar is more acid than the tongue of the most fiendish mother-in-law.” —Edinburgh Scotsman An Inspiration (to bathing-house proprietor): Look here, my tran, somebody has stoler my trousers “Hold on a bit! Are you sure you had them on when you came here?” Le Rire (Paris), That's the Question Anti-Tonacco Orator: You go into a shop and buy a cigar, and in its wake you get wine, whisky, brandy. F Voice: Quick! Where do you buy your cigars?—Karikaturen (Christiania) Patron Canada and British Possessions. Lire is published every Thursda; simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Title registered in U. S. Patent Office. $3.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year: to Canada, 80 cents, Single current copies, 15 cents. Back numbers, after three months n date of publication, 25 cents. The text and illustrations in L apply to Lire, Rolls Hou. Issues prior to 1910 out of print, , Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, SINCE 1681 Rest Assured = say men who go in for style, yet love comfort mightily. But, even if you are one of those men who never know, never care, what make of nightwear they sleep in, you will enjoy the easy freedom and delight ful fabrics of Faultless Nightwear. 12,760 dealers carry Faultless — Ask Yours! 4 sere rr ee ce EE tare copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain C., England. Se ee a EE ee EE “The foreign trade supplied from Live's London Office, Rolls House, Breams B oC “Gradian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 385-388 St. James Strat ings, London, Montreal, Cai 'o contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and oddres eli does not hold itself responsible for the loss or nowreturn of wml A of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the dete Consolation And the rapture of pursuing Isthe prize the vanquished gain. ye takes pride in having helped elect a President from Ohio. The name is still in doubt, but he shall have Lire’s best advice and careful criticism. Subscribe and see us keep on the job at our self- imposed task. Try it for a year, or Obey That Impulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40). for three months—twelve issues—to Send Live Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6.60 7 . XUM comicbooks.com