Life, 1921-12-01 · page 57 of 58
Life — December 1, 1921 — page 57: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertising and humor columns**, not political cartoons. **Left side:** Three separate humor pieces: 1. "What Every Dog Knows"—mock-serious aphorisms about dogs (parodies of philosophical sayings) 2. "Yes, There Are"—a moralistic essay about "poisonous people" and being a moral antidote to them 3. "Rubbing It In"—a brief joke about a bald man being charged an "Amusement tax" by his barber **Right side:** A full-page advertisement for the Continental and Commercial Banks' Bond Department in Chicago, emphasizing investor confidence and available services. **Bottom:** A small cigar advertisement for "Cuesta-Rey" cigars. **Satire present:** The humor is gentle social commentary on personality types and human nature, plus a mild jab at commercialism (the barber's "amusement tax" joke). No specific political figures or events are referenced.
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What Every Dog Knows LEAS will be fleas. ‘Vis better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all. Sweet are the uses of a rag-bag. Dogs rush in where firemen fear to tread. There's no fool like a lap-dog. A lap-dog and his ribbon are soon varted, tchers make sprinters of us all. A home for every dog, and every dog guarding a home. A little kitten is a dangerous thing. The rice is not always to the fire en- gine. tormentors aren't all dead yet. rs at dogs that never felt a BOND DEPARTMENT OF The CONTINENTAL and COMMERCIAL BANKS CHICAGO CUnvested capital over $55,000,000) kic Our remedies oft in our teeth do lie. wzle makes the heart grow heavier. Faith/ulness is next to manliness. Edmund J. Kiefer. Yes, There Are HISRE are poisonous people. Ex- tenuate it, deprecate it, gloss it over, deny it, blush for it, argue against it—but there they are. Some of them affords to investors the same assurance of satisfac- exhale poison, some of them mutter it, tory dealings, sound advice some them dart it. And say what you will, you become addicted to some : ar then, ike a drug. Tf they die fis and competent service that like the sudden dawn of a new pro- hibition. Some are sweet, some bitter; some come with perfume, others envelop you like a miasma. If you have a pious streak in you, you pray to become an antidote for all of these. Think of it! Your highest | ideal to neutralize just one group, and let it go at that! And yet, if that be your humble mis- sion, just to be an antidote, be nice about it: be pleasant about it. Perliaps, after all, there are worse things than just being a nice, cheerful, dependable, genuinely likeable antidote. Rubbing It In Friesp (to bald-headed man): Does the barber charge you full price for a is given to depositors, customers and clients in the COMMERCIAL BANKING SAVINGS FOREIGN TRADE AND TRUST DEPARTMENTS You are cordially invited to consult our Bond Department officers in person or by mail regarding investments. 3. Il. Man: Worse than that, old man. Ile considers it such a joke that he adds an Amusement tax. “I sre that the man at the head of the drug trust has failed.” “What has he been trying to do—sell drugs?” CONTINENTAL end COMMERCIAL Ae or Best staNo= TRUST anv SAVINGS BANK MADE IN | CHICAGO comicbooks.com