Darren Slaughter has said that "You have to know your market!  You have to know exactly who your primary customer is."  From Jugend, 1911.

This "home with or without a dining room" is a precursor to repurposing unused rooms in your house.  As Bob Vila said in "Why 7 Families Ditched the Dining Room," "Formal dining rooms are starting to go the way of the formal living room—out of service.  While many homes have dining rooms, the square footage devoted to them often isn't justified by the little use most families get out of them."  Our illustration is from Popular Mechanics, 1931.

The magazine that scoffed at the time-honored conception of Earth-Air-Fire-Water-Spirit being the Five Elements actually suggested that the "mysterious realms" of Rock, Water, and Gas harbor strange creatures.  From Popular Mechanics, 1929.

When [cows, goats, and] pigs fly.  From Jugend, 1910.

From Jugend, 1907.

The patron saint of (so-called ethical) hunting.  From Jugend, 1909.

Old Man Winter glowers at the pansy Spring.  From Jugend, 1909.

From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1872.

"Electric knife is used to restore lost sanity."  From Popular Mechanics, 1927.

Here's an ad that actually promotes Stendhal Syndrome, a psychosomatic disorder in which you hallucinate that you are within a work of art.  The text reads, "Are you inside or outside this picture?  Something to think about!"  From Popular Mechanics, 1930.

From The Harvard Lampoon, 1921.

From Jugend, 1908.