Life, 1904-03-03 · page 34 of 38
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This page is primarily **advertising** with a humorous poem as filler content. The poem "A Dash to the Pole" by Wallace Irwin (from *Saturday Evening Post*) is a comedic narrative about a sailor who, unprepared for Arctic conditions, ventures toward the North Pole wearing summer clothes and a Panama hat instead of proper winter gear. The joke is situational irony: the narrator initially mocks an "tried explorer" for similar foolishness, then does the exact same thing himself, nearly freezes, loses his companion "John," and learns his lesson. The satire is gentle — poking fun at human folly and lack of preparedness rather than targeting specific figures or events. It's a cautionary tale wrapped in comic verse, reflecting early 20th-century attitudes about adventure and masculine bravado. The surrounding ads (F.P.C. Wax, Brownsville Water Crackers, Old Dominion Line steamships) are unrelated commercial content typical of *Life* magazine's layout from this era.
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Lightning Conductor An Anglo-American Automobile love story laid in France, Spain and Italy, $1.50. J6th printing. HENRY HOLT and COMPANY, Publishers, 29 West 23d Street, New York. 2 a BY WALLACE EnMIN tn Saturday Evening Post THROUGH Dainty, ~ Delicious “TPYWAS out on the Archipelago, ‘ | Wholesome De ereeetieean GOLDEN GATE PARK. f Ney? Somewhere in the locks of the Equinox | abl And the pric | A drive through Golden Gate Park, cor San Francisco, is a perfect delight, and is almost worth the tip across the i continent toexperience. All the beau- car of the Pacific Coast, of climate and of scenery, are reached directly and quickly by the Ss We bumped right into the Arctic, Me and me matey, John. cor “e was near to friz by the slush and the sliz, For we hadn't our flannels on a’ thought that a tried explorer ld start for the Pole like that, With openwork hose and summer clothes Brownsville Water Anda dinky old Panama bat | NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES Crackers We couid see the moses, Far out on the ice ashore, and their connections. No other coun- were the best fifty | A-turnin’ up of theie noses try surpasses ours in natural beauty Re years ago—they are At the comical clothes we wore. = The whirlizig Arctic breezes A Copy of, the New Vork Centrat's « Four-Track the best to-day—the y bifled our bark abaft, tid Staten, of N crackers for particular And thes k k with our sneezes: 1 (Por there was a terrible draft) people nd John,” [ yells to me matey, Ask your grocer for them “Stand ready and warp the t 4 ut [ suddenly f A that John was drowned Ty, lsvaluatle to elderly people, invalids, and L was chilled to the hea COMED ail who sutfer trom difficult breathing. Pre- | ‘At the loss of me matey, John. BRONCHIAL vent dryness of the throat and air passages. L was chilled to the tect--for 1 beg to repeat |, CC” f ittins LS lherm lr That | hadn't me flannels on. When all of a dog-goned sudden A peak riz un Then what d ye think I done? should use Then what d'ye think I done, sir, When that pinnacle swung in view ? OL OINT R | Tdone what a wight in similar plight With a similar Pole would do, | is a most attractive T swung the hand of the compass sea trip. . . . Till straight to the South points she, And soon I divined thatthe Pole was behind, WAX And me in the open sea EXPRESS STEAMSHIPS T landed next week at Con OF THE hitched me vark to a post. | OLD DOMINION LINE nL fellin a faint from pneumooy | When Which I caught on the Arctic coast— leave New York every week-day at . Out there on the Archipelago, 3 p-m., arriving at Old Point follow- IRONING. In the 1 of the Horn, ing morning Steamer for Wash woe ington leaves same evening Somewhere in the locks of the Equinox s 5 ALL DEALERS Anil the Traploeh Cupeleaes. | Through tickets returning from F . And that is why in summer, Tachi ; or 2 pieces by mail Washington by rail or water. ‘ When it's most undeniably . Tickets and Stateroom Reservations at Pier 26, North River. or 10 cents. T dresses in felt and peli : . eee aes 7 ‘Telephone 1580— Franklin. Which is suitableclothes for sto For fall information apply to SPECIALLY PREPARED |. FLAME-PROOFCO. And it's highly correct and proper , TO POLISH THE IRON, ' aon nes x OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO Ho NOAA | Mrrs., NEW YORK, To start for the Pole like that; 81 Beach Street, New York, N. Y. " ws GLOSS TO FABRICS But I nevermore goes in me openwork bose | yp. watger, 5s ewe — And me dinky old Panama hat. Vice-President 4 T. a. apa comicbooks.com