Life, 1905-05-04 · page 12 of 48
Life — May 4, 1905 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main visual element is a portrait labeled "Ancient Tayles: Ye Olde Rooster & Ye Olde Henne," accompanied by archaic English text telling the story of an old rooster and hen. The narrative appears to be whimsical period fiction rather than satire. The surrounding advertisements promote Copley Prints, Auyler's chocolates, the Lederer School of Drawing, Goerz camera lenses, Eaton-Hurlbut Papers, and New York Telephone service. These are straightforward commercial pitches typical of early 20th-century magazine advertising, with no apparent political or social commentary embedded within them.
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Tis somLE DANTE Porrratr, by John Elliott, is one of a large number of pictures admirable for NG GIF DI y in the Our ILLUSTRATED from a subsequent purch, selves. Above picture copyright Curtis & Cameron ¢; 22 Pierce When you were engaged THE YOUNG LADY RECEIVED A BOX OF ALMOST DAILY- HOW OFTEN OOES YOUR WIFE NOW RECEIVE A BOX OF THESE DELICIOUS CONFECTIONS? REPENT- AND MAIL YOUR ORDERS, AT SHORT INTERVALS, TO Aiiglirs 863 BROADWAY) newyork S08 FIFTH AVENUE SEVENTEEN OTHER STORES B SALES ABCNTS EVERYWHERE CANDIES SENT ANYWHERE BY MAIL 8 EXPRESS: ¥| v iy u : Hi H a y uv g : H ¥\- Hi i Hi i 4 are -v A’ em Ancient Tayles. Yr Otve Rooster & Ye Ovpe Henne. NCE lived an uponne = tyme, deare children, there olde Re withoute taking ter who hadde g manic seasons hymselfe a wife & itte w & felts a luckie Bute idea hadde of trouble r & hys life he hee: lived happilie for he w one day me tte good for me to die an olde Lo, 1 shalle go forth bachelor! quoth yo wife!” hadde Ws Lion who went & finde me For > of a through ye x ye doctrine of No Rac he become a ¢ aboute sui- | eck & inoffen hedde. % fixed hys minded olde ur off . of € ctions up- stron; Henne & wor- ped her Roc “Behold! [who have butte little character, er, inne need of some one & he am sorelie to hold mes} geht! asked her to be hys | For an olde ite i nie who gocth through goode tyme becometh aweary of perfe & swappeth t inne he While hedde groweth balde hys hearte is broken into Asoc ys peace of minde departeth & he longeth for same for a few brief hys more gments. to goe uponne a js wine, fulle & pute “hys- intellect uponne ye uponne ye smite hymme sore uponne | ye hedde bumme & itte oon was half over ye olde came to pass thatte ere ye honey Rooster looked ye poune w dogge & longed to be ite. | “butte | ay Marry & itte were b osh-dern!” he sobbed, to be wling a yellow dog atte ye wa 1 female!” © he started & grew payle for thatte he hadde uttered trea son. & one day they founde hymme outte on ye with hys feete stycking uppe (Continued on next page) Is Your Time Worth Saving? Then put a TELEPHONE in your RESIDENCE. New York Telephone Co. 15 Dey Street. If your friend makes good photographs don't ask him the name of the camera—get the name of : his lens. If the pictures are excep- tional he will tell you a 0 Goerz but if they are merely good, he will name any one of a dozen others. Send for Catalogue B 6, Fifty-two Esst Union Square, N. Y. Chicago Berlia London Paris | you cap, send to us and wo portfolio of draw. THE LEDERER SCHOOL OF DRAWING Chattanooga, Tennessee ‘The Berkshire Hills have been famous I for the production of fine writing papers for upwards of one hundred years. EATON-HURLBUT PAPERS ; iT the Papers that Appeal, are made in Berkshire. They combine every quality of good paper- making with every quality of good form. Twotone Linen and Highland Linen, \ two fabric-finish papers, have had a wide vogue this season, and can be had of almost. every dealer. Berkshire Linen Fabric is a new and likable paper. If if your dealer does not have Eaton-Hurlbut k Papers, send us his name and get a sample \ of the shades of either kind, w Eaton-Hurlbut Paper Co. Pirtsrietp, Mass. \ Ve “The Gentle Art of Letter Writing,” a de- lightful desk book for all who write letters, sent free on request and the name of a dealer who doesn't sell Eaton-Hurlbut writing papers. comicbooks.com