Life, 1905-06-15 · page 5 of 32
Life — June 15, 1905 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising** rather than political satire. The dominant content is a full-page advertisement for Pope-Waverley Electric automobiles, featuring an illustration of a bride and groom in an early electric car ("From the Groom to the Bride"). The left column contains brief **social gossip and humor items** about local Gotham (New York) personalities and events—including mentions of people like Marie Cahill and Frank Daniels—typical of Life's "Local Notes" section. Below the ads is a small humor piece about a precocious girl, and another about trains passing each other. The remaining advertisements promote the Dayton Electrical Manufacturing Company's spark plugs and The Atlantic Monthly magazine. No political cartoons or significant satire appears on this page.
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Local Gotham Notes. irge ‘Tarbell Broadwayed yesterday. wing was the order of the day Monday An 1 was to the race track Thurs The Vanderbilts are getting in coal for next M*: : CAHILL Mondayed in our midst Ge M winte Ed Dunne of Chicago writes that he is quite ng face of Frank Daniels is in our : Frick shook hands with Jim Alexander last week it ly lost 50c. on the races s mable to place the money s in our city, and all are unan ing it a thriving little burg. from Yonkers left us 1 dozen fresh sterday. We take this way of express- th s. Come again. wsevelt has been accorded the honor of 5 ership in the Denver Press club. Wel- : - MODEL 36, Price $900.00. journalism, we editors say —New With leather top, $950.00. ening Mail, It’s quite the thing nowadays to present the bride with a verest invent the art of gun manufacture s the Hunter One fh Hammerless $ y which will fire hear perienced sportsman, Guaranteed not to n double." Send for illustrated catalogue A + Arms Co., Fulton, N.Y. ELECTRIC 5 ee ere ota wassea No gift imaginable can make as lasting an impression or give the cach other on a double track running recipient more genuine pleasure and convenience. These superb carriages n hour each. It was a flash of head- are " always ready," clean, noiseless and simple to operate. F ; ‘ and #8 [task sels It is a significant fact that most men who can afford more than one car the cab of one engine leaned over and own a Pope-Waverley, and that they actually use it oftener than they do Poem sets a beet any other car. They like the freedom from care, work and worry in . operating it; they like its cleanliness and comfort; they like to be able to icpends on how you've lived,” growled jump in, throw forward the controller, and whiz away without a second’s nat the throttle—Aunsas City Star. delay. The more you study the electric situation the more you'll feel like A Pertinent Question. owning a Pope-Waverley Electric—no matter whether you operate other a ae Cars or not. ‘ATOR BEVERIDGE was describing a recocions little girl We make Coupes, Chelseas, Surreys, Stanhopes, Station and showed her precocity the other day,” he Delivery Wagons. Also Trucks on specifications. Write by a question that she asked me. TI had for complete catalogue and name of our agent nearest you. her in the course of an examination in | arithmetic: POPE MOTOR CAR CO.,, desk, Indianapolis, Ind. ow old would a person be who was born e smiled and asked: Was the person a man or a woman?) "— Vork Tribune. DO YOU KNOW “A PENGUIN PERSON"? You will, if you read Troubled with Faulty Ignition? as PENGUIN PERSONS \ a Wesreletl es spout oe a charming humorous essay in THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for June ; Peni renee . By WALTER PRICHARD EATON ? ger that cures all ignition 1 ” All oensecstloebes He says: ‘Little Joe Weber, the most perfect example of Penguinity, is beloved by all who have scen him, automobiles of gas engines Thit number sent post-paid om receipt of 35 cents, or the three issues Sor June, hould write today to uly and August (the Fiction Number), sent to your summer addrest for $0 cents. a 7 38 conta ncopy 7" pr 7 ie 4. THE DAYTON ELECTRICAL MFG. CO. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., 4 Park Street, Boston, Mass. $4.00 a yoar 128 BEAVER BLOG. DAYTON, OMIO comicbooks.com