Life, 1905-08-03 · page 20 of 44
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This page presents chapters from what appears to be a serialized romantic story in *Life* magazine, illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings. The narrative follows a character named "Jam" and her romantic entanglements with James Wheels. The story references **Elbert Hubbard**, a real early-20th-century American intellectual and advocate of "free love" philosophy, suggesting the narrative satirizes bohemian or progressive romantic ideals of that era. Jam's refusal of conventional marriage aligns with these values. The plot—involving Jam's eccentric life, a monkey character, and James Wheels's competing romantic obligations (including a Duchess's daughter)—appears comedic and absurdist rather than serious literature. The illustrations show domestic summer scenes and the monkey as a recurring element. Without the full publication date visible, the satirical tone targets contemporary attitudes about marriage, independence, and the fashionable adoption of radical ideas among the leisured classes.
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THE IDEAL SUMMER SFOT—SO COOL, SO CALM, SO BRIGHT. marry him he always refused, Like Elbert Hubbard, she believed that love should be free; and, if hem: ied, she could not give him a polka-dotted, rainbow- ped past Cuarrer LIX. am had hurled a white satin shpper after her father and , who had just been married, and now she was run- through the ilex grove, her bathing dress fluttering inthe wind, Itwas thus that James Wheels came upon her. “We are here, Jam," he said gently; “you and I, the cult to kiss Jam; the monkey kept intruding his face, and in the dusky, jasmine-scented night, it was impossible to tell which was which. Cnarter XCVI Jam's grandfather died, and left h father and mother sailed for the ends of the earth, carelessly forgot all about her. Then, James Wheels came to her, and besought her to fly h him. “Tam going to South Africa,” he said, *tand Iam going to marry the daughter of the Duchess in a day or two, But she refuses the ordeal of a seasick wedding journey. Therefore, if you will go with me instead, I shall be able to give you the past you crave,”” “No,” she replied with a sad wistfulness, her eyes more strangely, tragically like the monkey's than ever, ‘*no, I have alw: been so used to the people with that I thought I wanted one too; but it would really be too tire- LAND VIEW 18 SO CHARMING IN THE MORNINGC—THE G HOUR, UNTIL THE SUMMER SEASON FAIRLY REGINS,