Life, 1905-11-23 · page 20 of 22
Life — November 23, 1905 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** interspersed with short humor pieces, typical of Life magazine's format. The notable content includes: **"Queer Uses of the Telephone"** — A satirical piece mocking clergy who used telephones to deliver sermons and prayers remotely, treating the new technology as a substitute for in-person spiritual guidance. The humor mocks both the novelty of telephone technology and overzealous evangelists. **"Where It Belonged"** — A brief joke about an amateur female writer submitting a story to a magazine. When rejected, the editor sarcastically advises her to put the manuscript "with the other irons in the fire"—a dismissive put-down suggesting her writing belongs in the fireplace, not in print. This reflects period attitudes about women's intellectual contributions. The remaining content consists of advertisements for financial services (banks, trust companies), consumer goods (soap, water crackers, coats, collars), reflecting the magazine's business-focused readership and the commercial landscape of early 20th-century America.
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-LIFE- Patronize American industries, Wear a on par excellence of the n: world. WASSERMANN BROTHERS BANKERS AND BROKERS 42 Broadway, New York Astor Court QW ) uslnor Arcade, corwer oth St, anil Sth Ave, Ocean Avenue, West End, NoJ., during s MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Capital, - - ~ $2,000,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $6,000,000 OFFICERS: I. Schitt Marry Payne Watt ney REUTER'S SOAP Only the purest and finest stock is good enough to get into Reuter’s Soap, but this isn’t all. We exercise the same care in the selection of our perfume that we do in the buying of our stock. Result: An exquisitely scented, whole- somely pure toilet soap. at all Department Stores, For the end of a perfect dinner BOSS’ Medium Hard Water Cracker is as necessary as a good appetite for the beginning c. D. BOSS @ SON BISCVIT MANUFACTURERS | New London Connecticut Here’s a hint of the quality of Queer Uses of the Telephone. our greatcoats. TS have been transmitted more or} The least expensive is made conveyed. {from a cloth woven 100 inches Tees Te n score wide and milled down to 56 inches, ekers” had pt r requests for ) ided his secretary 2) to gain the close texture needed F telephione numbers ‘Just call wp each | € stand exposure to all weathers, se sisters and brothers to-morrow and ask them how it goes with their cll them to keep on with ¢ inform them that I am prayi along."—Atlantic Monthly ers, the evangelist | Itustrated price lst on application, prayers and for them ‘| ROGERS, PEET & CO,, | — 258—842—1260 Broadway, I pesee VIGNAUD, the venerable secre- (3 Stores) tary of the American embassy in Paris, lias done waigue work as a historaiy Wiviig NEW YORK. among other ricator. the other day ng of Columbus’ rep- roved that Columbus was, i good deal of a pi THE a ereal, a no- Vane = MADE LINEN 4 15S) EACH (ROYAL 41) Sup Easy BAND IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB-Dept CC.TROY,NY| i tha ave not smashed Columbus at all,” he to hear : some pco- ght think that a » am oie. to over- nd of mine. Have you s rection, a gentleman riding seen no bicycle,’ the woman | a man up there umbrella Where It Belonged. A* amateur authoress who had submitted a story to a azine waited for several weeks without hearing from the editor con- cerning it. Finally she sent him a note re- questing an early decision, because, as she said, she “had other irons in the fire.” Shortly after came the editor’s reply “Dear Madam,—I have read your atory, and I should advise you to put it with the other irons.”"—Harper's Weekly, comicbooks.com