Life, 1905-12-14 · page 3 of 24
Life — December 14, 1905 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page is predominantly **advertisements** for period products (Reuters Soap, Cook's Champagne, Royal Collars, Ed. Pinaud's toiletries, and Seven Sutherland Sisters' Hair products), interspersed with brief satirical content. The main satirical piece, "Pittsburgh's the Town!", features **Dr. C.A. Booth's critical commentary** on Pittsburgh as a "deplorable example of race suicide." He describes witnessing a mother unable to control her noisy child on a riverboat excursion, interpreting this parenting failure as symptomatic of broader social decline. The humor targets **urban parenting standards and social decay** rather than specific political figures. Two brief jokes follow: "The Best Man" (about wedding infidelity) and "Man and Superman" (promoting Bernard Shaw's play). The page reflects early-20th-century anxieties about social propriety and "race" (meaning civilization/refinement) rather than race in modern terms.
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*LIFE- Removes the dirt without injuring the natural secretions of the skin which keep it youthful and plump. Send a two cent stamp fora trial cake BARCLAY & COMPANY 44 Stone St., New York Oreign wines would cost if they did not have to pay heavy duties and ocean freight charges. COLLAR MADE (ROYAL 31) | IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB-Dept CC.TROY,NY TRADE MARK Pittsburg’s the Town! R. B. A. BOOTH declares that Pittsburg, the city he lives in, is a deplorable ex- ample of race suicide. “On that count,” he said recently, “I accuse my town, ‘to be sure; but on all other counts I praise her. Pittsb is a beautiful, a rich, a desirable city. I particularly like here our politeness. I visited another city not long since, and the impoliteness I found there seemed strange. Such a spirit seldom lifts its ugly head in Pittsburg. And one piece of nastiness I saw on my visit almost made me a convert to race suicide. It was a lovely autumn day, and I was making a river excur- sion on a steamboat. The decks were rather crowded. We cut our way smoothly through the clear, deep water. On either side rose mountains aflame with the red and gold of the autumnal foliage. And it was all fine, but suddenly a child, seated on its mother’s lap, began to cry. Frowns were at once directed toward this child. They had no effect, though. The bawling became louder. It annoyed you like a toothache. And the passengers all showed their annoyance Certain growls began to reach the mother. “Don't see what people want to bring kids for.’ “‘It needs a spanking. That is what it needs.’ “*Confound the little brat!” “The mother sat with a stony face, gazing straight ahead and jumping the child up and down nervously on her knee. All eyes, all thoughts were now turned to her and to her howling youngster. The scenery wa ten. Suggestions floated in the air, ch, Maybe it’s sien. audible forgot- She ought to take it below.’ Tt must have the colic to shrick like that” “As these suggest became louder and louder the woman became angrier. And all of a sudden she seized the child and shook it violently. “Cry as loud as you lik claimed ; ‘I've paid your fare Bulletin Millie,” she ex- —Philadelphia The Best Man. HO was de best man at de weddin’?” “De groom, 1 he'd licked her ol’ man an’ half a dozen rivals since he begun callin’ on her."—Houston Post guess, Man and Superman A Comedy and a Philosophy By BERNARD SHAW z2mo. Cloth, net $1.25, by mail, $1.35 This volume contains the entire text un- abridged. The play promises to be the great success of the season in New York. BRENTANO’, New York. PERPUME CAU DE QUININE HAIR TONIC ELIXIR DENTI- FRICE ED. PINAUD'S Perfume, the ex- quisite, the fashionable. ED. PINAUD'S Eau de Qui- nine Hair Tonic, the most famous toilet preparation in the world—makes the hair more beautiful, more lustrous, cleanses the scalp of dandruff. Used and endorsed the world over by people of good breeding and refinement. ED. PINAUD'S Elixir Dentifrice the most perfect preparation for whitening and preserving the tecth. INAUD'S Eau de r FREE Topi A ae PINAUD’S exquisite ‘times, poy fei iamoon ELI DEN TIERICE is five times. Send 10c. to pay postage and packing. WRITE TO-DAY: ED. PINAUD'S American Offices ED. PINAUD Bldg., Room 112, New York City “It’s the Hair-not the Hat” That makes a woman attractive Seven Sutherland Sisters’ Hair Grower and Scalp Cleaner will supply the hair when there is a particle of life left in the roots. SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE comicbooks.com