Life, 1906-01-04 · page 10 of 48
Life — January 4, 1906 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It features: 1. **REO automobiles** - advertising their economy and reliability, highlighting a "5 Prizes out of 7" win in a New York Motor Club economy test 2. **Premier automobiles** - emphasizing quality construction features 3. **A short news item** about Chan Chun Man, a Chinese businessman in Philadelphia, making a mild jab at Chinese culture's "barbarism" 4. **A short story titled "A Mystery"** about opera-goers and romantic intrigue 5. **A cartoon illustration** titled "The Lost Caw" showing what appears to be a bird, though its satirical meaning is unclear from the visible portion The page is dominated by car advertisements typical of early 20th-century Life magazine, which served both satirical and commercial purposes.
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‘LIFE. REO’ 1g Car, 16 horse-power, r6o0 pounds, goinch wheel-base, Four or five passengers. Si door detachable tonneau. 35 miles per hour. $ta530. A REO 16 horse-power bus with the same engine as the touring car shown above won the National Trophy and two other prizes inthe | New York Motor Club’s great six-day Economy Test, by carrying its load 682 miles at a total cost (including ferriage) of $2.93 per passenger. The four-seated REO Runabout (price $675) won the gold medal for cars up to $1500, and one other prize, carrying four passengers 682 miles for $3.38 per | passenger. 5 | Write for the REO book that tells why. | Jes Departm. | REO Motor Car Co., x. E, on aig’ Bepartmenty ies throughout the United States, HAN CHUN Lansing. Mich. OWEN, Sales Mgr. S MAN, head of a Canten China will no longer be the laughing stock of firm employing over ten thousand hands, — nations more warlike than herself. It will no has been studying American ‘ndustries. In longer be possible to say « . as a Chinese Philadelphia, apropos of the Chinese awaken- general once explained a defeat with the fol- ing, he said: “China has for th ds of lowing report: ‘The ignorant enemy, unaware years been highly enough civilized to despise that guns could not be fired against an object behi thus rendered all our cannon useless.” Argonaut, wa 1 them, came upon us from the rear and "_The for war is . perhaps, a little eneration, of barbarism, in it. But at least Her new-born res; not unmixed good. There de, Conspicuous in Auto- mobile Construction By virtue of its beautiful design, great power, speed, ease of carriage, simplicity of lation and accessibility. It embraces four cylinder vertical motor 41¢ x 41{ in. bore and stroke, shaft drive, three speeds and reverse, sliding gear transmission, 32 in, wheels, 4 in, tires, 104 inch wheel base, beau- tiful cast aluminum curved dash, sight feed precision oiler, cast aluminum hood front and fan, luxurious upholstering, rear seat The Quality Car 40 in. (measure the other cars), irreversible steering gear, I-beam front axle, ball bearings in front and roller bearings in rear axles, altogether comprising a car the equal of which we believe does not exist at the price. Write for NE: WV Catalogue C U.S.A. Qfember American Motor Car Arsociation) PREMIER MOTOR MFG. CO. IndianapoE3, the cause of this w oice and “Carmen” | i my favorites. cp my attenti My eyes were fixed on a young | always been 0: that night [ could the stage. in the box When the ted up, face was all animation and pleasure, b soon as the house was darkened, the ex changed. and the smile died on her lips. A troubled look came into | W I asked over to show he tress. aps a relation or her sweetheart was ill; perhaps it was something more sc guilt—a crime even! Her simple, ebilcish face told me that that was out of the question Still, curiosity increased every for her expression grew more and more 1 bled, until, at length, a look of deep agony od i}an instant! a deadly pa! 1 her counten: I knew. the ¢ Suddenly she rose aad left the box. ‘Lie chaperon followed her. I was on my feet in I was going to see the affair to its close! Hastening to the door of the waiting-room ' paused to listen “Have you a pin?” I called my cab and went home. Grand opera had lost its charm e.— The Prin ton Tiger. \ soft voice whispercil for: Overa Quarter of a Million of the leading people in New York City HAVE TELEPHONES. Are you able to reach them? HAVE YOU A TELEPHONE? New York Telephone Oo. 15 Doy Street. ’ comicbooks.com