Life, 1906-05-17 · page 12 of 28
Life — May 17, 1906 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page features **literary advertisements and reader correspondence**, not political cartoons. The top section promotes two books by Booth Tarkington and Katherine Cecil Thurston, with portrait woodcuts of the authors (labeled "S. B. Tarkington" and "Kittie Thurston"). The lower section, "From Our Readers," contains three letters to the editor. One reader praises *Life*'s editorial cartoonist John Sharp Williams; another discusses missionary work and charitable giving; a third comments on a poem titled "Lest We Forget" published in *Life*. The page demonstrates *Life*'s dual function as both satirical magazine and literary journal, featuring contemporary fiction promotion alongside reader engagement. No identifiable political satire or caricature appears on this particular page.
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Z, fa i h ray B. TARKINGTON New York, April 24, 1906. IFE PUBLISHING COMPANY Dear Str: I don’t suppose you will take any notice of this, much less print it; but as an admirer of Lire’s usual sentiments and ing none but its best interests at heart, must say that an outburst into second- calib harp Williams seems to me hty poor effort al nent of which certainly nd poetry of t Hon. John c displayed by the verness reflects no credit on vour paper Probably Mr. Manley w and is just as capable of judgi “butchery” as his esteemed who he flatt provement as near Jolo of the Senatorial s exceed= the original contemporary, ingly by his i version Really, if Lire is so anxious io find f with just, proven cause that they hire a man whose words belie his name to improve on perfect rot, our soldiers without -LIFE- The CON-quest OF CANAAN By Bott TarxrNetox, of Indiana, Italy, Princeton, ete. WHAT THE PRESS SAYS: B. Tarkington, of Indianapol busy midst.—Capri (Italy) Plaindealer. Nobody has ever written a novel like it,— ville (Ind.) Democrat. a dandy, by heck!—Peru in our (Ind) f 2 The Two Foremost Fictionists 2 | Booth—TARKINGTON & THURSTON—Kittie 52 weeks’ solid booking on the Harper circuit The GAMBLER By Katnerine Cecrt Tuurston Out of Harper's PRESS GUFF: ‘Thurston !! Rah! a Hip! Hip! She has did i The Gambleris better tha ress.—Hamilton W. Mabie. The one best bet.—Illust, Sport. Net THINGS WE SEE ADVERTISED aid some of we seem to a month or more old, I'm us will have to be pardoned find fault. Yours very tr Wm, Young. 513 Broapway Apaxy, N. Y., Apri DITOR OF LIF Dear Sir: Unlike friend sks to have his subscription canceled turned over to Lire’s Farm, I artily in favor of Lirr’s attitude toward divorce and the missi especially latter, your — erstwhile aries, nd T enclose herewith a check for $5.40 to cover a sub- scription for one year, and certain back numbers. Without being able to speak authorita- tively on the subject, I venture to suggest that if the people of missionary turn of mind would expend as much energy, ti and money on charity work at hor problem of the unemployed kindred subjects, as they do in trying to unwelcome religion down the throats of an unwilling people, our country cram an Rah! Rah!tt ! XITTIE THURSTON would be greater and more prosperous than it is even to-day. If the recent articles and cartoons in Lire served no other purpose, they suc- ceeded in contributing $2.50 towards the Fresh Air Fund, without seriously injuring the reputation or finances of the periodical. Very truly yours, W. E. Dove. New York Yacut Civ 37 West 4ath Street. DITOR OF LIFE. Dear Sir I notice in to-day's issue of Lire a poem called “Lest We Forget.” Lirk is undoubtedly the most amusing and best edited serio-comic published here or abroad as far as I know, but why should to General ny which is the cheery one carry his enmi Wood so far as to attack the a so incapable of reply? Leaving the Wood case out of the ques- tion, if there had been anything in the newspaper the so-called massacre, would not the opposition in the Senate (where it was aired and died away after the reports arrived) have made capital out of it? stories about The regular army needs no defen: its action at San Francisco is but its character. comicbooks.com