Life, 1906-06-21 · page 23 of 28
Life — June 21, 1906 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **books section and advertisements** rather than political satire or commentary. The left column lists recently published books—a mix of literary works (Shakespeare, Mark Twain), religious texts, and practical guides typical of early 1900s publishing. The advertisements feature consumer products of the era: - **Gibbons' Record Rye Whiskey** and Abbott's Bitters (patent medicines/spirits) - **Brighton Flat-Clasp Garters** (men's hosiery) - **O'Sullivan Rubber Heels** (with dialogue between customer and salesman promoting rubber heels as a health benefit) - **The Keeley Cure** (a famous commercial treatment program for alcohol and drug addiction) There is no visible political cartoon. The content reflects *Life* magazine's typical format mixing book reviews with period advertisements—some promoting alcohol while others (Keeley) promised cures for alcohol abuse, an irony common to the era.
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Books Received Shakespeare's Sweetheart, by Sara Hawks Sterling. (George » and Company, Philadelphia.) Twain's Library of Humor. Men and Things. Women J Things. (tiarper and Brothers. $t.s0 each.) Sporting Sketches, by Edwyn Sandys. (The Macmillan $1.75) Letters of Labor and Love, by Samuel M. Jones. (The Bobbs- rrill Company, Indianapolis.) rhe Cherry Ridband, by S. R. Crocket. (A. S. Barnes and pany. $1.50.) Prnciples o} Oral English, by Erastus Palmer and L. Walter is Queente Page, by Cornelia Baker. (The Bobbs-Merrill RYE WH I Ss KEY ‘oy, Indianapolis.) ssays in Application, by Henry Van Dyke. (Charles Scrib- Sons.) ts and Craits of Old Japan, by Stewart Dick. (A. C. Me- z and Company, Chicago.) Story of Brussels, by Ernest GilliatSmith. (The Mac- ompany. $2.00.) ethod, English in English, Espanol en Espanol, eutsch, Italiano in Italiano. (R.D. Cortina and ¢ Anthology, collected by Carolyn Wells. (Charles Sons. $1.25) | ¢ Lile of John Wesley, by C. T. Winchester. (The Mac+ n Company. $1.50.) le Bod, his Reflections, by Laura Fitzhugh Preston. (The 1 Composers, by Gustay Kobbé. (Thomas | ho Dest cocktail, A and Company. $1.50.) 5 Motnatie for all wine, epiftt a Mexts, by Dmitri Merejkowski. (G. P. Putnam's ory, Atablespodntalinancance adordsrelictand aide digestion, and Song. an anthology of verse. (J. B. Lippincott BITTERS teoerant to see that it is Abbott's. ay, Philadelphia.) and Described by Great Writers, edited by Esther Single- edd, Mead and Company. $1.60.) 1 Book of Mortals, by F. A. Steel. (The Macmillan Com- y. $300) | schold of Peter, by Rosa Nouchette Carey. (The | Lipnincott Company, Philadelphia. $1.50.) Lady Bobs, Her Brother and I, by Jean Chamblin. (G. P. Sons.) 2's Practical Automobile Dictionary, by Siground Krausz. | sh, French and German. (Frederick A. Stokes Company “hildren of the Night, a book of poems by Edwin Arling- CLASP GARTERS son. (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.00.) ‘ard of the Sewing Cucle, by Edna Edwards Wylie. Make All Men Brown and Company. $1.00) With Shelley in Haly. selected poems and letters. edited by Comfortable \nna B. McMahan. (A.C. McClurg and Company. Chicago.) The Country Day by Day, by E. Kay Robinson. (Henry hat aod Company.) the Princess Hlopes, by Harold MacGrath. (The Bobb 5 ee, HEELS OF NEW RUBBER. Merrill Company. Indianapolis.) s What is it that you as; : pire toin life ? Maud o} Athens. a romance of Byron. by Lafayette MeLaws. Health is the first consideration. Rubber heels The Trident andthe Nea bowel by he autoe of The Morty Thing to evidence, ‘That's a fact 1n<my.teachor n of an Empress. (Ularpet and Brothers. $1.50) ” Poresilk, 2 dbiday oo and Nota erate tance le es ites m foe Entre: (ere and Brothers: $190) ca ak told mo 80, and he told meto teach it tomy friends, Tee a amr br Saale i 4 prance . pop ialike tondmie that rubber heels are a benefit, Winston Company, Philad ; . i‘ ut I have to, Come down to business and bo Hise Wis of the ‘oung Rabbi, by W leary * ittig- mall. honest with yourself, —rubber on your heels is the Calmire, Man and Nature, by Henry Holt. Sixth edition, they ar neeaty vet Ne rHitber, Remember (Houghton, Mifflin and Company. $1.50.) ey aro the only heels of New Rubber. Remember eres (Hoeghtons Nida and Company: Stoo) the name when ordering —don't cost you any more, sce, Man and Man, by Henry Holt. ‘Third edition, Any dealer or the makers, ised. (Houghton, Miflin and Company. $1.50.) ,. The Work of Preaching, by Arthur S. Hoyt. (The Macmillan O'SULLIVAN RUBBER CO.» Lowell Mass. Company., $1.s0.) Caroline of Courtland Street, by Weymer Jay Mills. (Harper iene ones , Me, © Liquor an He Knew How to Get ‘Em e “TE tay ofthe aly ad ee to tne | Drug Using party, and was gleefully relating s party, and was gleefully relating some of the A scientific remedy which has been skilfully joys of the occasion to his sister. “Oh, yes—capital supper!” he said. “But T and succeasiolly, admtaitered’ by medical wasn't very hungry, so I just told the waiter to specialists for .the past twenty-live years, bring me mrangs, you know.” ~ = At the following Keeley Institutes : “Oh, Tommy!” said his sister. “That’s not |] Birmingham, Ala. Washington, D.C., Portland, Me. 7 White Plains, N.Y. Harrisburg, Pa. the way to pronounce m-e-r-i-n-g-u-e-s!” Hot Springs, Ark, put N- Capitol Si. Lexington, Mass, Columbus, O., Pittsburg, Pa., “No: AES S ; ; n Francisco, Cal., it, 1087 N. Dennison Ave, _ 4246 Filth A’ No; but it’s the way to get ’em, all right!” |] “rico Market St. Miron, Ind. ep Locast St Philadelphia, Pa, Providence, ReT. d the incorrigible.—Ladies’ Home Journal, ||_ West Haven, Conn, Des Moines, Ia Ba N.Y. 812 N. Broad St. Salt Lake City, Utah . comicbooks.com