Life, 1906-10-04 · page 5 of 44
Life — October 4, 1906 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising** rather than political satire. The dominant content is a large Franklin automobile advertisement celebrating a cross-country journey from San Francisco to New York completed in 15 days, 2 hours, 12 minutes—emphasizing the car's reliability and performance. The left column contains brief humorous anecdotes under headings like "Remarkable Rentals," "Mistrusted," and "Wanted a Darker Shade"—typical Life magazine filler content poking gentle fun at everyday situations (churches' odd rental practices, an employee's trustworthiness, a disappointed child). Below the Franklin ad are smaller advertisements for a hairdresser and Colorado ranch property. There is **no significant political cartoon or satire** on this page—it represents standard early 20th-century magazine layout mixing humor, editorial content, and advertising.
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Remarkable Rentals TRANGE rents were being discussed—how r) this church paid one red rose annually and that convent paid two doves. A real estate man id ane have some remarkable rentals, but Eng- land beats us here, for she is the older country, and she delights in maintaining the quaint cus- toms of the past, “The splendid manor of Farnham Royal is held by the service of putting the glove on the King’s right hand and by supporting the arm that holds the scepter on Coronation Day. | There is no other payment. “The rental of the manor of Aylesbury is three ecls in winter and three green geese in summer, besides a litter of straw for the King’s bedcham- ber thrice a year if he come that way so often. “The manor of Addington’s rental is a pair of gilt spurs, a pair of tongs, a snowball on Midsum- mer Day and a rose at Christmas. “The rental of the manor of Coperland is the holding of the King’s head, if needful, as often as he crosses the sea between Dover and Whitsand.”” Philadelphia Bulletin. HYLO I by-lo! time to go to bed, HYLO I by-lol little sleepy head. Turn down the HYLO, baby's going to by-lo— HYLO! by-lo! cuddle down in bed. emoneysoack’' plan, of write THE PHELPS CU., 4 Rowland Strect, Detroit. Mich. Mistrusted “T USED to know Mr. Sneeker, who was with your firm. I understand he is a tried and trusted employee”, “He was trusted, yes, and he'll be tried, too, if so fortunate as to catch him.”—Philadel- phia Press. Wanted a Darker Shade ACOB RIIS has a story of a little lad who shines shoes for a living. ‘This boy goes to a Sunday-school, and was keenly disap- pointed when, at Christmas time, his gift from the tree turned out to be a copy of Browning’s poems. Next Sunday, however, the superintendent announced that any child not pleased with his gift could have it exchanged. Jimmie marched boldly to the front with his. “What have you there, Jimmie?” “Browning.” “And what do you want in exchange?” “Blacking.”"—Hear per’s Weekly. In the Year 1950 “Wat is that old book you are studying, zabeth 2”? “T don’t know, papa ; I haven't yet made out whether it is a copy of Chaucer in the original Old English or Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of the first part of the century.”—Baltimore American, <u LADY: What do you mean by putting puddin 3 PO" in your pocket after eating the i Sanpy Pikes: Oh, pardon me, mum, it was pres of habit. I was rich once and contracted the souvenir habit.—Chicago Daily News. San Francisco to New York in a Franklin—4oo0o0 miles by road— in 15 days, 2 hours, 12 minutes. No one can now deny that Franklin horse- power is real—full of going power and hill climbing; that Franklin air-cooling keeps the engine at the right temperature; and particularly that Franklin high-grade, light weight, non- jarring construction with wood sills and full elliptic springs allow fast going on the roughest roads and make the cars stand up under the hardest test. It took a Franklin to beat.the previous Franklin 33-day record of two years ago. Other cars have taken months instead of days, No other car in the world could have made that trip so fast and come out alive — ENDURANCE. The car that made this remarkable record is the Franklin six-cylinder 30 h. p. touring-car ; but every Franklin car is built ‘on the same lines and shares the lessons of this great performance. Send for book of this wonderful trip, also new 1907 Franklin catalogue. Shaft-Drive Runabout + $1800 4-cylinder Touring-car $2800 4-cylinder Light Touring-car $1850 6-cylinder Touring-car $4000 _ Prices in standard colors and equipment f.0.b, Syracuse Special colors, upholstery and equipment extra, LADIES’ HAIRDRESSER IMPORTER OF HAIR GOODS Specialist in Hair Coloring, Marcel Waving, Sham- pooing, Manicuring, Scalp Treatment, Facial Massage. 13 WEST 29TH ST., NEAR BROADWAY BRANCH: 140 WEST 447 BT., NEAR BROADWAY H. H. FRANKLIN MFG. CO. Syracuse, N.Y. M.A.LLAM. EAR President Roosevelt's recent Colorado Hunting Camp and Glenwood Springs, Moun- tain Ranch unexcelled for raising polo ponies or blooded stock of any description. Located within Forest Reserve having finest Government free range in U.S. Trout stream six miles through property. The region of which this ranch is the center is the habitat of Bear, Deer, Elk, Mountain Sheep, Moun- tain Lions and Grouse. If sold before December 1st, $30,000. Address DIVIDE LAND AND CATTLE CO., P.O. Box No. 281, DELTA, COLORADO. ——} comicbooks.com