Life, 1907-01-10 · page 23 of 24
Life — January 10, 1907 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertising and light entertainment** rather than political satire. The "Who Can It Be?" section is a **personality guessing game** where clues about an unnamed person's preferences are given ("favorite bird—The stork," "favorite race—Race suicide," etc.). Readers would identify the figure from these hints. The references suggest someone involved in diplomacy and politics, but the specific identity isn't labeled here. "Handling a Tiger" is a **narrative anecdote** from Century Magazine describing how a Turcoman handler subdues an aggressive tiger through calm physical contact and psychological manipulation—presented as an example of exotic adventure and skill. The advertisements include **Garrick Club Whiskey** ("the best in the house") and **Old Crow Rye Whiskey**, plus **Life's Prints**, offering a photogravure artwork by C. Allan Gilbert titled "A Heart Full of Affection" showing an intimate couple portrait. This is essentially a **magazine contents page** mixing editorial content with commercial advertisements—typical of early 20th-century publications.
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Who Can It Be? MENTAL photograph of an illustrious per- sonage: vorite bird—The stork. Favorite book—“Looking Backward,” Bel- lay. vorite heroine—Storer’s “Maria.” yorite novel—‘‘The Cardinal's Snuff-box.” Favorite character in fiction—The old woman who live “avorite classic—The Dutch Reformed Speller. yorite hero—Washington (Booker). ‘avorite race—Race suicide. yorite quotation—‘ How this world is given Favorite amusement—Diplomacy. fruit—Medlar’s or Nobel’s plum. recreation—Crawfishing. Favorite game—Playing possum. Favorite colors— Yellow and black (in skins). Favorite battle—San Juan. Favorite place—“On the Sunny Side of Ire- yorite bread—Charleston crumpet. ‘avorite pursuit—Peace-making (interna- tional.) Favorite work—Shifting secreta Favorite supporters—(Fair) Ban! —Baltimore Sun. nd Cannon. GREAT BEAK SPRING WATER “Its purity haw made tt famous." Handling a Tiger ‘age near the room in which I lived while in Khiva,” says Mr. Langdon Warner in the Century Magazine, “was a tiger from the Oxus swamps. He had taken a dislike to me, and every time I passed his cage he got up and paced an- grily toward me, snarling. “Into the cage of this beast, at the command of the prince, a Turcoman stepped, armed with a short stick as big round as his wrist. With this stick he struck the tiger’s nose as he made for him, and then, with palms out and eyes fixed, he ralked slowly up to the shrinking beast and stroked his face and flank. “The tiger snarled and took the man’s hand in his open mouth. I held my breath and looked for the bleeding stump to fall away. But keeping that hand perfectly still, with the other he tickled the tiger’s jowl and scratched his ear, till with a yawn and a pleased snarl the big cat rolled over oa his back to have his belly scratched. “ man then sank to his knees, always keep- nds in motion over the glossy fur, and with his foot drew toward him a collar attached to achain. This he snapped round the beast’s neck and, rising to his feet, laid hold of the chain and dragged the tiger out. “This was only the second time that the cage been entered. As soon as the tiger was out- ¢ espied the watching party and started for them, but came up short on the collar. If he had chosen to use his weight and strength no four of bem could have held his tether, but as it was, the Ty rcoman found little difficulty with him, and ld him, snarling, while a camera was snapped.” Garrick Club Whiskey A wholesome nip, with an aristocratic flavor “THE BEST IN THE HOUSE” Alfred E. Norris & Co., Proprictors, Philadelphia Life’s Prints Gepyrigns, 19%, ty Lire emuemine Commas, A HEART FULL OF AFFECTION Ajter C. Allan Gilbert Photogravure. in Sepia, 15 by 20 in, $1.00 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West Thirty-first Street OLD CROW RYE smi WHISKEY sos orstins 55% vox 7 comicbooks.com