Life, 1907-02-14 · page 24 of 28
Life — February 14, 1907 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and corporate announcements** rather than satirical cartoons. The dominant content includes: **Main Elements:** - A "Mexico St. Louis Special" railroad advertisement announcing a new luxury train route with drawing room sleeping cars - Morton Trust Company financial advertisement (capital $2,000,000) - Various smaller ads for cigars, cocktail mixers, and real estate services **Literary Content:** The central text discusses the recently published English translation of the **Hohenlohe Memoirs**—reflections by a prominent German statesman on character, duty, and imperial governance. The excerpts present the Prince's philosophical observations on work, happiness, and civilization. **Historical Context:** This appears to be early 20th-century content; the Hohenlohe Memoirs caused political controversy in Germany upon publication. The page reflects Gilded Age America's fascination with both European aristocratic memoir literature and domestic commercial expansion (railroads, banking, luxury goods). There is **no political satire** visible on this page—it's a standard mixed-content magazine layout of that era.
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MEXICO ST.LOUIS SPECIAL Each Tuesday and Friday from St, Louis, south- bound. Each Wednesday and Saturday from Mexico City, north-bound. Via the Iron Mountain Route, the Texas & Pacific Railway, the International & Great Northern Railroad, and the National Lines of Mexico. Through drawing room sleeping cars from Chicago each Monday and Thursday evening, via the Wabash Railroad, to St. Louis, «Announcement of the completion of the entire new equipment de luxe prior to the inaugural date is confirmed by the Pullman Company, Brochures of the train, for complimentary distribu- tion, are now in the hands of Mr. H.C. Townsend, Genera, Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Louis, Mo., representing the Gould lines, and Mr, W.F. Paton, 11 Broadway New York, representing the National lines, Mailed requests will receive their immediate attention, MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK - $2,000,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $8,034,067.97 OFFICERS Leet P. Mortoo, Prestiest Charles H n F. Ryar mM James K. Cortiere, Vice-Pres ¥ Capital, . : « Allen, Vice-Pres. Francis, Secretary D. Cravath, Counsel EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Levi P. Morton D. Cravat K Haven A\ James N. Jarvie ferwind Jacob H. Schiff Harry Payne Whitoey [7 3S perhaps difficult for us who live in a | * republic to understand fully the consternation |caused in Germany by the publication of the Hohenlohe Memoirs. The book has just been published in English by Macmillan, in two large volumes. It con- tains a number of typographical errors, due to the extraordinary haste with which it was pub- lished. , however, does not detract from its value as a monumental historical work, to be read by the student of history, and to become a part of the historical story of the making of the German Empire. rman affairs for fifty years. His limitations were in many respects Startling. One cannot help but be impressed with his opportunities for | greatness and how he missed them. He is, in- |deed, a pigmy figure beside Bismarck, the man | of the peop! | The following extracts from the book are taken at random and will serve to show the character | of the Prince's observation ess is the only means by which to preserve integrity of character. -. « Intell happy. All else is but a subor beneficial as a relaxation. ce of the empire settled in his | getting married, hunting, signing decrees, however happy certain inward snot explain and which ctualoccupation can alone make a man One sevs a pr thi ro he is; ¥ rricd life, he fee h he ca ay be in his dissatisfaction whi embitters his days; this is the want of som object, the incapacity for taking an active her interests of humanity —in short, the of conscience, which he does not, cannot or will not | understand, ns as though God never permitted civiliza- tion to reach its climax, lest the poor earthworms become too arrogan! | The older I grow, the further recedes the ideal Man must create, and work, and reasonable beings feel that in their work lies the source of fore I am thirsting for work, always striving to happiness, and the because, whatever we do, we be happy. people is so much the slave of its manne and customs as English, this sh imitation of Park | Tt was the same room in which the Queen ‘ictoria) had received us in the morning; there crimson and gold carpet, and Empire furniture upholstered with the same colors; a marble mante icce, and a large table in the center wo windows looked onto the garden; a well-kept little park with wonderful trees and green lawns, f the room and looking most ft While I was enjoying the prospect, Prince Ernst Leiningen came in, whom I had not scen for ten years. He is in the British Navy, and wore a great many medals, which he had from the C War. After him sidles in King Leopold, of Belgium, with his foxy old face, and with him his second son, the Count of Flanders, a tall, fair, dull youth. Prince Albert came in soon afterward, and greeted me in his usual friendly way. he Qucen talked to the company. She spoke in a very sympathetic, unaffected and natural way to me (quite unlike the apathetic chatter of Continental sovereigns) and inquired after all my family, showing her kindness of heart, of which I had heard so much. 252 Prince Chlodwig held a prominent position in | fe matter, though | definite | hare in | ach other is secn at its best in Hyde | sh and peaceful in the setting | ONESTLY, did you ever get abar-mixed cocktail that was ever right to your taste? CLUB COCKTAILS are carefully measure- mixed, not guessed at ; made of finest liquoss, aged in wood, mellow and of delicious aroma. To cerve : strain through cracked ice. 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