Life, 1907-03-07 · page 45 of 52
Life — March 7, 1907 — page 45: what you’re looking at
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This page presents Life magazine's signature satirical feature, "The Literary Zoo," which mockingly catalogs various social and religious authority figures as if they were specimens—"Board of Education," "Proprietor of the Publishing-house," "Dictator of the Services," etc. The satire suggests these figures have monopolistic, self-aggrandizing control over institutions like churches, education, and publishing. The main article discusses John Fox Jr.'s novel "A Knight of the Cumberland," praising his authentic Kentucky mountain characters. A critic's comment is humorously undercut: when someone notes Fox lives among mountaineers to capture them authentically, a witty woman replies he does so to be "within hearing of his father's dinner-bell"—implying his literary authenticity is merely convenient proximity to home, deflating pretentious literary claims. The remainder consists of period advertisements for silverware, corsets, and watches—typical of Life's commercial content.
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G]helireraryfooy “Board of Education; “Board of Lectureships; “Future Board of Trustees; “Proprictor of the Publishing-house and “Clerk; “Proprietor of the Teachers; Beauty Quality “Proprictor of the Lecturers; “Proprietor of the fissionanies; Antistic beauty, brilliancy of finish, “Proprietor of 1 e correct style and that quality value “Dictator of the Services: sole Voice of which endures are perfectly combined the Pulpit; in the production of silver plate bearing “Proprietor of the Sanhedrin; the famous trade mark “Sole Proprietor of the Creed (copy- ve tndiputable Autocrat of the Branch “1847 ROGERS BROS’ chess with their life and death in her “Silver Plate that Wears." Neekin a, tandard of excellence in silver. All leadin Sole'Thinkerfonthe First Church (and Peli Adeel na ey Ud ircea tc adrenal Meer tated the others); ROGERS BROS.” Catalogue “C-85" showing all the newer as well as “Sole and Infallible Expounder of Doc- eT cal ete bal rabone trine, in life and in death; MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO., Meriden, Conn. “Sole permissible Discoverer, Denoun- (Unternational Silver Co., Successor) cer, Judge and Executioner of Ostensible Hypnotists; fty-handed God of Es ica- The Standard of Corset Fashion oe vith a thonderbott in cen hands. ‘ihre ‘Times That Try “Appointerand Installer of the Pastor of most ’ all the Churches—the Perpetual Pastor- , shapely ‘and Men’s Watches Universal, Science and Health, ‘the Com- f j\ beautiful Our hustle and models of this f| hurry, the jolting 4 or any pre- | «of cars, cabs and Tie appearance of a new novel, “A 7 vious ‘season || aia gj econ Knight of the Cumberland,” by John |} ) eS wlan traveling— Fox is a reminder that no one has jumped none of these stren- the literary mining claim he staked out in uous features of eastern Kentucky a good many years ago, ™ | modern life af, 3 ? 4 fect the ad- and that the assay still shows a pretty good \ justment percentage of royalties to the ton. Inci- ofa dentally, it recalls a genuine illustration of . how praise ignorantly bestowed may excite amusement where it is meant to compel admiration. The occasion was a social gathering in Clark County, on the edge of J the blue-grass, before the soil becomes so \\\ including stony that they pick up petrified slabs of it the newest Time with which to construct “‘run-mad” fences, \ high-bust for A novel by Mr. Fox had recently made its \ shap a Lifetime appearance, and some one was reading a Ay\ . Approved by tribute thereto, extracted from the Eastem modistes of N° Rockford Watch press. “Mr. Fox does not draw his moun- A the highest gets a hair spring taineers from superficial observation,” ran j \ \ DM class. until it can run without one. the review. “To get character and local \ . That means accurate time color he dwells with them, and enters into t for a lifetime because —after Ne h h \' thus proving that she bares, are “Yes, and at the same iime so he may <. \ perfect and accurately fitted— be within hearing of his father’s dinner- Y ANNO: the adjustment of the hair bell,” chirped up a critical young woman . spring and balance wheel have with a reputation ove ae ane remar Unquestionably the finest high-grade ony te aueecote Gale cbt ai pot meant ma neous] ‘a eentue rans corsets sold, comfortable and correct. The side im need as cl ange ol geile atti ri the ingenuous reviewer, for Button: Hose Supporters completes the your watchmaker or Iie: Pox is Keusell of the Renweky bresd; garment and assists in securing perfect fit. and was “fotched up” in proximity to the Soldat 6 pepe Sore at com S18 0) down! to ROCKFORD WATCH CO. mountains and the mountaineers he knows “pl Wiees‘Brodhers Gx Rockford, Ill. so well. forter.’”” —Harper's. «New York, Chicago, San Francisco. comicbooks.com