Life, 1907-04-04 · page 43 of 48
Life — April 4, 1907 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and a book review section**, not political satire. The dominant content features **Pabst Extract** (a malt tonic), marketed as a cure-all for overworked Americans—targeting fatigue, nervousness, and depleted vitality from modern life. The accompanying imagery shows a tired businessman and family, reflecting early 1900s anxieties about industrial strain. Below appears **Allen's Foot-Ease**, a patent medicine powder for foot ailments. The "**Because He Was a Man**" story excerpt depicts a domestic scene where a baby cries at night while parents worry—seemingly advocating paternal responsibility and emotional control during distress. **Books Received** is a straightforward publisher listing of contemporary fiction and essays. **Why Evans?** advertises Evans beer, emphasizing its quality through sensory language ("smooth, mellow flavor"). The page reflects **turn-of-century American consumer culture**, promoting commercial solutions to modern anxieties rather than offering political commentary.
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Co —_C > 3) Pans Pabstextract Al Work and worry of a business life, the cares of house andthe strain of society, tend to lessen the vitality ot\ ¥i men and women, often bringing about a state of collapse. You are not sick, f¥ but nature has been overtaxed; your sleep does not refresh, your energy is tq lacking and you have lost your gripon the good things in life. These are the 4 biG a erie fuser Abies at ened. Atthiscriticaltime,the remedy is Pabst Extraa the Best Tonic Being an extract of-rich’ barley malt Q and choicest hops, it not only furnishes nourishment in predigested form, but p4 acts as atonic, giving youa desire for ) food and furnishing your system the power to draw quicker, better } *)\ and greater energy {rom what | youeat. The gentle, soothing ) effect of the hops restores your nerves to their normal state, causing peaceful and refreshing sleep, strength- ening the brain and giving -newlifetothe tired muscles. Pabst Extract the Best Tonic Will strengthen the weak and overworked. Will produce sleep. Willbuild upand{eed the nerves. Will conquer dyspepsia. Will hel ‘Ove erylrom sickness. Will a3- sist nursing mothers. We at al Dru Insist Upon the Original Rooklet and Picture entitled “Raby's fl First Adventure” sent free on request Pabst Katract Dept. 11 3 LEN S FOOT-EASE: Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot= Ease, 2 powder for the feet. It cures painful, wollen, emarting, nervous feet, and instantly takes the sting out of cornsand bunions.- It'sthe great= ext comfort discovery of the age. Foot=Ease makes tight-ft ew shoes fec) easy. It is a certain cure for ingrowing nails, sweating, callous and hot, Ured, aching feet” We have over 30,000 testimonials THY IT TO-DAY by all Druggists and Shoe 8 not accept any substitute mail for 25c. in stamps. FRE TRIAL PACKAGE eent by mail, Address ALLEN 8. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N.Y, Books Received Dimbie and 1, by Mabel Barnes-Grundy. (Baker and Taylor Company. $1.50.) Sicut Potribus, and Other Verses, by O. F. Adams. How Deth the Simple Spelling Bee, by Owen Wister. (Mac millan Company. $0.50.) The Psychic Riddle, by 1. K. Funk $1.00) Letters to a Daughter, by Hubert Bland. (Mitchell Kennetley. $1.25.) Poison Island, by Quiller-Couch. (Charles Scribner's Sons.) Madame De Treymes, by Edith Wharton. (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.00.) Studies in Pictures, by John C. Van Dyke. (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.25.) The Efficient Life, by L. H. Gulick. Company. $1.20.) The Whirlwind, by Eden Phillpotts. (McClure, Phillips and Company. $1.50.) Fanshawe of the Fijth, by Ashton Hilliers. (McClure, Phillips and Company. $1.50.) The Silent Door, by Florence Wilkinson. (McClure, Phillips and Company. $1.50.) From King to King, by G. Lowes Dickinson. (McClure, Phil- lips and Company. $1.00.) The Bird of Time, by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. (McClure, Phil- lips and Company. $1.00.) The Long Road, by John Oxenham. (The Macmillan Com- pany. $1.50) A Bath in an English Tub, by Charles Battell Loomis. (A.S. Barnes and Company.) The Dream of Hell, by G. Wilson Duley. (The Gorham Press $1.00.) The Unseen Jury, by pany. $1.50.) The Turn of the Balance, by Brand Whitlock. (The Bobbs- Merrill Company, $1.50.) Mr. Barnes, American, by Archibald Clavering Gunter. (Dodd, Mead and Company. $t.s0.) The Thinking Machine, by Jacques Futrelle. (Dodd, Mead and Company. $1.50.) nemy of the People; The Wild Duck, by Henrik Ibsen (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.00) Baccalaureate Addresses, by Arthur Twining Hadley. (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.00.) Felicity, by Clara E. Laughlin. (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.50.) The World Machine, by Carl Snyder. (Longmans, Green and Company. $2.50.) The Price o} Silence, by M. E. M. Davis. (Houghton, Miffin and Company. $1.50.) (Funk and Wagnalls. (Doubleday, Page and C. Root. (The F. A. Stokes Com BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN It was so hot in the night nursery! Mother and father were out to dinner and nurse gone down to her supper. The gas was turned down almost to a spark, and gloomy shadows haunted the room, “I'm so firsty,” wailed the baby, kicking back the sheet and peering over her cot rails at the drowsy six-year-old brother. ~Suck your tongue hard and wet'll come into your mouth.” Baby sucked hard. “It’s all dry. Ob, I'm so firsty! Get mea drink.” Goff pretended to sleep. that long, dark nurse "Please, Deffery?" Dead silence. Baby gave a little sob and swallowed two salt tears. Then Geof pulled himself together and remembered he was a man But, oh, the misery of stepping out of bed not knowing whether there was a bear underneath it! His face was hot, and a lump came in his throat as he ran trembling toward the wash- stand. Baby rattled her cot rails in eager anticipation; the sound made Geoff think that something was after him. He could not run with a glass of water, and went stumbling through the dark- ness shivering with fright. Ab-h," said the baby, drinking greedily.“ Fank you, dear.”" But the hero who had faced the shadows was already tightly curled up in bed and breathing hard. had exhausted him, but the sense of duty done came as he murmured, “I had to do it, cos she's only a girl."—Nex York Globe. How could he face the terrors of ‘The perils of the journey Proresson Braxprer MattHews tells of an undergraduate student of science who was asked: “What would happen if an. irresistible force met an immovable body?” The youth hesi- tated a moment, and then responded: “The result would be some very interesting by-products."”—Argonaut. $03, Pleasure, Health, Novelty, Relaxation, Comfort Can be enjoyed on the cruises to Norway, Spitzbergen and {celand during the months of JUNE, JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER arranged by the HAMBURG- AMERICAN LINE Twelve cruises on luxuriously ap- pointed twin-screw steamers start from Hamburg—Duration from 6 to 24 days. Cost from $50 to $175 and upwards, including stateroom accommodation and meals. Excel- lent connections from America by Company's trans-Atlantic steamers, Write for beautiful illustrated booklet and full particulars to HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE 35-37 Broadway, New York 90 State St., BOSTON 159 Randolph St., CHICAGO. get Olive St., ST. LOUIS 1229 Walout St., PHILADELPHIA 908 Market St., ¢ FRANCISCO. DS —E Why Evans’? HE finished, sméoth, mellow flavor, sparkling brilliancy and foaming head, together with the fragrance of the hops found in every bottle of EVANS’ ALE, are a source of delight for all the senses, At all Clubs, Cafes, Restaurants, Hotels and Dealers, comicbooks.com