Life, 1907-06-13 · page 21 of 24
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This page mixes editorial content with advertising typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine. The main narrative poem titled "Jack" is a sentimental story about a frontier cabin-dweller who befriends a wounded dog named Jack. When the dog dies from injuries, the narrator buries him alongside his deceased daughter Mary and her mother—three graves in a row. The "stranger" in the opening dialogue is the poem's listener. This appears to be touching rural Americana rather than satire, reflecting *Life*'s occasional venture into serious sentiment. The "National Example" section praises a wealthy industrialist named Corey as embodying American success and virtue—though the context suggests this may be ironic commentary on capitalism's moral claims. The page is otherwise dominated by period advertisements for talcum powder, foot powder, real estate services, and whisky—standard commercial content for the magazine. No overt political cartoon or caricature appears prominently visible.
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inn eee JENNER & COMPANY Lain’t no grouch, but then it’s jest this way: Undivided Estates Exclusively You come a-steamin’ up in thet big car O'yourn—dod blast the thing. You've traveled far, 55 BROADWAY. NEW YORK Got far to go, an’ ask me for the night Telephone 4050-1031 Rertor = + + Cable Address “dewnlean To put you up. Itain't my style—not quite!— F \ UNDIVIDED ESTATES To grodge « traveler a bed an’ snack, WE seal fo all hinds of wnsiviied estate interests, including But—well, stranger, say: I hain't forgot Jack! vented or coat : , r Arrange advances upon. the security "ot such Who's Jack? Oh, jest a leetle yaller cur— 4 9 and at legal interest. | Bot my gal loved him, an’ we both loved her J Com, edits for: tanitag such ‘proposals! are: sclequste’| foc |] any requirement. | We shore did, stranger! Mary died at seven, 1 Jest sort 0” went to find her ma in heaven, An’ that left mean’ Jack—jest him an’ me. i 2 Jack—cutest little pup you ever see, t right a a buon, busy as a bee, e nupperat o An’ everythin’ I'd left in God's good world— : 7 Come limpin’ in one arternoon an’ curled . ee meee RPLENOOH POE mar Khayyam I done the best I knowed how, doctorwise, Sisson ae without soy nr as (With apologies to Frank Daniels) Bandaged the bleedin’ paw—big tourin’ car « t is prepared of the purest mater- ’ Done it—an’ then, jest prayed an’ waited. Far ials only, and comes in a Wooden Box, which Don t get weeeey> Inter the night I held him. ‘Then I saw tetains the delicate perfume until all is gone. Use “‘Foot-Ease’”’-y, Poor Jack was swellin'—for ‘twa'nt jest the paw, Sold everywhere, » in da bea opie’ jack wee hur inddes insist on getting oe Let the other fellow’s feet get sore. Injured internal like. Midnight, he died. its All wise people now use Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for tired, aching feet. Let the other But I'm keepin’ you. Stranger, I—shet Jack! fellow walk the floor without it. Sold by all ‘Then, somehow, suthin’ hit me; things went black, o right over there by yender tree— druggists, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute. 1 dug another grave; there—don't you see, Trial package FREE. Address, Three graves arow? An’ this yere cabin's mine. r crazy . 5 | ALLEN S, OLMSTED, LE ROY, N. Y. Folks call C Bill, T opi ? , Thinkin’ dogs has souls! Well, it’s gittin’ late, BORATED TALCUM For company, for somehow—I'm sort 0 quee POWDER TT in New York Sue for After Shaving. Insist that your barber uses Mensen’s Summer schedules oa Delaware & Hudson effective Sunday, Tollet Powder alter be shi June 25. Through Pullmans night and day trains to Lake Placid nd intermediate Adirondack resorts, Montreal, Lake George, * Hotel Champlain, etc. 171 and 1354 Broadway, New York. ‘and Seabera, and ail of! odor of perspiration, Get Meanen'e— everywhere, or maiied for 25 cents. 8c A Notional ‘Example GERHARD MENNEN CO., Newark, N. 3. nant OREY occupies a commanding place in the - SOU ahah Owuaier Rares toelage or tone kat aie sovuionia industrial and financial life of the United States If you can stand the price, try ones ralehueniog beaks, strrogtbening nba Keeps chitéren a1 bowe and of the whole world, He is a marked man ; the GOODERHAM & WORTS “SPECIAL” WHISKY are ~~ pal every curls, bey ay bee Mery Go Rowtd embodiment and visible concrete sign of human suc- ASK ANY CANADIAN f : cess; the model for struggling American business Health Merry Go Round Co,, cet. 1+ Quincy, Ill, youth; a great captain of industry who is a force in ———S—S—SSSSSSSS=> = the world, charged with immense responsibilities and | intrusted with power and wealth and position ta~ TIME EXTENDED TO JULY 31st -ea If the greatest business in the world maintains as its chief the man who lightly breaks up the American | bc e . ” home, and disregards the sentiments and the con- | Th ( 1 M gi Off $3000 duct which are inculcated in all moral teachings for | e Uircle agazine ers young men and women, what will be the effect on the ° ° youth of America? Will they follow the cold pre- as rizes for ort Stories cept and disregard the illustrious example ?—Phila- delphia Public Ledger. * Sager fea) ibtog. Noebind tov big 10 enjoy \t—fecr Foamy eats, a Erize; S000; _Second and hinds S00 cach; Fourth, 500 fees . . iy, ifth, $200; Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Prizes, $1 LONDON ciitit ini callleg dows 5 Mew York each. Stories not winning prizes will either be purchased, or correspondent for writing that Mr. Jerome b ‘4 re 308 ““hectored Evelyn Thaw" when she was ‘on the returned to authors if postage is enclosed. Competition which stand, says: “Formerly ‘a Hector’ in English meant was to close May 3lst has been extended to July 3lst, 1907. a gallant man; mine host of the Garter intended no ‘tire KIND OF STORES WE WANT ai Aiea a th calling WEA , HE, KIND OF STORIES WE WANT: Short, sparkling stories full of the Cinctz spirit, and in harmony with insult to Falstaff in calling him ‘Bully Hector’ and ||| ye Gnctz plan, Stories with romance, adventure, humor and pathos, but not with tragedy, wickedness or scandal Bully Hercules.’ But toward the end of the seven- Love being the deepest and roast tuntveraal Capericnce of the human pear as well as the greatest force in the world, ee ‘ . f is by no means barred {rom C1ncL stories. It should be remembered, however, that love finds its loftiest expres: teenth century ‘Hectors’ became the fashionable sion in many other ways than the courting of women by man. Stories of achievement in the world; stories of bome name for the young gentlemen of London wh life: stories of childhood and old age: stories of delicate sentiment and appreciation of the beautiful; stories that racketed round the town at night. Macaulay, wri- make the heart grow warmer and the eyes brighter. that will inspire noble endeavor and add new joy and 1" gic diake hope to the lives of those who read. Stories with a purpose, conveying and enforcing wholesome truths that may ting of 1685, says that ‘the Muns and Tityre Tus influence life and conduct, are desired; but these truths should be presented only in the developnent of the plot, (named after the first words of one of Virgil's Ec- not by the sermonizing of the author.” The competition is not limited, however, to serious stones. On the con: 2 i u a i it it have i C1 \. logues) ‘had given place to the Hectors and the Ee Ce Oi a eee ne gee Deoer, ace tothe Cece, Pan e, 2 * r: 'UDGES: Francis W. Halsey, for six years editor of the Times Saturday Review of Books; William Seaver Scourers. Ata later period arose the Nicker, the Wolte Ghar a Ths Laoey Dieu Easoe Tetng stint al Tex Gee Hawcubite and the yet more dreaded name of Mo- Send Jor circular containing Jull particulars of this offer, with 15 cents Jor the“ June Bride Number” of Tur Circe hawk.’ Hence ‘hector,’ noun and verb, gained its ally onsen Bago Commercial | FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, PUBLISHERS wixtnekalSPRiNd Wear 44.60 EAST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK purity bus made it fame comicbooks.com