Life, 1907-07-04 · page 3 of 48
Life — July 4, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **advertisements and book promotion rather than political satire**. The top left features a **Westinghouse Electric Fans ad** with a humorous anecdote about a young man buying incense—establishing that Westinghouse fans are a practical, reliable choice versus cheaper alternatives. Top right advertises a **Packard automobile** (1904 model), emphasizing luxury appeal. The bottom left shows a **Flagg's "Tomfoolery" book advertisement**, featuring a caricatured sad/discouraged man's face with text promoting humor books as a cure for melancholy. Bottom right advertises **"A Woman's Confessional" by Helen Woljeska**, published by Life Publishing Company, with excerpts from positive newspaper reviews. This is primarily a **commercial page mixing consumer goods, automobiles, and books**—typical of Life magazine's revenue model rather than satirical political content.
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YOUNG aman went to a Japanese store to buy incense. The clerk sold him PUNK which he said was cheaper and would burn longer. When you go to the store to buy a Westinghouse Electric Fan insist upon getting what you ask for. and Counter Columas for all com- mercial circuits, require no attention and consume less current than a 16 candle- power incandescent lamp. Most dealers sell them. If yours does net, write us for Art Booklet and name of nearest dealer. Address D. & S. Sales Dept., Section A. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO. PITTSBURG, PA. A Woman’s Confessional By HELEN WOLJESKA Pittsburg Dispatch ie tragedy of a life told in epigrams. are, and gay, sometimes cynical of and now and then a smothered St, Paul Dispatch : ‘There is intense pathos in this oddly con- ceived journal. The epigrams reveal a nature in hot rebellion against the artifcialities of Civilization—a passionate soul that wished to ‘make her own laws, to live her life in all its pagan purity of thought and deed Albany Times-Union : Through these epigrams one can trace the growth of a human soul. They run the entire scale of human emotions. It fs scarcely ever that a woman's mind and heart are thus laid bare. Los Angeles Times: ‘The journal of a keen, independent mind. Full of originality. Full of noe, beautiful, strong thoughts. Here's a cure—Try Flagg’s “Tomfoolery.” Oniceae Nees: ‘The protest of an exuberant life against e If no better, take Flagg’s “If; a Guide to Bad the si conventions o exiting cre The Manners.” You are bound to improve—but Prcuion certainly make the litle volume as a safeguard take “Why They Married, Euuaia-siwats Flagg’s latest. Change of expression guaranteed. A brightness like that of Marie Bashkirtsed, They're all 75c. each and LIFE PUBLISH- New York Times Boo Reve: 2 ING COMPANY has them. 48334 indisputable. The litle Purple Book il 3 make is owa bit: 8 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 Wee 318 Sect, New Yerk comicbooks.com