Life, 1907-10-10 · page 2 of 24
Life — October 10, 1907 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The left side advertises **Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey**, featuring a circular logo of a horseman jumping over a barrel, with two bottle images below. The center contains "The Literary Zoo," an article discussing editors of major publications who also write—listing figures like Perriton Maxwell, Johnson Morton, John Kendrick Bangs, and others. It's a straightforward editorial feature, not satire. The right side advertises **Feathersilk petticoats** (made of new "Taffeta" fabric) and **Meux's Original London** stout beer, plus **Pozzoní's Complexion Powder** below. This is a typical early 20th-century magazine layout mixing editorial content with period product advertisements. No political cartoons or satire appear on this particular page.
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WHEN YOU ORDER WHISKEY ORDER THE BEST. THE BEST IS HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE RIPE, MELLOW AND E. THE AMERICAN I first-class cafes and by jobbers NAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. Beautifes without any injurious after effects. It is prepared of the purest mater ials only, and comes in a Wooden Bo: ich retains the delicate perfume until all is gone. Sold everywhere. Be sure to : | | | | | | | | | Editors Who Write young writer, hurrying to get his morning's mail, should see a real edi- tor likewise hurrying, he would probably imagine that the tyrant was on his way to reject a few manuscripts, by way of digest- ing his breakfast. But the chances would be that the editor also was anxious to learn what rejections or acceptances were in his mail. All the editors who do not write hope to, “when they can get away from this beastly grind.” There are few writers who have given up their craft for editing, but many editors who have resigned to become human-nature fakers. Perriton Maxwell recently left the Cosmopolitan to devote him self towriting. Johnson Morton, the short- story writer, was on the Vouth’s Companion for years. John Kendrick Bangs has edited and helped to edit half a dozen magazines. Richard Watson Gilder, Bliss Pe Howells, are well known as having followed the examples of Lowell and Aldrich. But there are dozens of less-known editors who do the same combination stunt. George Horace Lorimer, of the ‘Letters from a Self-Made Merchant,” is the editor of the Saturday ving Post. His assistant, Reginald Wright Kauffman, gleefully turns out every sort of copy—detective novels, short stories, verse and translations. er, Whose realistic novel, Sister Carrie,” has made a furore, has just left the managing editorship of the Broad. way to become the editor of the Delineator: Mr. Dreiser is a man of surprises. He sur- prised every one by getting "Sister Carrie” reissued after the publishing house which first issued it declined to push it—in fact, temporarily killed it— because one member of the firm decided that the book was im- moral, strong though it was. Mr. Dreiser's rather attenuated verse surprises one who knows the vitality of his novel. He once had a quatrain in the Broadway which was simply a setting for one word in the last line, ‘‘alkahest.” His removal to the De- Jineator is also surprising, for ‘‘Sister Car- rie” is not. the sort of lady who is readily associated with household recipes and a children’s page. Finally, his appearance is surprising. He looks more like a wholesale hardware merchant than a properly hollow- checked realist. Mr. Dreiser wears waist- coasts, real vescits, and they are well-filled! Another novelist is Rupert Hughes, of Appleton’s, author of ‘Zal” and the “Whirlwind.” Viola Rosboro’—spell it with an apostrophe, be sure—has written both novels and short stories. Edward Clark Marsh, once the editor of Smart Set and the founder of Tales, is a short-story 4i4 | Feathersilk Petticoats Made of the New Taffeta Feathersilk; Light, Strong, Pure Dye. Look and wear as if, they cost four times as much as they do. For sale everywhere. Pint of Stout” “The Perfect FACSIMILE OF LABEL REDUCED: & EUX'Sisthe idealfor an American bever- age. It is lighter in body, less alcoholic than any other of the first-class makes, and better suited to our climate creamy, smooth, deliciously palatable. I you weet the te Sote importers and agents for U.S. LUYTIES BROTHERS NEW YORK oat Lestat oo MEUXS ‘abet comicbooks.com ca = ¢ ARR RII RRR IIR RAARRARAR | eA ARRARRAAARARAAAAARAAAAKRA KAKA KK AAA IRR