Life, 1907-10-31 · page 2 of 22
Life — October 31, 1907 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements rather than satirical content**. The top left advertises **Brownsville Water Crackers** from Chatland & Lenhart in Pennsylvania—positioning them as affordable enough for children's lunches yet quality enough for guests. The top right contains an editorial piece titled "Good Value for Your Money" and "Getting What You Ask For." It argues that **LIFE magazine advertisers maintain high standards** because they have confidence in their products' quality, making them trustworthy. The piece implicitly warns readers against counterfeit goods sold by less scrupulous dealers. The bottom advertises **"The Teddyssey,"** a book with drawings and text by Otho Cushing depicting "The Rooseveltian Saga in Homeric Form"—a humorous classical-style narrative about Theodore Roosevelt, priced at $1.00. The page functions as both commercial space and publisher self-promotion.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Good Value for Your Money e B Townsville Perhaps you do not believe in advertis- ing—but you like to get good value for Wat er Graces your money, don’t you? ‘Therefore, you would never knowingly take counter- feit goods. The advertisers who use LIFE ‘The cracker that has " Brownsville" on it have sufficient faith in the quality of their Cheap enough for the goods to spend their money for space in children's luncheon; good this publication to tell you about those hf t goods. Counterfeit goods are not adver- enough tor your most par tised because they will not bear close ticular guest. scrutiny—because the manufacturer of such goods never makes a second sale to If you cannot buy these crackers of your the same person. Some dealers may offer grocer, we will send ten pounds for $2.00, or you a substitute or counterfeit because two pounds for 50 cents, express prepaid. there ds more profit insit. to then: Your safeguard lies in knowing the ad- Chatland & Lenhart vertised trade-marks and insisting on Brownsville, Pa. Getting What You Ask For The “Yeoorssey & Drawings and Text by Otho Cushing The Rooseveltian Saga in Homeric Form The Severely Classic Style of the Drawings and Their Heroic Narrative Form Will Recommend Them to Students of the Past and Present Bound in Boards with Illustrated Cover. Thirty-two Large Pages $1.00 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City comicbooks.com