Life, 1907-11-07 · page 15 of 50
Life — November 7, 1907 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three commercial advertisements and three unrelated humorous anecdotes. The main content includes: - A **Park & Tilford chocolate advertisement** (left) - An **Angelus Piano advertisement** (center/right), featuring an illustration of a woman and child at a self-playing piano - Three brief joke pieces: "Wanted in Smyrna" (a Middle Eastern fable about fate), "The Great American Novel" (satirizing wealthy industrialists), and "A Hard-Worked Pronoun" (wordplay humor) The Angelus Piano ad emphasizes that anyone can play music through the piano's mechanical player mechanism—appealing to middle-class homeowners without musical training. The anecdotes mock social pretension and linguistic confusion rather than political figures or events. This represents typical early 20th-century *Life* magazine content: advertising mixed with light satirical humor aimed at educated, urban readers.
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Park &Tilford Founded 1840 New York PURE CONFECTIONERY The Cocoa Beans used in making the temptingly deli- cious Park &Tilford con- fections are selected with the utmost care. Only the highest grade, to which at- taches a perfection of aroma, is permitted to enter into the making of the rich, exqui- sitely flavored coatings of the Chocolates made and offered by Park &Tilford. Sold at all our stores and at all principal drug stores. Deliveries made out of town Wanted in Smyrna | eee LUDLOW, the aeronaut whose experi: ments with flying machines have so greatly im- J his health, still perseveres in his aeronautical arches, and one day he said s to happen. I shall keep on Iam something of a fatalist, I suppose.” Ile mused a moment. “You know he the East?” he said. about it there.” “A certain sultan w: ing when the grand If at the foot of the “Rise, vizier,’ said the sultan, graciously, ‘and tell me why you are so pale, and why do you tremble “Alas, lord,’ the vizier ‘in that shadowy corner by the ivory screen the Angel of Death is standing. here, and continually he fixes on me an earnest and strange look.’ “The vizier wrung his hands. , I would not die,’ he said. ‘Lord, grant ave permission to set out forthwith for Smyrna. it may be, I will escape the dreadful visitant.’ “The sultan, with a nod, granted the vizier that ish and the poor man hastened forth with all speed ke ready for the journey. Then the sultan beckoned the angel to him, “Art thou,’ he said, ‘truly the Angel of Death?” Yes,’ replied the other, indifferently. “The sultan nodded his head. Then he said, in fat hey beliew a hat they a story s giving audience one morn- ier came and prostrated him- answered, ‘Why hast thou looked with such strange earnest- ness at my vizier ?? “*Because,! said the angel, ‘I wondered what he was doing here, for I have orders to kill him in Smyrna.’"—Washington Star. The Great American Novel HE pretty nurse had taken the best of care of the steel millionaire. I want you to marry me,” said he, simply. “But, Mr. Giltredge, this is rather sudden.” “I know, child, [ know. But you'll have plenty of time to get used to the idea. I'll have a fierce job getting rid of my wife.”"—Philadelphia Bulletin, For a long while he has stood | ERIE. < the incorporated ANGELUS. Established 1876 The Ideal Instrument for Your Home Is THE ANGELUS PIANO Any One Can Play It The ANGELUS PIANO possesses all the desirable features of any high-grade piano and gives you ix addition, through the incorporation of the famous ANGELUS Piano-Player, the means of playing any music you like at any time you want it. The ANGELUS PIANO is always ready to be played by any one. The pianist can play it from the keyboard in the usual manner, or you can play it by means of l The ANGELUS PIANO occupies no more space | |) than the ordinary piano, nor is the musical value of the piano itself in the least im- paired by the installation of the ANGELUS mechanism. is increased, in that the piano need never be idle except when you wish it so. The ANGELUS PIANO is the only instrument equipped with the wonderful expression devices the Meledant and Phrasing Lever. ‘These patented devices give the ANGELUS PIANO a practical musical value immeasurably greater than any other self-playing instrument in existence, as they provide the performer with the perfect means of transmitting Ais own feeling into the music, You should not purchase a piano until you have inv us for free descriptive literature and name of nearest representative. THE WILCOX & WHITE CO. Rather its musical value ated the ANGELUS PIANO. Write Meriden, Conn, Averting Libels T WAS announced by one of the ministers in a neighboring town a few weeks ago that he would preach on the subject of “Hell and Who Will Be | There,” says the Mound City News. Before Sunday | came around, he received letters from three lawyers, two merchants, two town officials, and an editor, threa ening to sue him for slander if he mentioned any names in the discourse.—Kansas City Star. OLLIE: I wish you were more like Mr. Simp- son, Coppi: My dear, if I were more like Mr. Simpson I should have married a woman more like Mrs. Simpson.—St, Louis Post-Dispatch. A Hard-Worked Pronoun A QUARRYMA of his mates, a was charged with assaulting one d when the case was carried into court, an cyewitness of the occurrence curious evidenc “He tuk a pick an’ he tuk a pick,” the witness began, “an’ he hit him wid his pick, an’ he hit him wid his pick; an’ if he'd hit him wid his as hard as he hit him wid his, he’d have near killed him, an’ not him him.” Youth's Companion, gave some OVERNOR FLOYD, of New Hampshire, de- clares his State is the best governed in the Union, and the Boston and Maine Railroad blushes with pleasure.—Brooklyn Standard Union, comicbooks.com