Life, 1907-12-19 · page 5 of 28
Life — December 19, 1907 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The main elements include: **Editorial Content:** - "The Missions of San Antonio" promotes winter tourism to Texas, highlighting Spanish colonial religious sites - "The Literary Zoo" discusses Deacon Hanlon's novel and Rev. Guy A. Jamieson's serial readings, debating whether libraries should stock recent fiction **"Topics for Women's Clubs"** lists discussion questions about literature and morality, referencing authors like Ibsen, Hardy, Shaw, and Hax—typical early-1900s intellectual fare for educated women's groups. **Advertisements** dominate: champagne, jackets, shaving brushes. These ads use period conventions—decorative illustration, pseudo-scientific claims—typical of early-twentieth-century marketing. No clear political satire is evident.
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The Missions of San Antonio —crumbling monuments of the spiritual zeal of the early Spanish invaders—add much to the his- toric interest and attractiveness of this delightful winter resort. But it is the climate that is by far the most attractive feature of San Antonio. There is not in America so perfect a combination of sunny winter weather, pure, dry air and beautiful surround- ings. Most of each day through- out the winter can be spent outdoors in the invigorating air. “In Sanny San Antonio"—a beautiful illustrated booklet about this city of @ thousand delightful surprises you @ new idea of San Antonio's attrec- tiveness, Send tor it to-day—i W. S. ST. GEORGE Gen'l Pass. Agt. M.K.&T. Ry. 864 Wainwright Bldg. ST.LOUIS Special Winter Fares now to Texas. sk any agent for particulars. : S, ie Literary, Zoo, Fs need with Deacon Hanlon in his sweeping s gestion—our own idea favoring a modified prohibition which would merely forbid the purchase of a novel by a library until one year after publication. But straightway our eye—(the one that has not been strained through “keeping up” with cur- rent fiction)—focused on the news that the Rev. Guy A. Jamieson, rector of St. Ste- phen’s Episcopal Church, in Tottenville, Staten Island, was calling back lambs to the fold by serial readings, from the pulpit, of his new novel. + * WW shall say the Reverend Guy has not found the way to win the back- slider? We pause in our qualified cham- pionship of Deacon Hanlon until some arbiter of unquestioned authority shall de- liver a judgment. We rise to put in nomi- nation a man of parts—of foreign parts, ’tis true, yet one who is knit to us by the closest ties that bind the giver to the gift- taker; the strings of whose beneficence are heart-strings; a man of letters and of action whose name is carved in stone and bra at the portals of innumerable temples in this broad land of ours; whose locks are bound with olive and with bay. Readers— be you gentle or ruffian—need we name this man who has grappled us to his soul With hoops of steel? Can he, could he— would he, be other than the horn-bearer of plenty, the beggared millionaire—Mr. Andrew Carnegie! Please omit cheers. Topics for Women's Clubs HE Pantry Plentiful. Does Mr. Bok or Mr. Bernard Shaw do the most for our morals? The Distich and the Dropstitch. Is Ibsen immoral when you don’t un- derstand him? Montaigne as the forerunner of Mr. Mabie. Dish-washing as a Mental Discipline. Why is Thomas Hardy so horrid ? Isn’t Mr. Chesterton a dear? Studies in Comparative Literature: Trace the relations between Mrs. Eddy and Marcus Aurelius; between Aristo- phanes and George Ade; between Goethe and Lincoln; between Bernard Shaw and Bax. Why Mr. Benson is perfectly Why is Browning like the bass clef in a Henry James dialogue? (Answer to this conundrum supplied by Mr. James Hune- ker; or on application to our own Literary Bureau.) Don’t you think Sappho is misunder- stood? Is it, perhaps, just as well? Do you derive more profit from reading “A Doll’s House” than from seeing Nazi- mova dance the tarantella? HOUSANDS have discarded the idea of making their own cocktails,—all will after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS a fair tril. Scientifically blended fiom the choicest old liquors and mellowed with age make them the perfect cocktails that they are. Seven kinds, most popular of which are Martini (Gin base,) Manhattan (Whiskey base), “The following label appears on every bottle : Guaranteed under the National Pure Food and Drugs Act. Approved June 30th, 1906. Serial No. 1707. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Props. Harttord New York London WEBBER'S euit JACKETS For Huotingand Outing. All woot. sea ess and elastic. Cut shows No. ds fo all prices: Catalo Webber, Mfg. Sta. ¥.Detrelt, Mieb, Here's my ideal Christmas gift for any man that shaves. No gift will be so highly appreciated } e's the only perfect shaving brush made ~ the “Rubberset” SHAVING BRUSH Ordinary brushes shed bristles or, get hars poppy, thereby causing irritation and face-c *Rubt ‘overcomes all these objec Every bruh fa llly costamiced.| Theretors every “Rubberset ” user can shave with perfect comfort and safety. We offer three special "Rubherset” styles, a choice from which will make an exceptionally handsome gift. Each brush packed in a handsome leatherette presen- tation case. From your dealer or direct from us on receipt of price. Special folder on request. Style 1, White Cellolald Handle, Pere Ra Style 2. White Cot Style a, White Very Mandsoonr, $5.00 .. 88 Ferry St, Newark, N.J. comicbooks.com