Life, 1908-03-05 · page 33 of 36
Life — March 5, 1908 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and literary notices**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Book listings**: A "Latest Books" section advertising recent publications from major publishers. **Two humorous anecdotes**: Short, genteel stories about social propriety—one depicting a Black deacon's exuberant prayer (employing dialect), another about an elevator boy's dignified silence. These are mild humor pieces, not satire. **Advertisements**: The dominant visual content features Knox hat advertising (with a sketch of a well-dressed man) and Burpee's Seeds catalog promotion, along with a notice about the Twentieth Century Limited train. The page reflects early 1900s *Life* magazine style—a mix of light social commentary, literature promotion, and advertisements aimed at educated, middle-class readers. The dialect humor in the anecdote reflects period conventions now considered offensive.
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3 tooth | pre- booklet of Sct. w York Latest Books Books of Little Mother Series. (E. P. Dutton and Company. so cents.) ‘A Dog Day, by Walter Emanuel. (E. P. Dutton and Company. 50 cents.) The Little City of Hope, by F. Marion Crawford. (The Macmillan Company. $1.25.) Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy! Nevill. (The Macmillan Company. $3.75) | Abraham Lincoln, by Carl Schurz and T. H.| Bartlett. (Houghton, Mifflin and Company. $10.) Minkie, by Louis Tracy. (E. J. Clode, New| York.) The House of the Hundred Doors, by W. M. Clemens. (The Hawthorne Press.) The Real Agatha, by Edith H. Mason. (A. C.} McClurg and Company, Chicago.) | Under the Southern Cross, by Elizabeth Robins. (FA. Stokes and Company. $1.50.) Columbus, a Drama, by A. D. Rees. (J. C. Win- son Company, Philadelphia.) Mornings in the College Chapel, by F.G. Peabody. (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston. $1.25.) | \ The Sentimental Traveler, by Vernon Lee. (John Lane Company. $1.25.) The Van Rensselaers of Old Manhattan, by W. J. Mills. (F. A. Stokes Company. $1.50.) ‘cw Poems, by Stephen Phillips. (John Lane Company. $1.25 net.) The Road, by Jack London. (The Macmillan Company. $2 net.) : The Romance oj an Old-Time Shipmaster. (The Outing Publishing Company. $1.25.) Rosalind at Red Gate, by Meredith Nicholson. (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis.) Gotty and the Guv'nor, by A. E. Coping. (Mitchell Kennerley, 116 East Twenty-cighth Street. $1.50.) Adventures in Contentment, by David Grayson. | (Doubleday, Page and Company. $1.50.) | Men Who Sell Things, by Walter D. Moody. (A.C. McClurg and Company, Chicago. $1 net.) Yet He Wished Him Well ETWEEN emotionalism and formalism in| religion,” says a Washington clergyman, “here is a golden mean—a reflection that came to me recently upon the conclusion of my remarks to a colored congregation in Richmond. “Thad invited an aged deacon to offer prayer. ‘0 Lord,’ prayed he, ‘gib dis pore brudder de eye cf de cagle, dat he spy out sin afar off. Glue his! hands to de gospel plough. Tie his tongue to de| line of truf. Nail his yere to de gospel pole. Bow bis head ‘way down between his knees, O Lord, an’ fx his knees ‘way down in some lonesome, dark, and narrow valley, where prayer is much wanted to be made. 'Noint him wif de kerosene-ile of salva- shun, an’ set him on fire!’"—Harper's Weekly. Maintaining His Dignity EYES the elevator boy has to draw the line some- where, to prevent his being made too common. | The maid who announced to the guest waiting at the door that “she didn’t hear her until she had tung three times,"” meets her match in the elevator ber described by a writer in the New York Evening ost: “If any one calls, Percy, while I am out, tell him towait. T shall be right back,” said the woman to the apartment-house elevator boy. There was no answer. “Did you hear me? Why don’t you answer?” asked the woman, with some heat. “I never answers, ma’am, unless I doesn’t hear, and then T says ‘What ??”” 'HE Pittsburg Stock Exchange, which has been "Closed more than a month, doesn’t seem to be missed. —Philadelphia Press. — Cd ‘S : Ly oss 4 a, b E PARTICULAR: your hat should not only be in the prevailing mode, but should suit your individuality. The hatter who sells the KN HAT can suit you in style—because Knox makes the style; more than this he can suit you in the finest distinctions of size and shape. It pays to be a Knox hatter; it pays to patronize a Knox hatter. JQ SEEDS GROW! a2. 50.0. ¢ Best Seeds that can be grown, you should read BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1908 so well known as the “Leading American Sced Catalog.” It is mailed PREE to all. Better write TO-DAY. W. ATLEE BURPEE @ CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED FASTEST LONG DISTANCE TRAIN IN THE WORLD—SAVES A_DAY EACH WAY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 262 comicbooks.com