Life, 1908-05-07 · page 7 of 48
Life — May 7, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content**, not satire or political commentary. The dominant feature is a full-page advertisement for **Michelin Tires**, prominently displayed with an illustration of a car's wheels and tire tread. The ad encourages buyers to specify Michelin tires when purchasing vehicles and provides detailed information about Michelin's "Compressed Tread" technology, claiming superior durability and economy. It includes instructions to cut out and mail the advertisement to car manufacturers. Below the main ad are smaller advertisements for **Calox** (an oxygen-based tooth product) and **Dards Flowers and Rare Plants**. The left side contains unrelated editorial content: short fiction pieces including "Dolly Madison's Clothesline" and "Never Bankrupt." This is a typical early 20th-century magazine page mixing editorial and advertising content with minimal satire.
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eee MICK Ieh\i ry glare of the sun, bore in his hands the ) delicate bloom of the apple. al But had he looked back, he would have FRANCE, ENGLAND, ITALY, AMER ICA, he seen that the wings of Love were no longer ay ay ed, oO sreoped toward the scanty When purchasing your new car specify Michelin Compressed A on the marble pedestal the red roses * 4 3 i" hy like drops of ice, Tread Tires, a type exclusively Michelin’s and the ONLY new thing p , in the tire world. Insist on this equipment and you will get it. Then, ‘s+ Dolly Madison's Clothesline whether your car costs $1,000 or $5,000 you are assured of the see _—Ts best tire service in the world—a tire equipment that the great- ie HEN Speaker Cannon was chairman of . 7 r me 8 me the Appropriations Committee, John est and most expensive cars give their purchasers. In this point at iad Wesley Gaines of Tennessess madeian iy least your car will be without superior and you will have the most en passioned speech on the House floor. The reas! wi! u . occasion was the introduction by Mr. Gaines in tire economy, durability, convenience and satisfaction that money of a resolution of inqui « 1 g the dis- . . . os weston obinanviveloe Ciken froanihe shite can buy. You are paying for tires when you buy your car. Insist Ay House. “Many of the historical picces of fur- | on having those which give the greatest value. 2a niture that marked the different epochs in our | al life,” said Mr. Gaines, “now mark rld what I call a national desecration, I know of sideboards, chests and chairs, once part of | The Compressed Tread is markedly V-shaped. When mounted on a rim and the inner tube he the furnishings of the Executive Mansion, inflated the rubber on the tread of the envelope is compressed instead of being distended as in nd. fy ed Rane f sf St. Loui eg Ge ‘other types of tires. This compression presents a greatly adced resistance to wear or to put the that now decorate:some: oF St. Lours's: many ture, and highly increases the durability and consequent economy of the tire. While cuts in saloons. an ordinary round tread envelope tend to open and admit water or gravel, the compressed tread Atthis juncture in the speech, Mr. Cannon strongly rejects the admittance of any foreign substance, in addition to rendering the tire much interrupted and asked for a moment's time, Jess Ibsble to cuts or other road i which was granted, “Mr. Speaker, legend tells us,” he said, with « twinkle in his eye, “that back in the time of Madison, the Liun- , . . . iry facilities were not so good as they are to Cut this advertisement out and send it to the manufacturer One wet day the mistress of the White ‘ SEyii House ordered that the clothes be dried on a of the car you have selected, in a letter specifying clothesline strung across the great East Room, Michelin Tires. At the same time write us the tad Mu, Speaker. that clothesline ‘became \ name of the car. If the manufacturer does Raising his eyes heavenward, Mr. Cannon ZEST .\ not immediately accede to your request we o— said, with mock reverence, “Great heavens! \ ‘ill :. f f 1 what has become of that clothesline ?” after , will at once inform you of several very which Mr. Gaines's argument became sadly e excellent makes of the same price and tangled up in the wave of applause that fol- : : car lowed —Sunday Magazine. / 4 class which WILL give you Michelin’s, On What Their Fate Depended : OE Spa Oe URING the week certain members of the flock had been paying overmuch atten- tion to sampling the local whisky, and the > ae NEW YORK, 1763 Broadway minister took advantage of his position in the pulpit to administer gentle reproof. “An’ I CHICAGO, 1344 Michigan Avenue DETROIT, 247 Jefferson Avenue tell ye, one an’ all, ye're on the way to Per- el Se ; deetion!” he cried. At that moment a fly f ) BOSTON, 895 Boylston Street you settled on the Bible before him. He raised his ‘ ; BUFFALO, 908 Main Street you! fist. “Ye're gacin’ tac hell!” he shouted. SAN FRANCISCO, 426 Golden Gate wer “An’ ye'll all get there, just sac sure as—sae : Avenue sure as I ding the life out o° this flee!” His t did fist crashed down as he uttered the words; d to then he looked to see the result of his handi- work. “Missed!” he ejaculated. “Ah! weel, sult maybe there's a chance for some 0” ye yet! = “eit Bellman, os | | Choi king “HYNE you ever been bankrupt?” asked ‘sad ie of the counsel ‘ Rare Pl | his Thave not.” We will send on request a few tablets of are Plants ‘Now, be careful,” admonished the lawyer. Potatsiam Ferimanganate: Dissdlve onetn for all i ay you ever stop payment? a half wineglass of water and you will have | Oceasions » oul cs. x be a atte h, I thought we should get at the truth,” aipink colored liquid. Add a little CALOX, | A observed “|, wi i the Oxygen Tooth Powder, stir and the City and aed observed counsel, with an unpleasant smile. ygen amas d “fia . ne “When did this suspension of payment oc- color will disappear This proves the pres- | Fert i ae snd Landscape n ea? ence of Oxygen. ete TF cea se72 Si | Gardeni siked Ain va) td al) ¥ cue) Po 114 West 72d St... N. Y. ardening s the 6 hen I had paid all { owed.”—London NeKMBON & RORRISE, - Street, SEW YORK | pinion. — - comicbooks.com