Life, 1908-10-01 · page 37 of 44
Life — October 1, 1908 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The main elements are: **Poetry Section**: "Rhapsody on a Dog's Intelligence" humorously questions whether dogs possess actual reasoning or merely imitate it—a light philosophical joke about animal cognition versus human attribution of intelligence. **Literary Lists**: References to "The World's Greatest Short Stories," citing canonical works by Irving, Dickens, Poe, and others—standard cultural content for an educated audience. **Humor Columns**: Brief anecdotes (Hindu soldiers, a hasty wedding, "Golfthalmia") present genteel, period-appropriate jokes about stereotypes and everyday absurdities. **Dominant Advertising**: The page is largely occupied by a substantial **La Tossa Silk advertisement** from Susquehanna Silk Mills, featuring an orientalist illustration of a draped woman. The ad exploits "Oriental" aesthetics to market rough silks to American women, reflecting early 20th-century consumer culture and exoticist marketing. The page reflects *Life's* dual function as sophisticated literary magazine and advertising vehicle for affluent readers.
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RHAPSODY ON A DOG'S INTELLIGENCE. Dear dog. that seems to stand and gravely brood Upon the broad veranda of our home, With soulful eyes that gaze into the gloam, king tail that registers thy mood, y thou hast no ratiocination;— there is a clever imitation. gain thy kindred have no souls, is but an attribute of man; 1 chance alone that bids thee, then, only garden spots for digging holes? cost thou fileh some fragment of the cooking 10 one scemeth to be looking? carly Adam of thy race, dled Eve, the mother of thy house, red some purloined chicken with her spouse, all thy tribe to fall from grace? dwelt in the garden of that Adam thy sinless parents never had ‘em, | af morn thou cam’st a-slinking through the door, ning | : eyes, and some dark corner sought, ugh no accusation filled our thought, thumped the floor. hast no conscience argues vainly, ave seen its symptoms very plainly. thee to forsake thy board and bed + that are devoted to ahead! © who claims thy brain and soul be wizen fo quite well to swap thy head for hisn. Harper's Weekly. THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHORT STORIES gives the following list as the world’s t Griselda, from the “Decameron” of the Wonderful Lamp, from “The Van Winkle, by Washington Irving. ion in the Desert, by Honore de Balzac. Dream of a Star, by Charles Dickens, ‘ol, by Charles Dickens. 'rincess’ Tragedy, from “ Barry Lyndon,” by Thackeray. Id Bug, by Edgar Allen Poe. Face, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. © Necklace and the String, by Guy de Mau- Gavin Birse Put It to Mag Lownie, from in Thums,” by J. M. Barrie. 13. On the Stairs, from “Tales of Mean Streets," 1 Morrison. men were discussing the trouble in India, and {a deal to say about his notion of Hindu “They're such a bellicose set of people.” "exclaimed the other, in sur- 1 was always under the impression that they ry spare men."—Argonaut, NEED FOR HASTE ular clergyman of Toledo, Ohio, recently re- s communication from one of his parish: is to give you notice that me and Miss Cora coming to your church on Saturday afternoon undergo the operation of matrimony at your Please be prompt, as the hack is hired by the larper's Weekly. COLFTHALMIA Golfvhalmia is a poisonous and insidious bacteria, which, in my dreams, under the powerful lens of my agination, assumes the shape of something niblick, a golfer's oath, and a caddie's smile—(my caddie's). A. strange, unsightly, grue- sisted, creeping, muttering thing.—Town and “Hit only cost me a string er fish ter jedge, but, please God, I'd give a whale her."”—Argonaut, "THE Oniental’s love of the beau- tiful is well shown in the silks which the Oriental woman wears and has wom for hundreds of years. 'HESE silks are what we in America know as Rough Silks. They have been taken up by the American and Continental women and have been used for many dress purposes for several years. This Fall they will be more popularthan ever. Queen of all Rough Silks is Laqzossa Silke The best value you can obtain in this beautiful weave. 27 inches wide, $1.25 yard. The selvage is marked “La Tossa, a Suskana Silk.” This is your guarantee of the genuine. Write today for our new booklet on Suskana Silks. It will furnish you with a full line of samples and give you a great many valuable hints regarding the texture of silk and how to know and buy the best quality silks at a given price. This book is free and it will pay you to send for it. SUSQUEHANNA SILK MILLS New York City ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? If you are, or if you have done so recently, don’t forget to notify LIFE of your changed address. Zhe Post-Office will not forward a periodical as it will a letter. Therefore each week’s delay means a copy of LIFE lost. Don’t wait until you have moved before you notify us. When ordering a change give the old as well as the new address. Notice must reach us by Thursday to affect the following week’s issue. Subscription Department LIFE, 17 WEST THIRTY-FIRST STREET, NEW YORK comicbooks.com