Life, 1908-11-05 · page 35 of 48
Life — November 5, 1908 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine (circa 1908-1909) contains two main elements: **Left side**: A serialized story continuation involving a theft plot. A character named "Scot Cash" has stolen a pendant from Miss Helen Van Glen but returns it with an apologetic note, keeping only salt cellars as a "remembrance." The narrative suggests a theft that was resolved through the detective's intervention. **Right side**: Primarily advertisements and subscription information: - *The Gorham Co.* advertises luxury wedding gifts - *Life* promotes its subscription ($5/year) and offers a complimentary Charles Dana Gibson drawing titled "Absent Friends" to new subscribers - *Charles Scribners Sons* advertises E.S. Martin's essay collection "In a New Century" ($1.50) **No political cartoon appears on this page.** The content is mostly commercial/promotional material supporting the magazine's business model, with a fictional narrative snippet. The "Absent Friends" Gibson drawing mentioned isn't visible here.
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(Continued from page 504.) “Good morning."* About noon that day—almost at the precise moment when Mr. Trench and his two partners, sitting in their private office, were staring at each other in mute despair over a cer- tain glass exhibit which they had come to re-examine, a mes- senger boy bearing in his hands a small package rang the bell of Miss Helen Van Glen's house. Opening it, the astounded young woman took out the real pendant in the presence of two detectives who had just called, while she read as follows: Dear Miss* I thought over what you said last night about disposing of your shiners, and guess you're right. So I'm sending it back with thanks and hope this will find you well baits “ Sror Casu.”” P. S—I'm kecping those salt cellars as a remembrance. For the Coming Year Copyright 1908 by Lite Pub. Co. ABSENT FRIENDS After C.D Photogravure, 18x22 Life Now in its Twenty-Sixth Year. Always improving. Each year better than the year before. It retains all of its best features and is constantly adding new cnes. The subscription price of LIFE is Five dollars a year, for which amount it will be sent weekly to any address in the United States, Mexico or the American Possessions. To Canada, $5.52. To any point in the Postal Union, $6.04. To each of its subscribers for 1909 LIFE will send, post free, a copy of Mr. Charles Dana Gibson's charming and decorative drawing “Absent Friends” LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 17 West 3Ist Street, New York Wedding Gifts Silverware Goldware Leather Bronze Mounted Glass Novelties 5TH Ave. & 36@ St. 19 MAIDEN LANE by E. S. Martin $1.50 net Postpaid $1.65 Witty, amusing talks, serious in their ideas but light and charming in form, on “reading, writing, riches, exclusiveness, noise and canned food, divorce, summer, woman suffrage, some advantages of the common lot,” etc. In grace and ease of writing and in humor, wisdom and kindliness of spirit Mr. Martin stands first among the essayists of to-day. His editorials in Lifeand his writings in other period- icals suggest the delightful quality of these essays. Charles Scribners Sons 153 Fifth Avenue, New York comicbooks.com,