Life, 1908-11-19 · page 4 of 28
Life — November 19, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with minimal editorial content**. The main items include: - **Southern Pacific railroad ad** promoting luxury dining cars and scenic routes from New Orleans to San Francisco - **Knapp-Felt hat advertisement** - **J.M. Quinby & Co.** carriage builders ad - **A small cartoon titled "A Coon Dog"** — a simple, crude black silhouette illustration with minimal satirical content The one editorial piece, "What She Wanted," appears to be a brief humorous anecdote about a library patron asking for book titles, with a punchline about "Gibbon's Rome." There is **no significant political satire or social commentary** on this page. The "Coon Dog" illustration, while problematic by modern standards, lacks context suggesting deeper meaning beyond the simple animal drawing. The page functions primarily as a commercial vehicle for period advertising.
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vice. Prices reasonable. THE DINING CAR A luxuriously furnished car, affording facilities equal to the finest metropolitan hotel, designed to provide every convenience. A la carte ser- You have the added pleasure of traveling through a country of wonderful climatic conditions, with ever changing scenes of Natural beauty. Southern Pacific Sunset Route Equipped with OIL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES, assuring no dirt, dust, or cinders, and allowing windows to be opened the entire trip from NEW ORLEANS TO SAN FRANCISCO Send to-day for booklets “Safety and Comfort,” “ The Modern Way,” “The Winter in New Orleans.” L. H. NUTTING, G. E. P. A., 349 Broadway, New York sa ar /f Pee A (" sou ay FOGRGRGG. Udwuatadgagan eBEGREG (ty | UUUN DURBIN The Mark of Good Cuts The value of advertising literature— catalogues, booklets, ete.—depends upon the quality of the illustrations and engrav- Detter the cuts, the easier your Barnes-Crosby Co. originate “sales ideas” and make “q cuts"”—three and four color process p! halftones, zine etchings, wood cuts, elec: trotypes, ete. Day and night service. » President, 218 Madison Bt, Chicago Branch Offcos In 15 Prizeipal Cities. WHAT SHE WANTED A few days ago a large negress sauntered ma- jestically into a public library. Approaching one of the assistants at the desk she inquired ear- nestly: “Hab you got Ellah Wheeleh Wilcox’s of Passion?” * said the assistant “Hab you Ellah Wheeleh Wilcox's Pomes of Pleasuh?"’ ant shook her head said the negress impressively, “ gib me Gibbon's Rome."’—Saturday Evening Post. Two clergymen in a Southern State were once discussing the process of sermon writi one of them remarked that the only re propositions for him were the introducti the conclusion. ‘ You remember,"’ he s: sermon I preached at the installation of Broth Morley not long ago? Well, I flattered myself that the exordium and the peroration sermon were pretty well done.” “ Yc sponded the other divine, with a faint smile, “but, as I remember, they were awfully far apart.’’—Argonaut, “T narpty know my wife by sight. You see, I made her acquaintance at the masked ball, and now we're traveling in our auto all the time! "— Jugend. The first Derby made in America was a KNAPP-FELT De Luxe hats are Six Dollars—Knapp-Felts are Four Dollars, everywhere. Write for “The Hatman.” THE CROFUT & KNAPP CO. BROADWAY, AT THIRTEENTH ST., NEW YORK. Carriage Builders Aluminum Automobile Bodies Original designs to suit individual tastes ; enclosed and touring bodies for all high grade cars. DISTRIBUTORS OF “ISOTTA” | eee ae: Mitan-itely Bryn (awe, Pas Complete Ca: Catalogues Adjacent Goon seauest Newark, Ne Je eee ine sta. Goodspeed’s Book-Sbop 5a Park Street, Boston, Mass., is known throughout the world. Book-lovers & collectors far and near draw from its treasures of BOOKS, PRINTS, AU- TOGRAPHS and EX-LIBRIS. “ Anything that’s a book.” Monthly catalogues issued. VISITORS WELCOME. 4 When in Boston Browse in Goodspeed’s 540 Is ABottled Delight A cherry or an olive isn’t the sign of a good cocktail. Most mixed-at-the-bar concoctions lack the one element that makes the drink enjoyable—absolute unijor- mity of proportion. CLUB COCKTAILS are the only perfect cocktails because they're mixed to measure, always uniform, alwaysright. Martini (gin base), Manhattan (whiskey 2 veriter, are universal fa G. F, HEUBLEIN & BRO. Sole Props. Hartford New York [Som where and ev it woul! heart] Wh An We Who The of Th An W