Life, 1908-12-03 · page 13 of 68
Life — December 3, 1908 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not a political cartoon. It features a full-page ad for Lord & Taylor's "Onyx" brand hosiery, showcasing various women's stockings with decorative details like lace trim and embroidered designs. The left side contains **"Life's Letter Box,"** a reader advice column addressing "student life" concerns. One letter criticizes college students for lacking intellectual seriousness and ambition. Another discusses American identity and cultural values. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page. The content consists of commercial advertising and a letters-to-the-editor section typical of Life magazine's format during this era (appears to be early 20th century based on the hosiery styles and typography).
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Lord & Taylor Life’s Letter Box Wholesale Distributors To rue Eortor or Lire: Sir: Being so heartily in sympathy with the oS: , sentiments of one of your contributors to the {3 6) 99 Leiter Box in the last issue, I cannot refrain , MYX from uniting in a mighty amen. Most phases of so-called “student life'” have . to be nearly disgusting in their asininity, Hosier rre excused as wild oats and with the plea ry some things are better out than in, Ques- tion! A large majority of these highly cultured and intellectual beings smoke themselves blue in the face and dwarf their already small store of broin to an utter inability to appreciate the real value of life and the opportunities waiting for the right man. If they spent one-quarter of the tine and energy in even semi-serious application to sheir work that they do in promenading about town garbed like a circus poster, there would be P33. Dusen enbrsiered in Pk much less need of application to employment AJA Bosc mind White and Sty, Bor pair, $2.95 agencies and far more demand for the college ‘Whe and Sp. Per nan in business, If some one had called the toll four years ago, T would have proudly an- swered present, and actually believed that all who heard would envy, but little realizing that a “cap and bells" would be far more appro- priate than the cap and gown we all so modestly assumed. li by any chance these lines should ever see the light of day I hope no reader will call me a A/18. ferqameest hand sobeld pessimist, for I can keenly enjoy all the real (pln Fen Thevad Bk Pook fun there is in this world, but there are times iW hte Sn. Por pair $2.98 when I must accede to the truth of the remark made publicly a few years ago by the wife of a prominent clergyman, that she would rather send her son to hell than to send him to Yale. H. D. A. A, New Yor Crry. is ‘Trade-Mark To rie Epitor o Lire: Sirs I have in my possession seven reviews of M. Leroux’s L’Amour aux Etats-Unis. Curiously A/TA4. Doign embroidered in Self A/48. Design embroidered in Gold, andy, Per pair, 85.00 Stamped on every pair ‘Sty and Wite. Pre pair, $4.00 all seven point a moral at but one person—the American woman. Possibly if some of these papers were edited by women one might see at teen icc fobsiy: alaise Oo tie toiovings Sux Hosrery “The immobile centre of this intense agitation which characterizes American life is the Ameri- can man, Observe him. One would say he has Can You Think of Anything Better for Holiday Gifts? no eyes for the external world. Of a truth he is entirely self-centered. . . . With us every : . . : well bred man. possesses general culture. The Designs all executed with marvellous fidelity to nature in color, Anerican business man displays a sovereign dis- all hand embroidered, original and exclusive. They are the “Onyx” n for this superficial universality of knowl- brand—a name which carries with it the comforting assurance of c. The important thing he says is not to 5 w many things, but to know one thoroughly quality and service. Every pair guaranteed. Take no others. 1 be able to make use of it. Our men have Black and colored embroideries in 165 new and beautiful designs fa Genre ekioy Dicaves fo minLancetion: gine shown in our catalogue, in addition to a complete range of plain erican wishes to act, to amass gold. He de- i “business is like oil, it mixes with noth- black and colors, for men and women. And when the big business man pro- nounces this aphorism it is not only at the dis- ractions of love that he is frowning; it is at all the preoccupations of society—philosophical, scientific, political, literary, artistic—all the speculations which divert a man from the unique fed eee which he desires to consecrate Broadway, lew York That this “fixed passion’? is equally to be seen, both in those business men who have no (Continued on page 608.) Ask your dealer; if you cannot get service, we will direct you to the nearest dealer or we will send you our beautiful color illustrated catalogue on request. Write to Dept. 19. comicbooks.com