Life, 1908-12-03 · page 16 of 68
Life — December 3, 1908 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and subscription offers**, not satirical content. The dominant feature is Jones Brothers Company's magazine club promotions, offering discounted bundled subscriptions to publications like *Pearson's*, *Metropolitan*, and *Sunset* at roughly 50% savings. The small text content visible includes letters to the editor responding to a previous *Life* article about children's manners. Writers defend Southern and regional children against generalizations, arguing the article unfairly characterized American youth as impolite and disrespectful to elders. One correspondent notes the irony of criticizing mothers while historically denying them legal custody and property rights. The page also contains advertisements for *Coupon Bond* paper and *Rad-Bridge* playing cards. **This is essentially a commercial page with reader correspondence**—typical of early 20th-century magazine layouts mixing editorial content, letters, and revenue-generating ads.
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Send for oar Lig ayent's ofer. Eales (Continued from page 609.) how or other “keep the home together '’ and of men who similarly placed “put the children away '’ might give pause. By the way, how strange it is that in that happy past toward which your writer yearns these ideal mothers were shown how highly men valued them by depriving them of the right to the custody of the children which they bore, the property which they inherited, and the property which they earned. The fact that some of these laws still stand on our statute books may ac- count for the fact that mothers’ attention is sometimes distracted. Persistent injustice of criticism and one sided- ness of rebuke concerning the failures of the sexes toward each other unfortunately continues to do harm. GrraLoine Boupinot. Princeton, N. J. To tHe Epitox or Lire: Sir:—In this week's issue of your publication you have an article entitled “ Manners of Chil- dren ’’ which would indicate that the children of to-day were not taught, and had of their own disposition no desire, to be polite and considerate of their elders, especially strangers. This article dealt with “American Children,” This would undoubtedly include children from every part of our God fearing country. I wish to say that, in my opinion, the writer of this article is not fa- miliar with the characteristics of the children of the country in its entirety, but speaks of “ East- ern" children, and I wish to deny the allega- tion that the children of native “ Southerners "’ show no respect for their elders, I also wish to say that the children of the South are to-day taught more than ever Lefore the beauty of politeness and of consideration of others. I think your publication of this is due to your Southern reatlers. Yours truly, L. B. Harats. September 30, 1908. To tne Epitor of Lire: ATLANTA, Ga., Sir:—I really think that the enclosure I am sending you is due you, for the purpose of your en list is a verbatim, accurate list of part of the answers to question No. § in the printed examination paper which I a close. I think it gives so much inforn about “Life'’ that I am quite sure you in possession of, that I make bold to s If you want to use any part of it in print it scems to me that it would be wiser not to reveal the city in speaking of it It is fair to say for the credit of the young people of that there were seventy-two candidates who took the exam., and we have given only the peculiar ones, There were some which were as correct and intelligent as need be. ——.N. Y., October 9, 1908. LIFE Life—Of a somewhat World's Work, Life—literary and current Life. A magazine of outdoor life, ete. Life; Comic articles, and articles against vivi- section. Life. Articles reviewing the current events. Criticism and philosophy. Life is a magazine written in a light and hu- morous way. It is edited in New York City by J. H. Metcalfe. It usually has jokes in it. “Life '’ contains little essays on the lives of noted people and little sketches to help us to strengthen our characters and better our lives. similar structure to (Continued on page 611.) 610 | Don’t Blame Your Printer if he can’t give you a fine letter- head on a ‘‘near-bond” paper. Cheap bonds are full of spongy wood-pulp, or made hurriedly, without care, of inferior, worn-out rags. The best printer in the world can’t give you good results from such material. But Give Your Printer COUPON BOND ‘THE DE LUXE BUSINESS PAPER and you'll get a letter-head , that satisfies the most exacting. COUPON BOND is made of the finest, newest factory clippings, pulped perfectly, then carefully, slowly dried and finished, sheet by sheet. 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