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This page combines editorial content with advertising. The left column describes *Life* magazine's coverage scope—political commentary, social issues, character sketches, and philosophical topics. The center-right features a large **advertisement for the Angelus Player-Piano**, showing a woman at the instrument. The ad emphasizes the piano's "Artistyle system" of expression characters, positioning it as superior to competitors by allowing even novices to produce artistically satisfying performances. Below is a humorous anecdote about **King Oscar of Sweden**, illustrating the constraints of royal protocol: though the king wished to lunch casually with a botanist friend at the botanist's home, royal custom forced him to entertain at the palace instead—a gentle satire on the "limitations of royalty." The page reflects early 20th-century Life magazine content: mixing light social humor with consumer advertising targeting affluent readers who could afford player-pianos.

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(Continued from page 610.) Life—comments on the way things are being done in modern times. «Life’’ gives us the important events, together wish small bits of poztry which help out the monotony of existence. Life’s octicles.are more of the nature of political .cientifieal ideas. Life is a periodical which consists mostly of raphies. which includes much on art is definite sting and instructive. . recital of the doings of the day with rence to the European topics and the ical questions of our country. e character of the articles are chiefly concerning defects and instincts of hu- ¢ as is going on in the world. s about all the important things and ssities of life. The articles are of a social character, ing to do with the ways of the social ses. an inclusive character. Deals with the tical social and literary and Industrial gress of our day. ories and descriptions of life. sses characters of persons and places, ngs of people in different places of both ntries Life contains articles upon men and women in peilic life. Life—hilosophical—Theoiogical—moral topics. Life—Political, Biologies, Character sketches. Life—iells* bow people should live, and what they should took with their lives describes the life of the poor class of people in the slums and the lives of the wealthy class. —News of the happenings of the aristocratic ple. tains short articles mostly of a philosoph- | character. Life contains papers on birds, art and plants. Life s happenings and possibilities of the present age THE LIMITATIONS OF ROYALTY he late King Oscar of Sweden was the least ‘onventional of monarchs, but he had to cour- tesy to custom, nevertheless. King and Monsieur Bonnier, the botanist, strangers, the New York Sun’s foreign ondent says, while out in search of flow- ‘ockholm. They were soon the best and Bonnier suggested lunch at his home with me instead,’’ said the other Wen the way led to the palace gates Bonnier esi: sed sorry,"’ said his companion, “ but I hap pen» be the king of this country, and this is the only place where I can entertain my frien 's.""—Youth’s. Companion. A PROPHECY Gorge Ade says that when a certain college Pres ‘ent in Indiana, a clergyman, was addréss- ing he students in the chapel at the beginning of college year, he observed that it was “a Maticr of congratulation to all the friends of the colleve that the year had opened with the largest fresiiman class in its history.’ Then, without any pause, the good man turned to the lesson for the day, the third Psalm, and began to read in a voice of thunder: Lord, how are they increased that trouble '—Lippincott’s.- HAT “more delightful gift, ‘or what better time to give it! The full en- joyment of all music, for all time, in Tn the development of -PLAYER-PIANO a most si £ “has recently been ‘made, giving” val “greater 5 emphasis to the fact of its complete supremacy. Where with all other instruments the player must rely for the correctness of the music upon si faulty or incomplete methods of roll-marking, the ANGELUS per performer now fas ‘the Anlisiyle system of expression characters to guide his playing. This new method of roll. marking is the most effective aid to the production of good music in that it makes the way easy, even for the novice, to render a selection in a manner which must satisfy and delight the most critical of listeners. The A rlistyle system of expression characters, the Melodant, the famous Phrasing Lever and other exptession devices are all exclusive features of the ANGELUS instruments. Hear and Play the ANGELUS instruments yourself. Write us for address of your nearest representative and free booklet. THE WILCOX & WHITE CO. MERIDEN, Con. Established 187, Regent House, Regent St., LONDON. WHY NOT PRESERVE YOUR COPIES OF LIFE In Good Condition? If, when you have finished with the week's issue, it is placed on file in one of our Binders, it is always conyenient for reference and the volume becomes an unfailing source of pleasure and amusement. The Binder is an ingenious arrangement, substantially made, bound in either black .or garnet cloth, with cover design in gilt. Sent to any address on receipt of one dollar by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City comicbooks.com