Life, 1909-01-07 · page 13 of 60
Life — January 7, 1909 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for Atlas Motor Cars**, with a small satirical cartoon and travel feature. The cartoon titled **"Butt Me No Butts"** (upper left) depicts two figures in what appears to be a comedic dispute, likely playing on the double meaning of "butt" — though the specific context isn't entirely clear from the image alone. Below that is a brief humorous story called **"Speed,"** by I. Warren Merrill, about a man named William being urged by Mrs. Newcar to drive faster on a country road. It's light domestic satire about automotive enthusiasm versus caution. The bulk of the page advertises the **1909 Atlas three-cylinder touring car**, emphasizing its simple, durable engine design. An illustration shows the vehicle alongside technical specifications. The bottom includes book recommendations and a travel advertisement for tropical trips via Ward Line.
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“puTT ME NO nUTTS’ Speed M* NEWCAR (about to start on his first trip in his recently purchased automobile —to his new chauffeur): “Now, William, I want it thoroughly understood—I will not have fast driving. Always keep well under the legal limit—not as close to it as you can. Ten miles an hour is fast enough for me. What / want is comfort—not excitement. Do you under- stand?” Three days later. Ever, William, I must be hack to the house by seven o'clock. ‘This road seems V Don't you think you might go justa /ittle faster, without ers” Two days later, “ William, this dust is very unpleasant, If you could pass that car ahead ems to be going rather slowly.” day. “Put on a little more speed, 1. There's no use in being a y straight and wide. This road is too good to lose the chance A week later. “Open her up, William! There are no police within five miles, Hl bet, and if there are, who cares? I'm out for fun! Let her zip! Let her zip!! This is no steam roller! Let's have some speed!” J. Warren Merrill j= To-NASSAU-CUBA —. || Ideal Winter Trips to the Tropics By the Ward Line Oa mortera twin screw steam Ships equioped with every conven Et, aed luxury of “taasithauc No island ta the West fadies has he | tourist. OLD MEXICO, ont neighboring fepublic, (S rich In wonder- fol senery and interesting features Raitiogs 04 od wr Reond Ts 0, &. & COMPANY, AML, ‘ I st River, New York | is equipped with the Atlas two cycl tructible engine. The 3-cylinder tw multiple impulses of the 6-cylinder complications or rapid deterioration. THREE-CYLINDER TOURING CAR le simple, flexible, efficient, indes- vo cycle Atlas engine has the light four cycle type without any of its The numerous poppet valves, valve shafts, adjustable bearings, cams, springs and dozens of other small, breakable, wearable Atlas. THE ENGINE IS parts are completely eliminated in the PRACTICALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE The 1909 Touring Car has pressed steel frame, 110" wheel base, geared pump, geared oiler and geared fan, Atwater Kent ignition, 3% elliptic rear springs, 34x 4" ti res, aluminum body, handsome lines, extreme ease of riding, full equipment of lamps and generator or tank; price $2,000. The 1909 Line: 2 CYLINDER RUNABOUTS 3 CYLINDER RUNABOUTS 3 CYLINDER TOURING CARS TOWN CAR TAXICAB DELIVERY WAGON Will exhibit at Grand Central Palace December 31st to January 7th, Space 9, Section N. ATLAS MOTOR CAR CO. 70 Birnie Avenue, Springfield, Mass. New York Office, SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND 1876 Broadway. TWO CYCLE CATECHISM. Latest Books The Spiritual Significonce of Modern Socialism, by John Spargo. (1. W. Huebsch, New York. so cents.) Her Caveman’s Letters and Her’s in Reply, by Lance Swift and Carol Steele. (Gillam's Sons Com- pany, Philadelphia.) The Man from Home, by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. (Harper & Bros. $1.25.) inne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery. (L. C. Page & Co., Boston, Mass.) Rownal:, by Myra Kelly. (D. Appleton & Co. $1.50.) Justice and Liberty, by G. Lowes Dickinson, (The McClure Co. $1.20.) Kincaid’s Battery, by George W. Cable. Scribner's Sons.) (Chas, B The Quiet Singer, and Other Poems, by Charles Hanson Towne. (B. W. Dodge & Co.) The New Hudson Shakespeare, by Ebenezer Charl- ton Black. (Ginn & Co.) (King Henry Fifth.) The New Hudson Shakespeare, by Ebenezer Charl- ton Black, (Ginn & Co.) (The Tragedy of Macbeth.) By the Christmas Fire, by Samuel McChord Croth- ers. (Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston. Blackstick Pa, by Lady Ritchie, nam's Sons. $1.75.) The Elusive Pimpernel, by Baroness Orezy. (Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.50.) Jirage, by E. Temple Thurston, (Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.50.) The Stroke Oar, by Ralph D. Paine. Co. $1.50.) (Outing Publ. comicbooks.com