Life, 1909-01-21 · page 2 of 28
Life — January 21, 1909 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page is primarily **advertising** with one small cartoon. The ads promote a **Delaunay Belleville automobile** (a French luxury car brand) through Brewster & Co., and **Usher's Whisky**. The cartoon at bottom right depicts a woman scolding a small boy, captioned: "HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANY GOOD MANNERS?" / "YES, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF MY BAD MANNERS." This is a **humor piece about childhood misbehavior**—the joke being that the boy possesses good manners but chooses to exhibit bad ones instead. It reflects early 20th-century concerns about children's etiquette and discipline, presented as gentle domestic satire rather than political commentary. The cartoon has no deeper meaning beyond this simple joke about youthful rudeness.
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*LIPE* PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Brewster & Co. Announce the receipt direct from the Paris Salon of the 1909, 25-40 horse-power 6-cylinder chassis Delaunay Belleville Automobile Brewster & Co. have accepted the sole agency of the Delaunay Belleville chassis. The firm of Delaunay Belleville is one of the oldest and most respected in France and the chassis is one of the simplest and best made. After having thoroughly tested these cars, Brewster & Co. take pleasure in recommending them to their customers. The cars are offered at a price to compare favorably with that of American cars. They will be sold with specially-designed Brewster bodies and can also be procured with less expensive bodies of other makes if desired. A complete line of spare parts will be kept in stock and adequate facilities provided for prompt repairs. Brewster & Co. Broadway and 47th St., New York ss Mail Matter Copyright, 1909, by Lire PUBLISHING Comy.y Bulletin. THE SHORT, QUICK, AND POPULAR ROUTE TO THE SOUTHWEST. St. Louis, the gateway to the far southwest, 1s nearer to New York by the Pennsylvania Railroad System than by any other route. So is Indianapolis, one of the greatest of our inland cities ; so ts Cincinnati the distributing point of the Ohio River Valley. The Pennsylvania is the short line to these points in distance, tl quick line int 1 ¢ line which appeals to the traveler on account of these s well as by reason of the number of its trains, their superior equipment and their regularity of movement. There are four daily trains to each of the cities, all equipped with the latest and best appointed cars for long distance service. All the trains have dining cars attached. The premier train of the group is the New York and St. Louis Limited. It is a“ limited" in every sense of the word as applied to modem trains. It carries Pullman cars with drawing and state-rooms and berths, a smoking car of the latest type, library and observation car, and a dining car. At the beck and call of the passengers is a sten- ographer, and at the service of the ladies a maid. The train offers all the conveniences and comforts of a modern hotel. ‘The regularity of its schedule is the subject of universal com- mendation. The New Vork and St. Louis Limited leaves New York every day at 1.55 P.M. and arrives at Indianapolis 10.20 next moming, at St Louis 4.30 next afternoon, Other through trains leave New York for St. Louis 10.55 A. M., tgs and 6.25 P.M. For Cincinnati, 10.55 A. M., 1.55, 6.25, and 8.25 P. M. The Pennsylvania Railroad, no matter what section it serves, is the Standard Railroad of America. LOWEDT By EATFAG) ES GH & ¥ as JA WHISKY THAT «4 ‘AGREE WITH vou} } —. “HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANY GOOD MANNERS?" Boy: Ves, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF MY BAD MANNERS. Entered at the Post Office at New York. N.Y... Secoad Cha comicbooks.com Peta!