Life, 1909-01-28 · page 26 of 28
Life — January 28, 1909 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page (numbered 142) is largely devoted to book and travel advertisements with minimal cartoons. The main content includes: **Featured Literary Works**: The page heavily promotes two stories by "Mrs. Wilson Woodrow"—*The New Missioner* and *The Bird of Time*—both published by Doubleday, Page & Co. **Humor Content**: Small scattered jokes appear: - A brief anecdote attributed to Admiral Robley Evans about substituting inferior whiskey - A "Man, Mere Man" section with aphorisms about flattery and human nature - A chemistry exam joke about gold and marriage **Context**: The page is typical of early 20th-century Life magazine format—mixing literary promotion with light satirical commentary. The "humor" is gentle and domestic rather than politically pointed. The heavy advertising emphasizes the magazine's commercial function alongside its editorial content. The book advertisements and travel promotions (Bermuda, Porto Rico cruises) indicate the target audience: educated, wealthy Americans interested in literature and leisure travel.
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Two stories of exceptional worth by the brilliant contributor to Life MRS. WILSON WOODROW The New Missioner A strong, human, sincere story of a woman's work and her re- nunciation of aman’s love to continue unhampered her spiritual labors in the Western community of Zenith. This uncommonly brilliant novel will provide much food for thought. Illustrations, $1.50. The Bird of Time A series of scintillating conversations that will appeal to the cultured woman. A group of agreeable characters, amid charm- ing surroundings, discuss toy ics of essential interest to women, such as IS LOVE ENOUGH? and A GAME OF BRIDGE, all bound together by a delightful love- story. Net, $1.00 (postage 10c.). smu ® sow ® vaer DOouBLEDAY, PAGE & Co. New Yorx. The Boston Travel Society Old World Journeys Boylston and Berkeley Sts., joston, M. ROUND THE $1425 WORLD able ath? Something Wrong With It Admiral Robley Evans tells the following story against himself. He had a Congressman for a guest, and, having run out of his favorite brand of whiskey, made up with some he could not guarantee. He explained this, and added : “ Here, however, is some brandy that I've kept untouched for a good deal more than twenty years.”" “Hand me over the whiskey decanter,” the rejoinder. “Why?” asked the Admiral. matter with the brandy?" “That's what I want to know, Bob,” said the guest; “but if you have had it untouched in your possession for more than twenty there must be something pretty bad the with it.” —Tit-Bits, was “What's the years, atter CLARK'S CRUISE OF THE r RABI T 4,000 tons, fine, Large, waassally ij T February 4 to April 17. 1909, only. $400.00 up, including 2 ES: Madeira, Cadiz, the Holy TOFU $250 up. F.C. CLARK, Times Bldg.. New York Man, Mere Man Flattery is a counterfeit that vanity cashes. Publicly to praise a noble deed is to take part in it. The average man feels innocent of any crime of which he cannot be convicted. A wise and brave man may thrive on ill-luck; a fool may drift to disaster on a tide of fortune. —Peree Pry Suevuin in Lippincott’s. Proressor (at chemistry examination) : Under what combination is gold released most quickly ? Stupent: Marriage —Success. BILTMORE, N. C. 20 hours from New York. 18 Geo. Vanderbilt's famous estate. Always Open. New i. Ideal climate, Riding, Driving, Golf, Tennis. NO CONSUMPTIVES. Latest Books Florida Enchantments, by A. W. and Julian A. Dimock. (Outing Publ. Co, $3.00.) Victoria Regina, by Fitsgerald Molloy. Mead & Co. 2 vols., $6.50.) Debs; His Life, Writings and Speeches, to Reason, Girard, Kansas.) Miss Betty, of New York, by Ellen Douglas Deland. (Harper & Bros. $1.25.) Carla Wenckebach, Pioneer, by Margarethe Muller. n & Co., Boston, Mass.) The Ruby of Kishmoor, by Howard Pyle. & Bros. $1.00.) A Prisoner of the Sea, by Chauncey C. Hotchkiss, (The John McBride Co.) az (Dodd, (Appeal (Harper Around zwlo Rieo The special tours of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. occupy three weeks, and are ideal yachting excursions on summer seas. The steamers have every con- venience, with only outside staterooms, They circle the entire island and stop at many interesting and historic locali- ties. The ship is the tourist's hotel during the entire trip, s0 that the labor and inconvenience of land travel is avoided, The special tourist rate for this cruise is $140,which includes every expense. Write for illustrated booklet. THE NEW YORK & PORTO RICO STEAMSHIP CO. 12 Broadway, New York, or Raymond & Whitcomb Co., New York, and all Principal Cities Friendship vs. Fact A Chinaman of noble birth had been invited to dine at William's home. His mother was very anxious that the guest shovld not be made un- comfortable by the little chap’s curiosity, so she took him aside and explained all about the yellow skin, long braid of iair and almond eyes of the Mongolians, and even showed him pic- tures of Chinamen, She impressed upon him more than anything else the fact that the visitor was his father’s friend and was to be treated with respect. Upon the Celestial’s arrival, W liam tried hard not to stare or look too curious and succeeded in being very quiet for some time, when, much to the surprise of his mother and the amusement of the Chinaman, he called out “Mamma, if he wasn’t our friend, wouldn't he The Bellman. TEN LIMITED, conducted parti EUROPE 8.201" : DE POTTER TOURS, HIGH FINANCE From Wahkre Jacob. BERMUDA THE IDEAL WINTER RES from New PRINCESS HOTEL NOW OPEN HOWE & TWOROGER, Mgrs., Hamilton, Bermuda. comicbooks.com