Life, 1909-02-18 · page 4 of 32
Life — February 18, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It features: 1. **Kelly-Springfield Pneumatic Tire ad** (top): Compares carriage tires to automobile tires, positioning Kelly-Springfield as superior for the new automobile age. 2. **Books Received** section: Brief reviews of recently published books on practical topics like breathing exercises and Russian history. 3. **Rad-Bridge** playing cards advertisement. 4. **Low-Cost Suburban Homes** promotion (bottom): A 25-cent book of 90 house plans priced $1,000-$10,000, designed by leading architects—appealing to early 20th-century suburban expansion. 5. **Autograph Letters** section: Mentions celebrity autographs. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture: automobiles replacing carriages, suburban home-building boom, and affordable self-help publishing. No political satire is evident.
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By S. S. Arabic, 16,900 Tons, Oct. 16 30 TOURS TO EUROPE $250 Up F. C.sCLARK, Times Building, New Yeck The Canary: wow 1MMODEST TO BATHE ooF IN PUBLIC IN THIS MANNER! How to D t, Power and Personality in Speeb ing, by Grenville ‘Kleiser. New York: Funk & Wap nalls Company. Mr. Kleiser has evidently struck a of profit. The other day we received from the M. C. A. stating that he had bees . coaching five hundred of their members in one ‘When you drove a carriage the $ of the New York branches to speak best solid carriage tire you could Pe ment’s notice, from subjects drawn out of a hat. find was the Kelly-Springheld. Some of the chapters are: “ How to Develop Now that you dive an auto- : Style,” “How to Develop the Imagination.” 7 e s We don't know whether it is a good mobile, you will not find a encourage Mr. Kleiser or not. If he is going to better automobile tire than the | add to the number of after-dinner speakers be Kelly-Springheld Pneumatic. ought to be exiled. We must, howev ive him the credit for making good selections for his Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. . book 20 Vesey St., New York & Akron,Ohio eo: The House Dignif , New York and Lo: Mrs. French calls attention to the ong our wealthy classes to follow crazes "’ in architecture and decorations book has for its object the explo of these defects. It is a plea for s struction and simpler lines, and for this reason commands our respect. If it can teach our mil lionaires to be architecturally more modest than they are, it will, to quote a well-worn phrase, ave been written in vain.” dye arceesartes trees Adress Dept L- f th Breath. by Ella Adelia A184 Pent! Ste, & Leedon, EC, Fletcher. New York Fenno & Co. a ——— = This book is a plea for alternate breathing. See ee LOW-COST SUBURBAN HOMES negative current flowing through our bodies, de- pendent upon the nostril through which the A book cf 90 plans and photographs of houses that breath comes. And she lays down a system of balanced breathing, based on Sanscrit teachings care i We don’t know whether it is true or not, but it have been built at costs ranging from $1,000 to is interesting reading. Any book is good which ts $10,000. teaches Tang expansion Designed by Leading Architects Tragic Russia, by Waclaw Gasiorowski. Translated by De Busancy.” Cassell & Co. An arraignment of the Russian government. Worth $1.00 Each plan is of a house actually built and is accompanied by from start to finish. It is doubtless all true and . tis certainly horrible enough, but the fervid and . photographs of the finished house. In most cases the and impassioned style have a tendency to weaken it. given. Houses of frame, stone, brick, cement, shingle, stucco of many kinds, a The author would have done better coldly to on many sorts of lots, are included. ent the facts, rather than to enter upon a ; : . R jatribe. It cannot be considered a historical The book is beautifully printed on coated paper and bound in art paper. document of any real value. Sent Postpaid for only 25 Cents —— Wrap up Coins in Heavy Paper or send Stamps. Address of Celebrities Bought and Sold THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, Dept. 26, 1006 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. WALTER R.. BENJAMIN, Publishers of “ House and Garden ™ the Illustrated Monthly Magazine. 228 Fikth Avenve, ‘ork Citys Pub "Tye CoLLecron.” #1 a year, comicbooks.com