Life, 1909-03-04 · page 10 of 44
Life — March 4, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and lifestyle content** from *Life* magazine, not political satire. The dominant feature is a **Goodrich Tires advertisement** showing a giant tire dominating an urban street scene, claiming superior mileage and durability for 1909. Below that are two smaller ads: **Calvert's Carbolic Tooth Powder** and a **traveling salesman job recruitment** ad offering "big salaries." The text section titled **"Manners at Court"** satirizes American social pretension, mocking an ambassador's embarrassing behavior at a formal dinner—apparently speaking too informally and committing various etiquette violations. It's gentle social comedy about American crudeness versus European refinement, a recurring *Life* magazine theme. The **"Breakfast Table-Talk"** section appears to be humorous anecdotes, one about someone unfamiliar with "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." This is essentially a **lifestyle/humor/advertising hybrid page**, not political commentary.
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TURES ave ss Le< HEY will roll up a bigger mileage than ever in 1909. Behind this assertion is the specially treated fabric which lends trength to the strongest of all tires and marks the biggest improvement ever made in tire construction. paVith added strength inside and the toughest known tread utside, Goodrich Tires are beating their own splendid record or service and economy. Write for interesting particulars. A gS The B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY, Akron, Ohio ane’ Chicago Philadelphia Boston Pittsburg Detroit RADE MARK Cleveland Minneapolis Factories, Akron, Ohio Kansas City Atlanta =—St. Louis. Denver Paris YOR ur products are also handled in N' By The B. F. GOODRICH COMP. San Francisco Los Angeles Wisdom. As your teeth are wanted to last—for time to come— begin at once their daily antiseptic cleansing with Breakfast Table-Talk A who in some manner had gained admission to the inner circle of a well- known organization in Boston was busily engaged in conversation with a charming girl from Beacon street, when suddenly she asked him: 5 Calvert Ss Be you Tike ‘The Autocrat of the Breakfast lowder. I don't know that I ever tried it,"" responded the rank outsider cheerily. “To tell the truth I'm not much of a hand for breakfast foods of “low-brow "* literary ALTHOUSE’S Select Foreign Tours To all parts of Burope and the Orient. Offer exclusive features of “Associated Travel.” Write for detailed itis eraries. 716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. —= => HIS EARLY STYLE Manners at Court A comment by the Philadelphia Ledger on a social indiscretion imputed to Ambassador White calls forth an amusing letter from a correspond- ent on Manners ot Court, from which some amusing extracts may be taken: Conkling said that Grant sent one man to Paris “not to expose his French, but to conceal his English.” One of our ambassadors not only drew up a chair, uninvited, and sat down, ata private audience, but turned his back also te the “concentrated majesty ’ leading the way i dor, whose environment in the United roll their “r's’’ and say “yep”? for yes, im timated clearly that Americans are good enough for “soup kitchens,” but that he himself pre- ferred the society of the nobility. It is well known that one of our ministers, speaking at a public dinner, “soberly '” advised his fair compatriots not to marry the money- hunting, disreputable men of the nation to which he was accredited; that another took advantage of a drawing room to hand round his card, say- ing at the time, “This saves me the trouble of calling; "’ that a third, in answer to an invite tion to dinner from the British minister, sett the following gem: “Old Fel. Can't come. Mrt sick. Doc. says ‘tisn’t catching. Yours, etc"; that the wife of a fourth remained seated in the presence of royalty and condescendingly te marked to her majesty, “ How's your husband?” Are the American people to be put in the pre- dicament of Frederick II, who, having sent, ia spite, a remarkably stupid man as ambassador to England, said to Sir Hugh Elliott: “Act what do the English think of Baron ——?” “Sire,"” replied Sir Hugh, “that he is a m fitting representative of your majesty.’ naut, «TRAVELING - SALESMEN ftession in the world, oar "A Knight of theGrip" will abow you ‘Wo place handreds of our raduates 1n good positions with the best rer the United States and Can- all ove ada, Write (or call) for particalare today. Adare 331 National ¢ Associati any kind." —Suceess. 282 Dept . ion Chicago, Kansas City, New York, Minneapolis, San Francisca Write nearest oftce, comicbooks.com