Life, 1909-03-04 · page 37 of 44
Life — March 4, 1909 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page comprises three main elements: **advertisements and advice columns**, not political satire. The **"Sexology" book ad** addresses marital education—a progressive but controversial topic for the era, reflecting early 20th-century debates about sexual knowledge in marriage. **"The Baby Speaks"** is satirical advice *from an infant's perspective*, mocking contemporary parenting practices. It ridicules over-coddling (excessive rocking, kissing, circus trips) and medical paranoia (taking temperatures), advocating instead for restraint and trusting the baby's natural signals. This reflects tension between emerging child-rearing expertise and traditional intuitive parenting. The illustrated panels show domestic scenes—likely supporting the convalescence advertisement below. **"Pabst Extract"** is a patent medicine advertisement claiming restorative properties for recovery from illness, typical of early 1900s marketing that made unsubstantiated health claims. The page reflects period anxieties: proper marriage, modern child-rearing, and medical remedies—not political commentary.
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Don't take me up, strain me to your breast, walk the floor with me, dance before me like wild Indian shaking a horrible rattle, or talk gibberish to me, when I have a crying spell. There may be something serious the matter with ne, but this isn't going to help. When I push away my bottle, don’t force me to feed. I know when it is necessary for me to cat anything. Don’t take me to the circus, prayer-meeting, or to spend the day at the seashore. I'm not so old or so fool-proof as you are. Don't kiss me. Take some one of your own size Don't show your anxiety about me when in my presence. I haven't any too much confidence in myself, Don't be too proud of my unnatural bright- ness. It may be a form of degenerac Don’t tell anybody that Iam only a little ani- mal. Let them guess it for themselves Don’t take my temperature, or send for the doctor on the slightest provocation. Don’t let the light strike into my eyes Don't rock me to sleep. Remember that the hand that rocks the cradle is ruled by the baby.— Lippincott’s. Bacox: Didn't I notice you were moving up at your house to-day Ecrert: Yes; all but the hired man.—Yonkers Encourage Listless Convalescence On To Rapid Recovery Have you ever been through a real serious siege of sickness? How well you remember when the danger point was passed and the cheerful possibility of getting better began to be realized. Then commenced a long and tedious task of coaxing and coddling the enfeebled organs of the body back to natural health, vigor and strength. At this vital stage, when exhausted nature is seek- ing to regain her own, you will find Pabst Extract The Best Tonic It combines the nutritive properties of an ideal liquid food and the restorative qualities of a perfect tonic. Blending in correct proportions the nutritive and di- gestive elements of pure, rich barley malt with the quieting and tonic effects of the choicest hops, it offers a nourishment in predigested form. Being easily assimilated, it rapidly builds tissue, muscle and sinew. By strengthening the vitality, it creates a desire for more solid food and furnishes the power for digestion, after which the road to recovery is short. Pabst Extract, The “Best” Tonic, being a predigested liquid food, is wel- comed by the weakest stomach. It relieves insomnia, conquers dyspep- sia, strengthens the weak, builds up the overworked, helps the anaemic, feeds the nerves, assists nursing mothers and invigorates old age. At All Druggists —Insist Upon it Being Pabst Booklet and Picture “Baby's First Adventure’ sent free on request. PABST EXTRACT CO. DEPT. 12 MILWAUKEE, WIS. Cause for Reflection Instantaneous | The dior of my paper.” declared the newspaper business manager to a little coterie of Gur friends, “is a peculiar genius. Why, would you believe it, when he draws his weekly salary he A cup of Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate. Note “Instantaneous.” It is the only | keeps out only one dollar for spending money Instantaneous chocolate. lis flavor is a revelation. and sends the rest to his wife in Indianapolis! "’ For fifty years the best grocers have sold Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate and the first families have used it. This is the only chocolate that can be made cor- rectly, instantly, without any boiling. ° His listeners—with one exception, who sat ix it with, silent and reflective—gave vent to loud murmurs ling milk or boiling water—then serve. of wonder and admiration. A leading druggist in every community is agent for Whitman's Chocolates and Confections. It you do : ow, it may sound thin,"’ added the speaker, not find a dealer near at hand. send 50 cents fora “ s. sample tin of Instantaneous Chocolate. Send for but itis true, nevertheless book of recines— FREE —entitled “An instanta- “Oh, I don't doubt it at all!" quickly rejoined neous Affair STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, Philadelphia, U.S. A. the quiet one. “I was only wondering what he Makers of “Whitman's Fussy Package for Fastidious Folks." does with the dollar! "’—Ladies’ Home Journal. comicbooks.com