Life, 1909-03-18 · page 29 of 32
Life — March 18, 1909 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content** rather than political satire. The main elements are: **Advertisements:** Maillard's cocoa and chocolate, Calvert's tooth powder, and White Rock water dominate the page with product claims and testimonials. **Literary/Editorial Content:** - "The Ballad of Prue Perkins" appears to be a light verse piece about a prim New England woman who goes West and returns more socially successful - A poem titled "Where Is Thy Brother—Cain?" criticizes animal cruelty and fashion (seal fur, astrakhan coats) and questions divine patience with human violence - Several brief humorous anecdotes about "False Sensitiveness" and ticket-length disputes **Context:** Without identifying specific cartoons (none are clearly visible), this appears to be a typical early 20th-century Life issue mixing commercial advertisements with satirical or moralistic poetry and humor pieces. The animal cruelty poem suggests contemporary concern about fashion's environmental cost.
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INDIVIDUALITY IN MILLINERY Javites your Prompt atten= tion to out-of town custom. 315 Fifth Ave., at 32d St, N.Y. The Ballad of Prue Perkins Miss Prue Perkins was a prim New Eng And she © out © Though s Sund ed like Dresden china, when in est arrayed. Bot Prue went West one summer and she proudly wrote appens, ere the news was ame to view her—and they fast— who'd had no suitors, said: as turned at last!"* cluster Sundays round the Perkins ranc small, And the ns parlor bursteth with admirers short and tall. And a ticket to New England wouldn't please Miss I —Denver Republican. Now pon == Remember. Whether naturally perfect or not, your teeth require daily care, and will well repay the regular use of Calvert's Carbolic Tooth Powder. i fro agers. + Roache Mab Caras F.C Calvert & Co, Manchester, England. Depot? 349 Dorchester Street West’ Montreal False Sensitiveness ay be bad, even damned bad (I talking to a Rabbi), but it must offensively Semiti The reason 3 not appeal to me. I should not of a thing as “offensively ensively English,’ or “offensively were so in cither case. Then if I iensively Semitic, shall IT not say of being dubbed a Jew-hater? is is the worst kind of intolerance, ‘ose who have cried “Persecution | they keep it up after persecution has ceased and often to divert attention from things that will not bear the light—The Papyrus. A Question of Length oman traveling with her son—a boy his age—handed the conductor a and a whole-fare one. The con- zed the boy critically, and said: A . I can’t pass this boy on a half- ate ticket. He is very tagtickct. He is very large and has on long iVery well.” replied the woman, “use the Pole ticket for him and the half for me.”'— ies’ Home Journal, eked oie If any doubt it, let them try it. Buyers,—for the past 50 years have continued the use of this famous Cocoa, and all indorse its superior qualities. No trouble to make, delicious as a food-drink,—and suitable even for dyspeptics. Its rich- ness and delicate flavor is unapproached. Maillard’s Vanilla Chocolate — famous everywhere on account of its purity, the extreme ease of prep- aration, and its aromatic fragrance —the Vanilla bean alone being used for flavoring. Easily digested and very nourishing. Fifth Avenue One Cup isa light lunch in itself For sale at all LeadingGrocers The luncheon restaurant tsa popular resort—afler- noon lea from 3 to 6, Corner 35th St. Where Is Thy Brother—Cain ? I have sung of the soldier's glory As! shall sing again; I have gazed on the shambles gory, L have smelled of the slaughter pen. There is blood in the ink-well clotted. There are stains on the laurel-leaf, And the pages of Fame are blotted With the tears of a needless gricf. The bird is slaughtered for fashion, And the beast is killed for sport; And never the word compassion Is whispered at Moloch’s court. For the parent seal in the water Is slain, and her child must die, That some sister or wife or daughter Her beauty may beautify. And the merciful thought we smother— [For such is the of manJ— As we murder the useless mother For the “unborn astrakan,”’ But a season of rest comes never For the rarest sport of all; Will His patience endure forever, Who notcth a sparrow’s fall? When the volleys of hell are sweeping The sea and the battle plain, Do you think that our God is sleeping, And never to wake again? When hunger and ravenous fever Are slaying the wasted frame, Shall we worship the red di The devil that men call We may swing the censer to cover The odor of blood—in vain; God asks us, over and over, “Where is thy brother—Cain? in Our Dumb While Frock “The World’s Best Table Water’’ Now ready, 1909 edition of the famous “Richard's Poor Almanack," the hit of 1908, Beautifully down and Ulustrated humorous book. Sent for /0c. Address White Rock, Flatiron Bldg., New York City. comicbooks.com