Life — April 1, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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aes LS 2 BN ae Aan Pas Every owner of a motor car should send for this most valuable book More Woman’s Wrongs “cc e fA x P : Progressive Vojee'"/ € fj i nt rate fn é ~ 5. get A I always thought that in the States e ” ‘ x L omotion i f Woman enjoyed the best of fates: OC <> / That there, if anywhere, she “ ran’ ; ; Creation’s so-called lordling, man. This is a history of vehicle evolu- SS. tion from the ancient chariot to . the modern automobile. It tells . Possessed no other use in life the story of rubber; where it : Save making dollars for his wife. grows wild, where it is cultivated; = I always thought the Yankee pére— the various native methods of gathering; : Or “ poppa,”” as they call him there— the quantities and values of production; Spent toil and cash, like so much water, figures and facts of manufacture — everything < To lavish pleasures on his daughter. about rubber that is Lgtet as general “knowledge , But now comes Anna Shaw along, to you. It is not to be classed wi imary business And sings a vastly different song: literature. It does not deal directly with our own product. In fierce, indignant tones she raves Of Yankee womenkind as slaves. We use other literature to tell the superior ma- Downtrodden, cruelly oppressed, Of naught to call their own possessed, terials and manufacturing mastery that produce Who can command 2 box of spare in And do not even own their hairpins! So Anna bids these Yankee dames we 99 is these Yankee d Arise and vindicate their claims To own at least the pins they wear For keeping up their daytime hair. TIRES The woman's lot, it’s very clear, Is freer in the States than here; Which fact—all question to remove— I'll, in four lines, conclusive prove. We want every man who owns or drives, makes or sells a motor car to leam about and profit by the unequaled Those Yankee dames don’t own, ‘tis true, The pins with which their hair they do; economy and dependability of “ Firestone 7 tires—long Our dames a wrong more dire bemoan; The hair itself is not their own! proved and still proving in service—particularly the user trowel! ag of large-sized tires to whom the difference between best Self-Possession Not long ago a young couple entered a rail quality and popular price quality means the most. way carriage at Sheffield and were immediately But first write Dept. B for the book, “Progressive Locomotion” giving size of put down as a bridal pair. But they were te your tires. Then you will be better able to appreciate what we tell you else- markably self-possessed, and behaved with suct where; how we employ the highest skill and best materials in the world to sang-froid that the other passengers began to produce the most serviceable tires. doubt if their first surmise was correct after As the train moved out, however, the young FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO cr man rose to remove his overcoat, and a show: Largest Exclusive Rubber Tire Makers in America rv, of rice fell out, while the passengers smiled NEW YORK, 233 West 58thSt.; BOSTON 145 Columbus Ave. ; PHILADELPHIA, () | broadly. 256 N. Broad St,;, CHICAGO, 1442 Michigan Ave. ; ST. LOUIS, 3910 and 2230 | But even that did not affect the youth, whe Olive St.; DETROIT, 240-242 Jeflenon Ave.; PITTSBURG, 5904 Pena Ave. ; President also smiled, and, turning to his partner, remarkel Los 957'S. Main St.; CLEVELAND, 1918, 1920, 1922 Euchd Ave. audibly : “By Jove, May! I've stolen the bridegroca’s overcoat! ""—Tatler. _ ; ‘The largest list of “specifications” will Evincing Authority f 4 A |. be in vain unless your motor is wisely Hardly had the proud father entered the sick lubricated. Get wise on right lubrication. room to get his first glimpse of the new twins, Ne ee =| Di xon’s than both newborns set up a loud bawling. ; ; Yat ‘ “Now, now,” cautioned the father, holding up his Ticonderoge Flake hand and glancing from one red face to the other, OS es 5 M (ame) “one at a time; one at a time! "—Bellman. x fi a | &) A youxc Canadian humorist who went over to England, hoping to find London editors in re- = ceptive mood, forwarded a contribution to Punch : Gra phite with this note: : ; 3 | Stands for readiness, reliability and long life “Dear Sir—I arrived in London this morning ras in a motor. You will at once see the com and paid a visit to Westminster Abbey this after- eu—4 mon sense of it when you get our booklet noon. I found this call depressing, for a man on lubrication, Write to Department A naturally shrinks from inspecting the spot where “DORSN’T THAT TADPOLE KNOW THAT TAILS JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO. he is to be buried.""—St, Louis Mirror. ARE NO LONGER WORN ?"” d Jersey City, N. J. as