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This Life magazine page contains **mostly advertisements** alongside a humorous narrative poem titled "Elijah Brown." **The main satire:** The poem mocks a cobbler named Elijah Brown who, obsessed with literary prestige, names all his sons after famous poets (Dante, Byron, Milton, Shakespeare, Virgil, etc.), believing their poetic names will inspire them toward artistic greatness. The joke is the ironic outcome: despite their lofty names, the boys become ordinary working-class men—a peddler, baseball pitcher, lightweight boxer, ferry-boat worker, cop, cheese-maker, and bartender. **The point:** This satirizes both parental ambition and the false belief that names or pretense can determine destiny. It's a gentle jab at social climbing and romantic notions of artistic success meeting harsh reality. **Advertisements:** The page also features banking services (Redmond & Co.'s travelers' letters of credit) and Caloris vacuum bottles, plus a Walt Kuhn cartoon book advertisement.

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Travelers in Foreign Countries can provide themselves with current funds and letters of introduction to the princi- pal Bankers in all parts of the world through the use of our Travelers’ Letters of Credit Our Letters also provide means for the prompt forwarding of mail, luggage and cables. Full particulars upon application Redmond sco. 507 Chestnut St., Philadelphi 33 Pine Street, New York Cables ‘Mimosa, New York Elijah Brown rown, the cobbler, was enamored of the And all his time was given up to stanzas and to sh J registered an oath that lyrical renown pet to the universe the worthy name rown, igh his own weak pinions failed to the heights of song, s hatched a brilliant scheme to help his n along; all his little youngsters, as they numerously came, He christened after poets in the pantheon of That their poetic prestige might impress them, and inspire A noble emulation to adopt the warbling lyre. And Virgil Brown and Dante Brown and Tasso Brown appeared, And Milton Brown and Byron Brown and Shakespeare Brown were reared. ALITTLE BIRD TOLD ME! <2 A Book of Funny Pictures By WALT KUHN 75 Cents ME, KUN is the artist who draws those fuuny pictures of all kinds of birds {9 all sorts of surroundings and talkiog all sorts of wise and funay human talk. LIFE VURLISHING CO., 17 West Sist Street, New York Buy a Vacuum Bottle asyou would a watch— not by the outside of the case—but the in- side works, Exercise this same caution, and you will unhesitatingly choose the CALORIS. The CALORIS BOT- TLE will stand much harder usage than any other Vacuum Bottle. Note patented construc- tion in shadowgraph pic- ture, The fact that we give youalifetime guar. antee while other make ers limit their confi dence to 60 days, tells youwhich bottieto buy. “Indestructo" CALORIS —mounted nickeled case with gold lined cup-removable slass bottle. Pint size, $3.50 Quart size, $5.50 Contents Hot a day: ~2™ and a night Longfellow Brown and Schiller Brown arrived at man’s estate, And Wordsworth Brown and Goldsmith Brown filled up the family slate. And he believed his gifted boys, predestined to renown, In time would roll the bowlder from the buried name of Brown. But still the epic is unsung, and still that worthy name Is missing from the pedestals upon the hills of fame; For Dante Brown's a peddler in the vegetable line, And Byroh Brown is pitching for the Tuscarora nine; 631 CALORIS is ds indis- pensable as ice or fuel and saves its cost many times in a year. There are so many different, distinct, con- vincingand self-evident facts—so many eco- nomical, practicable, convenient uses for CALORIS—that it re- quiresa little booklet to tell you all, Send for it. Alldealerswilleven- tually sell. CALORIS because of merit. If your dealer offers a substitute, order di- rect—we wiil prepay delivery to your home on receipt of price. CALORIS MFG. CO, New York Sales Office 503 Fifth Avenue 4) ' Contents < Cold three days Longfellow Brown, the lightweight, is a pugilist of note, And Goldsmith Brown's a deck-hand on a Jersey ferry-boat ; In Wordsworth Brown Manhattan has an esti- mable cop, And Schiller Brown's an artist in a Brooklyn barber-sho A roving tar is seas, And Tasso Brown is usefully engaged in making cheese ; The cobbler’s bench is \ he pegs away, And Shakespeare Brown makes cocktails in a Cripple Creek café! —Syracuse Courier. rgil Brown upon the bounding ton Brown's, and there comicbooks.com