Life, 1909-06-03 · page 41 of 56
Life — June 3, 1909 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political commentary or satire. The dominant feature is a large **Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen advertisement** showing a businessman at a desk. The ad's main claim: "100,000 figures can be written with one filling" — emphasizing the pen's efficiency for bookkeepers and office workers. It highlights the "Spoon Feed" ink mechanism and "Cliv-Cap" as practical innovations preventing ink loss and blotting. The page also includes several minor editorial pieces ("Sparks from Old Anvils," Yale College rules, chess morality) and advertisements for Ernest tailoring, investment securities, and Abbott's Bitters. **Context for modern readers:** This represents early 20th-century *Life*'s mixed model — satirical magazine content supplemented by paid advertisements. The fountain pen ad targets white-collar workers, reflecting the era's office culture and emphasis on writing efficiency as a business virtue.
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GOING ABROAD {f&ress9 : 185, mnesee _ Regent Street he most EXCLUSIVE MODELS In London. FANCY TAILOR ES. RECEPTION and EVENING FROCKS. MILLINERY. FURS Sparks from Old Anvils (Continued from page 788) Igally be said for him. Our system of law practice is based upon the idea that upon whole, in the long run, more guilt will be pun- ished and more innocence saved by the efforts of conse] pulling in opposite directions with all their might, keeping themselves within the rules of legal evidence and legal argumentation; for it must be borne in mind that no one on earth , knows certainly which is the guilty and which is the innocent. Even confession of guilt does not 100,000 prove guilt. Rufus Choate, “ Life.” 7 2, Yale College Before Taft's Time figures can be written with When a Freshman is near a gate or door, be- one filling of a medium size eging 10 College or College-yard, he shall look ; F . et aroand, and observe whether any of his su- fe Wa K? eal . tain Pe: periors are coming to the same: and if any arc j ‘term: un n coming within three rods, he shall not enter hout signal to proceed. In passing up or That means a big saving of time for your employer, down stairs, or through an entry or any other sy : tfrow passage, if a Freshman meets a superior, > and convenience and ease for yourself. The work of be shall stop and give way, leaving the most ; Bookkeepers convenient side—if on the stairs the banister : ns , sde. Freshmen shall not run in College-yard, for instance, is greatly facilitated by the use of Water- r vp and down stairs, or call to any one through <1 man’s Ideals. \Nriting without continuously dipping the ac window. When going into the chamber pen, with the ink supply accurately controlled by a patented of a superior, they shall not speak until spoken to thes 1S L ; i to; they shall reply modestly toa questions, and device—The Spoon Feed—that is world-known for effective erform their messages decently and respect- [ : ness, and a clever attachment—The Cliv-Cap—which prevents fully. They shall not tarry in a superior’s room, ee " + ne kal lie they are disiisced unless Guved to cit : rolling when laid on the desk as well as loss from the pocket. They shall always rise whenever a superior en- Special points for Bookkeepers. Fine points, either soft or ters or leaves the room where they are, and not Z stiff, for fine writing that requires no blotting. sit in his presence until permitted—<Ancient Lews of Yale College. A Specializing Morals of Chess > Ne Dealers everywhere appreciate selecting from their stock of me of chess is not merely an idle amuse- ; Waterman's Ideals a pen especially adapted to the require- Several very valuable qualities of the * Th ; sg ce 5 f e any writer. here are plain styles and others gold ) td, useful in the course of human life, are to ments of any writer Pp ; & be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to be or silver mounted afety Pens which can be carried in any position in your trunk and self- ey Caen a en ee we we a filling pens if you prefer that style. = INVESTMENT q Look for the Globe trade-mark, eceived Avoid imitations Fogy Booke™ on request wel SECURITIES \ _ L. E, Waterman Company Pe 173 Broadway, New York Co Waterman’ : Boston Catena ——— NEWS yrORK Stermen® San Francisco London Ideal Ink. Bank and Trust || and High-Class Co.Stocks || Industrials Travelers G Commlets faces | Q] Wespecaize stocks SafetyStples. for purchase and depending entirely 4 tale of Stocks in Banks |] on public demand for and TrustCompanieslo- || security and upon busi« cated anywhere in U.S. |] nessoperationsforprofits. come habits, ready on all occasions. For life is 3 age in my new situation? What use can Ourcurrent Listspresent Ourcustomersmayinvest a kind of chess in which we have points to gain, ary make of it to annoy me? What usesual opportunitiesfor || in moderateamountsand and competitors or adversaries to contend with, other moves can | make to support it, and to iavestment in new banks |! payin convenient install- and in which there is a vast variety of good and defend myself from its attacks ?). ' growing towns aswell || ments. The largest ii ill events that are, in some degree, the effects 2. Cireumspection, which surveys the whole a in established divi- || vestment business of this of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess-board, or scene of action, the relations of lend-paying banks. || character in theworld— chess then we learn: the several pieces and_ sii . the dangers west prices, Writefor || over thirty thousand resight, which looks a little into futurity, — they are respectively exposed to, the several pos- klet, "Bank Stocks | discriminatingcustomers, considers the consequences that may attend a sibilities of their aiding each other, the proba- as an Investment," and | Writefor our descriptive action: for it is continually occurring to rest List, | booklet No. 110. player (if I move this picce, what will be the (Continued on page 790) STERLING DEBENTURE CORPORATION % Makes the best cocktail. Aids digestion. A RUNSWICK BUILDING c i¢ for all wine, spirit and. soda MADISON SQUARE . NEW YORK ABB everaigeh tl tonic” and invigor- 789 comicbooks.com