Life, 1909-07-01 · page 30 of 44
Life — July 1, 1909 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertisements with satirical cartoons. The left side features product ads for "Eleto" toiletries and Kewanee water-supply systems—typical commercial content of the era. The right side shows humorous cartoon vignettes labeled "ESTEEMED," depicting various newspaper delivery scenarios (New York Sun, Brooklyn Eagle, Evening Post, Mail and Express, The American). These appear to satirize the competitive newspaper industry and the rough-and-tumble nature of newspaper distribution in early 20th-century New York City. Below is a short humor piece titled "Where the Miracle Came In," featuring a Scottish preacher and an elderly woman debating biblical interpretation. The joke turns on the woman's literal-minded skepticism: she cannot believe someone could physically carry away a large four-poster bed while walking, thus finding "the miracle" in the scripture's feasibility rather than its spiritual meaning. The satire mocks both religious pedantry and working-class common sense.
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Every Woman Should Know The Three Indispensable Toilet Articles “Eleto”? Violet Talcum Creme-‘‘ Eleto”’ “Eleto”’ Toilet Water At x And Leading Department Druggists Stores ELETO CO., New York EE UR PLY p the Tank Throw Away the Tower THAT'S what you do when you install a Kewanee System of Water Supply f ‘The Kewanee Pneumatic Tank is buried in the ground or located in the cellar—there is no elevated or attic tank to freeze, overflow, leak or collapse—and the water is delivered by air pressure evenly and abundantly to all fixtures. Temperate in winter and cool in summer, Every country or suburban home can be provided all the sanitary conveniences and comforts of the city water system with The Hewanee System of Water Supply ractical experience and technical experts has made the most per- of all water supply systems. Over nine thousand Kewanee Systems in successful operation supplying water for country and suburban residences, clubs, farms, schools, public and private institutions, villages. ete. The Kewanee System Is not an imitation—is not substitute. It is the original water suppiy system involving the use of alr pressure instead of gravity pressure. Avoid cheap imitations. Look for our trade mark and name plates on tanks and pumping machinery. Get the genuine and you will take no chances— we guarantee that. Kewanee Pumping Outfits Kewanee pumping outfits are furnished special pumping requirements, The same t skill practical knowledge required to and perfect complete Kew ed to the solution of individual pi Kewanee Water Supply Co. 1212 Marquette Nulla 1566 Hudson-Term! “ESTEEMED” Where the Miracle Came In Dr. Walter C. Smith, the popular Scotch poet-preacher, on one occasion tried to explain to an old lady the meaning of the scriptural expression, “ Take up thy bed and walk,”’ by saying that the bed was simply a mat or rug easily taken up and carried away. “No, no,’’ replied the lad: lar four-poster. There would bi or rug on your back. “T canna believe that. The bed was a regu- ro miracle in walking away wi’ a bit o’-mat Argonaut. comicbooks.com