Life, 1909-07-15 · page 23 of 28
Life — July 15, 1909 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with some humor content rather than political satire. **Main Advertisement:** Morgan & Wright Tires claims 28 years of tire manufacturing expertise, emphasizing quality control and durability. The copy appeals to early automobile owners concerned with tire reliability and cost. **Humor Stories:** The page includes three brief anecdotes: - A stage manager who romanticizes rain (wants to nurture grass like flowers) but isn't actually a flower himself—mocking sentimental pretension - A Cincinnati stagecoach passenger wanting to "buy" a specific horse with his $5 bill—humor about rural poverty - College boys arrested for loud victory celebration, with a stutter-joke about the name "Ro-Robert Ro-rollins" These are gentle, non-political jokes typical of early 1900s Life magazine. **Other Advertisements:** John Jameson Whiskey and Raymond & Whitcomb travel services round out the page. The content reflects middle-class American concerns: automobile ownership, travel, humor about rural/urban contrasts, and student pranks—no apparent political commentary.
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SUMMER TRAVEL The Best of Everything at the Best Tim Yellowstone Park, Alaska, Colorado, Canadian Pacitic Ry. ‘Around the World. _.35 Shorter Tours through New York, New Engiand and RAYMOND & WHITCOMB CO. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH Send for Booklet ay with the cares Sed sonovances of get about | BOSTON Family Floriculture George Marion, the stage manager, is a lover ture and a hater of overcoats and umbrellas. tly, during a violent rain storm, he called on mother, entering her presence wringing wet said she, firmly, “ you ought not to in such weather You will get ut, mother,’’ exclaimed George, with a the- 1 wave of his hand, “Why should I fear ain? Does it not nurture the grass? Is it not life to the flowers?” “I: is a long time,’? said the good woman, closing a window, “since you were a flower Success < an Ohio town there is still maintained a coach system of transportation, the steeds whereof are of that sad appearance presented by the horses attached to the Fifth avenue line in New York not so many years ago One day a Cincinnati man, visiting the town in ion, boarded a stage, having no other cur- ney than a $5 bill. This he proffered to the driver The latter took it, looked it over for a or so, and then asked : ich horse do you want, Bill? "—Harper's Feomt_ a crowd of rah-rah college boys cele- ing a crew victory, a policeman had | to extract two prisoners What is the charge against these young asked the magistrate before whom they gned. Disturbin’ the peace, yer honor,’’ said the iceman“ They were givin’ their college yells © street and makin’ trouble general! What is your name?" the judge asked one of the prisoners. Ro-ro-bert ath I asked for your name, sir—not the evi- erybody’s Magazine. Ro-ro-rollins,"’ stuttered the JOHNeAMESON WHISKEY For Sale Everywhere. W. A. TAYLOR & CO., Sole Agents New York. MORGAN & WRIGHT TIRES Bre GOCDe eos You Who Ave Seeking to Better Your Tire Service Cannot but be impressed by this significant fact— Morcan & WRIGHT TIRES are and have been for years universally known among owners, dealers and car manufacturers as “GOOD TIR' Moreover, they have acquired and kept this reputation in the one and only way that such @ reputation could be permanently established — by delivering the kind of service every motorist wants—good, reliable serv- ice and Jots of it. Their success, however, is but a lo effect. cal sequence of cause and Twenty-eight years’ experience in the manufacture of rubber goods— The facilities of the newest and finest equipped rubber plant in the world— A system of inspection: that leaves absolutely no loop holes for defective materials or construction— A firmly rooted disposition on the part of our entire organization to produce a tire that will “deliver the goods” av; regardless of its production cost. These give to Morgan & Wright tires an advantage in their making that cannot but produce more than ordinary results. This ‘‘advantage” is best proven by the decreased tire Dills and fncreased tire mileage of the host of motorists who use them. A few hundred miles of driving on one or two Morgan & Wright tires, using them in connection with other makes, will convince you that there is an actual dollar- and-cents-reason for the testimony you hear on every hand that— | MORGAN &WRIGHT TIRES | ARE GOOD TIRES | You will find it easy to get tnem—dealers everywhere sell them and they cost no more than you are asked to pay for other brands. Morgan & Wright, Detroit “Mr. P., how Tenderness for your account “Oh, I never a gentleman for money “Indeed! How, then, do you get on if he doesn’t p. it you have not called on me It was in the hotel of a Western mining town that the New England guest, registering in the ¢, heard a succession of loud yells. Wh “What in ihe world is that—a murder going not a gentleman and then I upstairs?’ he demanded. - * said the clerk, as he slammed the book and lounged toward the stairs, “it’s the spri bed up in No. 5. That tenderfoot up there don’t get the hang of it, and every few days he gets one o' the spiral springs screwed into him like a shirt stud. I guess I'll have to go up, if there ain’t anything more I can do for you for a few ume Racnoy wit (oe evwes Apole Ieahden Dyeeme. minutes."’—Youth’s Companion, foes comy i NaS Ciair Sis Dayton, after a certain time I conclude he is rit-Bits, ance agalest this kind ol trouble fs the Hubler-Dayton Storage Battery ‘The surest, most compact and durable battery made, for atomabite or motor boat. Gives more miles of running than any other tattery built. Made fo the 9s comicbooks.com