Life, 1909-09-23 · page 24 of 28
Life — September 23, 1909 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily consists of **advertisements and humorous short items** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **The cartoon** ("Come On, Fellers...") depicts a **servant or working-class figure** unable to move his arms—likely commenting on class dynamics or physical labor. The accompanying text jokes about a "privileged old family retainer," satirizing the relationship between employers and long-serving household staff. **Other humor pieces** are lighthearted anecdotes: a woman mistakenly holding a stranger's hand on a streetcar, and a reader rejecting an author after one book. **The large advertisement** for *Success Magazine* uses Abraham Lincoln as a rhetorical device, claiming he would read it because it promotes "patriotism," "optimism," and "pure living." This represents early-1900s aspirational marketing—linking a product to American ideals and personal improvement. The page reflects turn-of-the-century American magazine culture: mixing gentle social satire with commercial messaging promoting self-improvement and consumerism.
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APSIBESE pAYLANM Ay % FLORIDA S WATER A Perfume for the Most Refined Taste A leader amongst leaders. After being in’ use for Nearly a Century is just as popular as ever BECAUSE: does no other Perfume; itis delightful in the Bath and the finest thing after Shaving : because it is, in fact, the most reliable and satisfactory Toilet Perfume made 3 33 ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE! “COME ON, PELLERS, MERE’S A MAN WHO CAN'T MOVE HIS ARMS."” One of the Family City Frrexp (spending the day in distant suburb): Didn't it ever strike you that your servant is impertinently inquisitive?" Svnoervs: My dear fellow, it’s only the way of a privileged old family retainer. Why, would you believe it, that girl has been with us over five weeks !—Harper's Week! Willing to Support Her Two young ladies boarded a crowded street car and were obliged to stand. One of them, to steady herself, took hold of what she supposed was her friend's hand. They had stood thus for some time when, on looking down, she discovered that she was holding a man’s hand. Greatly em barrassed she exclaimed: “Oh! I've got the wrong hand!" Whereupon the man, with a smile, stretched forth his other hand, saying: “ Here is the other one, madam."'—Washington Post. ‘The natural ripening and mellowing of P. B. gives it a flavor which cannot be obtained where fermentation is forced. P. H all else an honest brew of pure malt an, brewed by master brewers. It’s the best brewed. Try it. At leading Hotels, Restaurants and Café, ALG VAN NOSTRAND, 2U*MER WILL anewcnts “Wuat lesson did you learn from this new Prob! Novel?"” “Not to read any more books by the same author! "’—Cleveland Leader. | If Abraharn Lincoln lived Toda He Would be a Reader of “Success Magazine” He would read it because it appeals to the | patriotism of the ¢lain American people, be- cause it would help him to help the people, because it would furnish him with many a new jest with which to wing his wisdom, and because it breathes, in every line, the optimism that never failed him. 200,000—and protects these subscribers from loss by any advertisement appearing in its columns, | Why YOU Need “Success Magazine” The greater your success in creating a happy American home, the greater || your need of the stimulating, uplifting influence of ‘‘Success Magazine.” It deals with the work and play, the joys and sorrows of American men. ai women. It is the magazine that clippel Speaker Cannon’s wings; that first a- posed the indecent stage; that ran te financial fakers into the cyclone cellars; that is stirring the Church to look or religious problems in the face; that, ina word, reflects the all-important, interes ing sides of American life. It prints the frankest, strongest articles and the livelist fiction. It gives all the significant news of te world each month, packed into a nutshel for quick, easy reading. It prints, monthly, a chuckling, bubbling page of short, funsy stories, verses, and anecdotes. It carefully You can understand from this that “Success Magazine” is different, radically different, from other maga- zin Tt is different as Lincoln was ¢ ferent from other men. It is different in aims, ideals, and purpose. It incites to optimism, high thinking and pure living. Radically Different Advertising There is another way in which “Success Magazine” is different, rad- ically different—its advertising pages are edited to keep pace with its literary and moral ideals. That means that every month there is a sacrifice of thousands of dollars to keep the advertising pages above suspicion, by excluding pernicious advertisements and admitting only advertisements of reliable goods honorably presented and honestly sold. This explains why “Success Maga- |) den’s talks on character-building—men zine” is able to guarantee its advertise- and women-building. He writes for no ments to every subscriber of record—over || other magazine. GET THE OCTOBER NUMBER OF Success Magazine matter of investing their savings. On Sale Sept. 18th. On Sale Sept. 18th. The opening chapters of Le Roy Scott's great serial, “The Shears of Destiny,” appear in this number: a strong, fascinating story of love, intrigue and daring that has no equal in recent fiction. From cover to cover the October number of “Success Magazine” overflows with the best the human brain can compass in literature, science and art. comicbooks. advises men and women in the ticklish It prints, monthly, Orison Swett Mar: } It is the biggest and best magazine in the history of magazine-making. } com