Life, 1909-10-07 · page 38 of 44
Life — October 7, 1909 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains primarily **advertisements and light humorous content** rather than political cartoons. **Main Content:** 1. **"Mile-Ahead" Horn advertisement** (top left): Promotes the Sireno Electric Horn for automobiles, emphasizing safety and comfort while driving fast. 2. **"Use and Ornament" anecdote**: A satirical joke about Mr. Newrich, a wealthy Pittsburgh industrialist who buys expensive leather-bound editions of classic literature (Dickens, Shakespeare) purely as decoration for his mansion library—then asks for "Old Sleuth" pulp novels to actually read. The satire targets nouveau riche pretension: wealthy industrialists displaying culture through expensive books they don't value intellectually. 3. **Poetry section "After Oliver"**: Humorous plays on words about mountain passes and peaks. 4. **Product advertisements**: Slip-Scarf neckwear, Strong's Arnica Tooth Soap, Strong's Arnica Jelly, and Liqueur Pères Chartreux. 5. **"A Keen Lad" anecdote**: A brief story about a precocious New England boy visiting a doctor. This appears to be a standard *Life* magazine issue mixing advertising revenue with light entertainment content.
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"LIFE: There's the story in a few words—the * it hurls a power ful, piercing note amile ahead of y musical, unmistakable ning that clears road for you. Think what that uns. No slow: ing down at curves or crossings. Drive as fast as you like—safe- ly and comfortably— i the knowledge that you've a wide-open road, The Sireno illy hashed. A necessity ea every e, #23. At Any Dealers $35 and we'll express you 00 denpert v. THE SIRENO COMPANY, 39-41 Cortlandt St. New York Use and Ornament Mr. Newrich, the Pittsburg multi-millionaire, was furnishing the library of his magnificent man: sion. “Let me sce,” he mused. “You've got the order for that $85,000 edition de luxe of Dickens bound in levant?”* “Yes, sir.’ replied the bookseller And the $10,000 set of Shakespeare? "* Yes, sir." “And the standard authors, bi Thackeray, Scott, Washington Irving, Cooper a all them there other fellers ? "* “Yes, sit; | have a memorandum of the entire list.”” “Well, then, that's off my mind.’" said Mr. Newrich of Pittsburg, with a sigh of relief Now, what I want is something to read. S Lave you got a complete set of ‘Old Sleuth *? -New York Times. cnaceruiy nee PATENTED NOV.3,190B=JUNE 1.1909 OvuR “SLIP-SCARF™ is the most practical cravat that slides freely between the folds of adouble band collar, It’s all In our method ofmaking. The back band cannot stretch of tear. selene is sold at il in every fashionable bpmaalee conc tht tha eke stamped upon the neckband: a phos ePATDIUUt iI. *¥Sarocnwoo After Oliver My sense of sight is very keen, My sense of hearing weak. One time | saw a mountain pass, But could not hear its pe: —Oliver Herford. Why, Ollie, that you failed in this Is not so very queer, To hear its peak you should, you know, Have had a mountaineer —Boston Transcript. But if I saw a mountain pass, My eye I'd never drop; I'd keep it turned upon the height, ‘And sce the mountain's top. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. I didn’t see the mountain pass, Nor hear its peak, by George! But when it comes to storing stuff, I saw the mountain gorg Exchange. The mexntain, peaked at this, Frowned dark while Ollie guyed; A cloud o'erspread its lofty brow, And/ then the mountain side. | —Transcript. If Ollie could not hear its peak, Or song of any bird, Of lambs, or cows upon its slope, Be sure the mountain herd. —L. M. Tips ond Taics. In One ing all toothlestroying acids, preventing diss coloration and decay. Strong’s Arnica Tooth Soap comes in « handy metal box—nothing to break or spill. A convenient cake that insures beauti- ful teeth, healthy gums and a sweeth breath. At your druggist, 3 cents. Strong’s Arnica Jelly Keeps Your Skin Smooth : No need toendure the discomfort of sunburn or winter chapping. Apply with finger tips, rub geatly into pores. In collapsible ‘metal tubes, 25 cents. tome Weatlrolion prjene ee me ae ee Guaranteed under the Food and Drug Act June 30, 1906. Serial No. 1612. (3 C.H. STRONG & CO., Chicago, U.S.A. A Keen Lad 's heard that New Englanders were ‘sma a young physician who has “ graduated"? from a village practice remarked the other day, “but I hardly thought it devel- oped at such an early age.’” He smiled reminiscently, then continued: “Just after I settled in Dobbs Corners a twelve-year-old boy called on me one evening. “*Say, Doc. I guess I got measles,’ he re marked, ‘but nobody knows it ‘cept the fol! at home, an’ they ain't the kind that talks, if there’s any good reason to keep quiet.’ “T was puzzled, and I suppose I looked it. “Aw, get wise, Doc,’ my small visitor sug- gested. ‘What will you give me to go to school an’ spread it among all the kids in the village? ' ''—Lippincott’s. on “T had alw: Cleanser and Mouth Wash| Polishes the tecth to dazzling whiteness, while {ts fragrant | Snliseptic foam reaches every part of the mouth—neutrallz- | ‘sciences & Liqueur Peres Chartreux ORORORORERNOMOAE ‘Tho original and genuine Chartreuse has alwa: been and still 1s made by the Cartbusian Monks Péres Chartreux), who, since their expulsion rom France, have been’ located at Tarragona, pain ; and, although the old labels and insignia, ignated by the Monks havo been adjudged by the Federal ‘Courts of this country to be still & _ the exclusive property of the Monks, thelr worhd renowned product is nowadays known as * Liqueur Péres Chartreux." 38 At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Flotels Cafés ry ‘Baer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 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