Life, 1909-10-14 · page 5 of 36
Life — October 14, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising rather than satire**. The dominant content is a Victrola phonograph advertisement (right side), promoting the "newest and greatest of all musical instruments" with models priced at $125 and $150. The ad emphasizes the machine's superior sound quality and encourages readers to visit dealers or request catalogues. The left side contains literary content: "Rhymed Reviews" (poetry critiques of books), and "A Crying Need" (editorial commentary on publishing). There's also a small advertisement for Briarcliff Lodge at the top. No political cartoons or caricatures appear on this page. It represents typical Life magazine content from the early 20th century, mixing light literary commentary with commercial advertisements.
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Bawgcurr Maxon, N. Y. BRIARCLIFF LODGE A Resort Hotel of High Quality Jember Ist with superior accomadations for three [Saison cecorated and formushed under exclusive orders pavip B. PLUMER, Manager apEBEEES4p (ur Pena ep fad Rhymed Reviews “Katrine” (By E Macartney Lane. Harper & Bros.) Tis ste w women love to dwell With flected adoration ¢ Francis Ravenel, of Ravenel Plantation, Only life itself can compare with the Victrola. It is the newest and greatest of all musical instruments. It marks } the highest point of perfection e v e r A new style Victrola. reached Victrola XI, $125 in any musical instrument. his father, deemed it smart, © crown of social glory, 1 heart, and break a heart, le away! ""—I quote the story. At len s gallant met Katrine, A » lass wi’ little siller,”" Whose js ricct voice and lovely mien nthe Jed the dauntless may never clow his high upbringing! went and fished, while Isp to France and studied singing ced fortune, love and fa hat made him first forsake her— ath, his very name; the wreck and made him take her. © wed her other chance, Celt of flawless breeding tale is frank Romance, hough mighty ple: reading Arthur Guiterman A Crying Need For the depleted publishing a really self-respecting adjective ! cy find there is not one left that has f meaning! And now supposing hould appear a really great novel— ickeray, for instance, with a second : . Ww hat would the publishers do? Second only in importance to the invention of the Victor itself. The sounding-board constr ac- tion within the instrument (an exclusive and patented Victrola feature) reflects and amplifies the tone-waves with wonderful effect. ot > Thinner Swine” > WRN 8 See and hear the Victrola at the Jed as the most deep-probing nearest Victor dealer's. al analysis! Or can it be that these ‘iors of bookwares have but stated public has been sold— cr! Simply deluged with ‘terly, vital, alluring, bewitching, Hing, overwhelming, stupe soul and mind-gripping books, rising, shooting, illuminating, re- cx trole XV. oh, stop not at one star! Why not fared ake Victor Talking Machine Co. at Camden, N. J., U.S.A. lar ‘systems of the universe and be Ort tose tas or gaat oy loaae it! the sail doors. ‘Coatains albums for 159 records aad drawer Rectinar Conmmophone, Co. Mostreat, {or accesories: Canadian Disrittors. Write for complete cata- logue of Victrolas and over 3000 Victor Records. WIS MASTERS VONCEY a suggestion for a Xmas game for — y trade: Why not publish slips—like me of consequences, or sliced ani- Jet the casual player make any com- ¢ happens upon? For instance, first are written book titles: The Crooked Tea Cup,” : Then the second are de- f the authors, such as “ The Burst- “The Master of Fiction” (a circus uld be a s_splendid place to get al- New Victor Records are on sale at all dealers on the 28th of each month, at bed time”; “almost as good as reading about Coney Island, but not quite” he kind of bowknots d bed in the * Ladies’ Fancy- Work Manual three hundred and _sixty- two pages of pseudo English, good margin and clearly printed.” Business literative sentences) ; of Pellucid Plish.” or “ sent Quality,” or the Fascinatingly Frantic Novelist.”. The third slip would be the publisher says the | ibook contains—" first magnitude star story,” “a deeply devised dis- * ; ahe Peerless Producer scriptiv. ing St Poster THE: “KLEAN” PIPE s<.72,ty cir etiom, with fnger to dean, of a fpowrd tothe air. Hotiom and stem ‘cam be dtd aig ip herent cane Dealers canst ea emd ta me. Brice. Dow ‘sco! For @iscatamnpe will toLontetaciion ‘ Sinlogwe malted oy ATER, $09 B. East Ave, OAK PARK, ILL. sertation delving into the depths of damna- ‘less ripping rush of realism, that cader’s heartstrings into fancy bow- a story in which the heroine is so y that the readers can never be satisfied with a real girl again.” Then the consequences—or the naws of the sliced animals. or slip number four: What the public finds in it: “A one-can dle pone, tale—very effective That the late Sir Theodore Martin made a living as a lawyer while pursuing at the same time the primrose path of literature does not seem astonishing, but it moves the London Times to remark that a training in some kind of business other than pure literature is likely to be very useful to writers. Preferably, we may add, the advertising business, of which Mr. G. Bernard Shaw is the most glorious exponent and topnotcher. comicbooks.com