Life, 1909-10-28 · page 33 of 36
Life — October 28, 1909 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and commercial content**, not political satire or cartoons requiring historical interpretation. The left side features Thanksgiving party favors and novelty items from B. Shackman & Co., plus ads for Underberg Bitters, Hartshorn Shade Rollers, and Hunyadi János laxative water—typical early-20th-century consumer goods marketing. The right side contains "Alphabet of the Season's Fiction"—a lighthearted verse guide to contemporary authors (Oppenheim, Shaw, Wharton, etc.), poking gentle fun at their writing styles and subject matter. This is literary humor rather than political commentary. Below is an automobile advertisement for the National "40," emphasizing its value as "a big car with a low rating." **No significant political cartoons or satirical commentary appear on this page.** It's a typical magazine issue mixing consumer advertising with light literary entertainment.
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Thanksgiving Favors Finely Painted Turkey Gobbler (box) 5 inches, 2c each. Larger Sizes. Gobblers and Hens (boxes) a » $1.00. Painted Favor Turkey Gobbler, 10¢ Roasted Turkeys (boxes) 5c, 10c, 5c, S0c each, Roast Turkey on Platter, 10> Wax Pumpkins (boxes) 5c, 10c. Piece of Pumpkin Pie (box) 2c. Thanksgiving Cook, 10c. Cook and Turkey Figure, 23c. | Fine Large Wax Fruits (boxes) 15c. Mintatire: Fruits,assorted (boxes) Surprise Almonds. Walnuts. Bon- bons, Pumpkins, containing | Metal Favor, Sc. Paper Turney Surprise, containing Favor, Sc. Gilded Torey Wishbones, Sc. Fire Nori Pole Favors, Sc, 10c, 25c, S0c and $1.00 each Jack Horner Pie, 12 Ribbons, $6.00. | ing Crepe Paper Pumpkin Case, for Ices or Hon cr dovans each Larger sizetobohlsslb.coceach Pumpkin Case (Si : | We dozen. k Horner Pie, 12 Ribbons, $3.20 | Saapping Mottoes, containing Hats, 100, 2c, fc, $1.00, $1.50 Per sot sen. . Thanksgiving Tally Cards, SOc doz. Dinner Cards, d0c doz part iauttations, ae doz, rape Paper Napkins, #00 per package. Special Assortment of Thanksgiving Favors, $1.00, $200 We do not pay mail charges. it you have not our large catalogue of all Favors, it will verent {ove on request. B SHACKMAN & CO., Dept. 22, 812 Broadway, New York. | Popular in every country in the world for over 60 years. It is imitated. Get the Original. Look for the label. Sold Everypchere. LUYTIES BROTHERS U.S. Agents. New York, HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS the script name of Stewart Hartshorn on label. Get“Improved," no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers 1m coweer Samrve can suns HOSKINS — pPuita. ue CHLSINUT ST, 50 ENGRAVED CARDS OF ¥ Alphabet of the Season's Fiction (Continued from page 600) s for E. Oppenheim, Who writes thrilling stories of crime. His heroes steal papers, And cut up such capers; And, my! but they have a good time P is for Emery Pottle, Who writes from a boiling ink-bottle His bubbling books seem Like escaping of steam, But he keeps a firm hand on the throttle. Q is for John Herbert Quick, Who tosses off books with a flick. Well, it’s easy enough To turn out good stuff If one has but mastered the trick. R is for Kate Douglas Riggs, Who keeps us as merry as grigs. Her books make you think Of the apple-bloom’s pink; Or the fragrance of lavender sprigs. S is for G. Bernard Shaw, Who thinks we regar.l him with awe. But he doesn't fool us With his feathers and fuss. Though so she flicks on the raw T is for E. Thompson-Seton, Whose Nature Fakes cannot be beaten. His animals all Suffer wormwood and gall, And nothing their sad lives can sweeten. U is for Mabel H. Urner, In fiction’s fair ficld a sojourner. She wrote an “ Eteri Feminine '? Journal, Which tells of a desolate yearner. V is for Louis J. Vance, Who le his readers a dance. Strange yarns he will tell Of a Bag or a Bell Mixed up in a rapid romance W is Edith Wharton Deep themes she delights to exhort on Her work is reflective, But moral perspective, She sometimes appears to foreshorten X is an author called “ Xenos."’ I may as well tell you—between us— His real name, I find, Has quite slipped my’ mind, But anyway, X is for Xenos. Y is for L. Ditto Young. To fame he has suddenly sprung; But with theme so unpleasant, EVERYBODY “in the know” | of the Automobile recognizes this as the big bargain of the year. Not a little car with a big rating, but a big car with a low rating. Think of it! A big car with cylinders sxs}}, with 36" wheels, with a wheel-base of 124 inches, with Bosch magneto and storage battery, with the finest materials and workmanship in the world throughout at $2,500! A car that beats a mile a minute on circular tracks—a car that is big, powerful, luxurious and capable in the high- est degree for such a price! [t's the best value of the year. ing pa IN THE MORNING ON ARISING TAKE % GLASS OF Hunyadianos THE BEST NATURAL LAXATIVE WATER A bottle of HUNYADI JANOS should be in every bathroom, ready for use when needed. It,is the most perfect Natural Laxative known—biliousness, torpid liver, sick headache and similar disorders are strangers to those who use it, Frame, 48 Inch rear, S¢ scroll elliptic, National Sixes Pitty Six INO Type ot be. National Motor Vehicle Co Indianapolis, Ind. AMC That up to the present It’s left me completely unstrung Z is for Miss Zona Gale, Who knows how tell a Though their names are q queer, Her books are just dear— Which does not interfere with their sale. —Carolyn Wells in The Bookman, Not to Be Fooled With It seems that although an alligator may be trained, there is a tendency to “ re- version,’ as the evolutionists say. It was an old colored woman who remarked that she trusted the Lord, but never fooled with him.—Philadelphia Enquirer. comicbooks.com