Life, 1909-11-11 · page 5 of 36
Life — November 11, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and reader letters**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Letters section ("From Our Readers"):** Correspondents debate suffrage ("Poll Cats"), medical ethics regarding appendicitis surgery, and criminal justice reform—typical Progressive Era concerns. **Advertisements:** Evans Ale, Calvert's Tooth Powder, and a large ad for Guy de Maupassant's complete works (327 stories, nearly 6,000 pages). **One illustration** accompanies the Maupassant ad showing a reclining figure, likely meant to evoke leisure reading. The page reflects early 20th-century middle-class preoccupations: women's voting rights, medical debates, and literary consumption. No identifiable political figures or sophisticated visual satire appear here—it's a typical period magazine page mixing reader engagement with commercial promotion.
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aR EAB Ho! —_—_ Vision As your teeth are wanted To tue Epitor or Live: to last—for time to come— Dear Sir.—In regard to the suffragette movement, would it not be apropos to begin at once their daily have a picture of women going to vote antiseptic cleansing with and call it“ Poll Cats lancet Calvert's Wittiamstown, Mass., Oct. 13. " Carbolic Tooth Powder. S Never! Never! Goodness gracious! rece deck wei us be a What does this correspondent take us ‘Winere ofr BreaGoay Nee tN, caster, Raglan “10s always tue weather for? Canadian Depot : 349 Dorchester Street West, Montreah when good fellows get together."* * Ale adds to the Socjability of all ocea- promotes good fellowship and good cheer. Leading Dealers and Places NS & SONS, Eat. 1786, Hudson, N.Y. Graft ? Dear Lire: Inclosed find an associated press dis- patch clipping from the pen of Dr. Page, of Boston, denouncing the appendicitis erating craze. I coincide perfectly with his views, and as your publication has always been foremost in reform Short Story work, educating the people to higher sitere standards of morality, justice and hu- manity, I hope you will continue to agi- scessary “criminal "” i American and English copyrighted complete edition, absolutely unexpurgated, in Enclish tate against this unnecessary “ criminal fed froin tbe Original Manuscripts by linguists of literary distinction, Won- practice until a complete reaction is derful Critical Preface by Paul Bourget, of the French Academy, mpeess a, TALES OF REALISM—RARE ORIENTAL AND PARISIAN STUDIES ur successful “gag rein’’ reform Delt hae i iN _ © i : : Je Maupassant wrote with the conviction that in life there could be no phase so noble of 40 mean, to hon-rable of 69 cons of a few years ago, although proving teypptbie. ag lolty of so low as to be unworthy of chronicling no, grouve of human viave'or fault success or fallure, wisdom oF su : lessing, wa all folly that did not possess its own peculiar psychological aspect and therefore demanded analysis. eh an’ caving :blessing, as (of, sana Kobust in imagination and fred with natural passion. his psychological cunosity kept him troé to homan natu moment in comparison to this worst of the same time is mental y¢ when fed upon the mast ordinary phases of human coDdoet Could tee some new me sate fol things hitherto unnoticed by the careless crowd. grafts that has gotten such a hold upon ta pols dipmatic instinct was supremely powerful. He seems to seleet unervingly the one thing in which the soul of the scene the major portion of the medical pro- is prnoned and, making that his keynove, cvves a picture in words which haunts the memory like a sirain olf “major, Pi P These marvelous, quaint, delicious stones should be a part of every library. Here are given tales of travel and fession adventure, ‘of mystery and diead. of strange medical experieaces, of love abd lust of comedy aod pathos that hovers upoa Yours for all that benefits humanity, the borders of comedy and of wranedy Reep. MORE REALISTIC THAN BALZAC. MORE ENTERTAINING THAN THE ARABIAN NIGHTS October 17, 1909. (Associated Press Dispatch) Bostox, Oct. 4.—" An operation for ippendicitis should be called a criminal speration, and such should be pro- nibited by law,’ declares Dr. Charles E. rc, one of the best-known Boston physicians 's for the widely proclaimed’ bene and saving of life by operations to ut the appendix, it seems hardly neces- y to cite the long list of deaths follow- ng the operation."* The homeopath and the osteopath have been treating appendicitis success- fully for years, and without the knife. “Maupassant was (he painter of humanity in Cnty coe complete edition has ever THE Rut the ave ‘i a nal words! Without hatred. without lave, without | OUR GUARANTEE : {ren patashed in ese WERNER Sut the average victim seems to fee anger, without rity, merciless as fre, immut- | prices have been beyood the reach of but a few. 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