Life — November 18, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page is **primarily advertisements** interspersed with a poem titled "A Certain Rich Man" by William Allen White. The ads include: - **Chiclets gum** (top left) - **Pères Chartreux liqueur** (center) - **Jaeger sanitary goods** (left side) - **La Reoulma Panola cigars** (right) - **Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Color Restorer** (bottom right) The poem itself, not a cartoon, appears to be **satirical social commentary**. It tells of a wealthy Kansas businessman ("John Barclay") who accumulated wealth through questionable means—defrauding farmers, cornering wheat, mixing grain with clay. White's verse suggests that despite his materialism and exploitation, the man ultimately found no redemption, dying unmourned. The final attribution notes this critiques how "millionaires are rarely readers." **No political cartoons appear on this page.**