Life, 1909-11-25 · page 28 of 32
Life — November 25, 1909 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and literary promotion**, not political satire. The main content advertises Harper & Brothers' new Shakespeare edition and Hunyadi Janos laxative water. The page includes a reader's letter describing family hardship—apparently about separated siblings and financial struggle—but this appears to be genuine editorial content rather than satire. The only illustration with potential satirical intent is the small cartoon in the lower right showing what appears to be **figures at a peace conference**, captioned about "An Esperanto cachanation" (likely "conversation"). This may mock either the Peace Conference proceedings or the constructed language Esperanto, but details are unclear from the image. The rest consists of ads for Shakespeare editions and a "Hartshorn Shade Rollers" product advertisement featuring illustrated figures. **Overall: This is primarily a commercial/literary magazine page with minimal political or satirical content.**
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From Our Readers (Continued from page 731) j 4 IN THE MORNING ing we couldn't sleep in the house, we : ON ARISING TAKE 1 GLASS oF closed it, leaving our new address writ re a ten on a large card pinned to the door, | | and went to rooms. \ ¥ Now I had to fight down my p —— hate for the brother, whose lameness had THE BEST NATURAL LAXATIVE WATER prevented my leaving old position long since and striking out anew. Of A bottle of HUNYADI JANOS should be in every bathroom, course I should probably not have been D ready for use when needed. It is the most perfect Natural (f able to keep her anyhow, but I hated him (the yellow streak) for having cut off the The New SHAKESPEARE— HARPERS In the past half-century—with all its sflen and impressive literature—we have issued only one set of books as important as this magnificent. Shakespeare—the HARPER EDITION OF SHAKE- SPEARE'S WORKS. Years of careful effort and the ripest scholarship of the modern world have gone into the making of this greatest of editions of the great- est of all writers. It is a complete Shakespeare—and something more. Each of the plays is explained in an essay by the one scholar best equipped to tell all about it. And the names of these essayists read like a roll of honor. Think of getting (in addition to this great Shake- speare) essays by such distin- guished men of letters as Al- /, gernon Charles Swinburne, 4 ae § Austin Dobson, Andrew Lang, Hamilton W. Mabie, W. E. ~N2 Bis, Henley, Brander Matthews, wes! paw en < George Woodberry, Edward -} Al dane Dowden, Theodore Watts- an i] Wine =} }=©Dunton, Edmund Gosse, Mau- ft rice Hewlett, and soon, These essays forma survey of the best in English literature to-day. W‘* feel that we are doing a distinct service in bringing to your attention this In every particular—prefatory es says, annotations, glossary, illus- trations, index. typography, this edition is new and_original and of superb excellence. The type SHAKESPEAKE HOUSE KESTORED is strikingly large and clear and SIDNEY LEE, the f the HARPER SHAKESPE —never before used. is chairman of trustees of Unis historic building. %,. corre” 9 . THE PICTURES A special picture has been BROTHERS, N.Y.2 prepared for each one of Picken aay the forty plays or parts of play: and poems. Each subject ination, carriage “ 6, has been placed in the hands of the artist best qualified sete aan tt T de bot care ?€y, to handle that particular subject, all under the direction ral Saree noes Pell icsture. Gree My of M. H. Spielmann, editor of ‘* The Magazine of . 00 a month until the "%o Art.” The artists include such great painters With the books send, “¥q, as Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.; Frank Dick- sanrens ger see, R.A.; Hon. John Collier; Hather- ell, R.I.; Bacon, A.R.A.; Solomon, .; Hardy, R.1. Clty and State... pet cana Suen eat i aaa HARPER & BROTHERS Laxative known—biliousness, torpid liver, sick headache and similar disorders are strangers to those who use it, chance—as if he had really cut it off, you sce. ery morning and evening I walked by the house we'd lived in, and looked at the card; and although it was far to go, the brather hobbled over there every noon, just to sec if perhaps there might rot be something written below our writ- ing. But there never was. We saved all we could, except at Christmas, when we thought she'd surely come, and we went to the old house and got up a great dinner—we spent $60. When she didn’t come we didn’t eat, but went out and walked back to our rooms. In six months we had over six hundred dollars L then went to work on the road and invested all I earned. I have now, in eight years, made two hundred thousand dollars. Once I sent the brother to her and he told her we were always ready (Continued on page 757) There may be a babel of voices ‘ace Confederation, Put there's unison when it comes te An Esperanto cachinnation. HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of Stewart Hartshorn on label, Get “Improved,” no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers comicbooks.com