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Life — December 2, 1909 — page 73: Life, 1909-12-02

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This page mixes advertisements with reprinted literary passages. The main visual element is an illustration of Santa Claus holding a box of Peter's Milk Chocolate, with the caption "Here's the kind of a 'Christmas Card' everybody likes!" This appears to be a commercial endorsement using holiday imagery. The text sections are literary excerpts—including a humorous passage attributed to 19th-century humorist Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne) about newspaper editors, and an anecdote about French travelers visiting a church in Rome, featuring a witty French woman who responds to everything with "Vraiment?" (Really?). The advertisements promote motor yachts, Abbott's Bitters, Peter's Chocolate, and an "Inverted Pipe" smoking device. The page is primarily commercial content typical of Life magazine's era, mixing consumer products with cultural commentary and reprinted humor.

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Neoryenws MOTOR YACHTS and RUNABOUTS PORT CLINTON, OHIO, U. S. A. Sparks From Old Anvils (Continued from page 831) And I wood here take occashun to ad- vise peple when thay run agin, as thay sumtimes will, these miserable papers, to not pay no attenshun to um. Abuv all, don’t assault a editer of this kind. It only gives him a notorosity, which is jest what he wants, and don’t do you no more good than it wood to jump into enny other mud_ puddle. Editers are generally fine men, but there must be black sheep in every flock.—Charles Farrar Browne (Ar- temus Ward) in “Artemus Ward: His Book.” An Incident Related by Hocd T the top of the hill we found a party of French travelers, three gentlemen and a lady, enjoying the fine prospect. Had they been country folk it is probable that we should never lave exchanged a word—for, as Mar- shal said: “The advance guard of an Englishman is his reserve,” but with foreigners it is otherwise; the stran- gers saluted us most courteously, and one of them addressing my uncle, we all fell into talk. After commenting on the beauty of the view we went en masse into the church, which formerly belonged to a Servite convent. This edifice is considered as peculiarly sanc- y THE tified by possessing the steps which ORIGI N led up to the judgment seat of Pontius AL Pilate, and which are d to be still M i Ik Chocolate stained by the blood-drops drawn from the brow of our Saviour by the crown of thorns, These sacred stairs, as you are perhaps aware, have the f like Sir Boyle Roche's famous bi “being in two places at once.” I ven- tured to hint this to the lively French- woman; but instead of expressing Delicious, yet wholesome; Rich, yet digestible. Makes the best cocktail. leasing aromatic for all wine, spirit, and . verages. A delightful tonic and inv doubt or ation, she only answeret ter. At wine merchants’ and druggists : Important to see that it is Abbott's. with a“ Vraiment?” I then described Scala at Rome, but with as WIZARD INVERTED PIPE little effect. “ Vraiment?” she replied Represents the most radica} de the art of Pipe construction since the discovery of the “WEED.” As it differs in appearance a! : 7 ciple, so itexcels in efficiency. Par oxellence for House, Office and Street. Fora Pong of Short Smoke ; For a Clean, Sweet, Dry, Enjoyable Smoke, For Automobilists, Yacht- men, ia High Winds; Professional Men‘at their desks, without spilling s a particle of ashes or fire. Can be taken directly from the mouth (Hghted placed in the pocket with absolute safety. Just What Every Pipe Smoker Has Wished For X, 41.00. Styie O, se 5 hi S80, BUN el ete aioe caruidgea upon reciptol price, In itandsos Tuas ounens PULLED sunt bat ‘Wiaard Fat. Developing Co. Ine, Dept, 2, 118 West Bist 91, K. Yo 333 “Quel miracle! mais tout est possit au bon Dicu!”—Thomas Hood, “Up the Rhine.” Sureties “TF any desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee furtler he is not thy friend at all, for friendship (Continued on page 836) comicbooks.com