Life, 1909-12-16 · page 30 of 32
Life — December 16, 1909 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertisements with social commentary typical of early 1900s Life magazine. **Main Editorial Content:** A letter titled "Certain Truths" defends **Francisco Ferrer**, a Spanish educator executed in 1909 for alleged involvement in anarchist activities. The writer criticizes American apathy toward European despotism, specifically Spain and Russia, and contrasts the U.S. republic's "calm" response to Ferrer's execution with Europe's outrage. The letter suggests America should champion liberty more forcefully. **Cartoons/Photos:** Two photo-gravures ("The Man Behind the Gun" and "The Sweet Magic of Smoke") appear to be artistic/scenic images rather than political cartoons. **Advertisements:** The page features typical period ads: Hunyadi János laxative water, Life's Prints collection, and a Sexology book promising marital happiness through sexual knowledge—reflecting early 20th-century American publishing concerns. The Ferrer reference provides the page's political edge, criticizing American indifference to international injustice.
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IN THE MORNING What is the cause of this, our apathy? Geographical distance cannot ON ARISING TAKE % GLASS OF account for it: Our red blood has run to milk and ditchwater. How many of us know and care that we have a Spain, a Russia, right at our door, where a cruel despotism is wanto THE BEST NATURAL LAXATIVE WATER spilling the best blood of the people? A people whose greater part is held in bondage and even chattel slavery. know, because I have helped wield the A beautiful woman must have a clear complexion. Perfect digestion and active liver are essential. The greatest aid is HUNYADI JANOS, the Naturai Aperient Water. Gentle pleasant and effective. Tones.up the whole system. Try it. (Continued on page 903) Certain Truths EAR “LIFE”: I love you. I love you because you stand for Life I love everything and everybody that stands for Life. Life and Light. Against Darkness and Death. The world cannot have too many cham- THE MAN BENIND THE GUN THE SWEET MAGIC OF SMOKE pions of Life, Light and Liberty. We Photo-Gravure, 2x 18 in. $1.00 Photo-G.avure, 2x17 in. $1.50 still need them; need them badly, And never was a nobler fighter for Life than seniertninmon mere | Avays a Welcome Gift standard. It pains me that you did not do better than to call his execution Frac hre deren call oe cruel On receipt of 25 cents we will send you our ixion a blunder, regret Bruno's mar- ae . new pocket edition of L/FE’S PRINTS. It tyrdom as uncalled for, regret Brown's hanging as ill-advised. All Europe, contains 160 reproductions in sizes here shown of monarchical effete Europe, peasant as ses . : Me well as the educated classes, raised its these most artistic and pleasure-giving pictures. voice in indignation at this, the foulest i . ‘ murder in history. The larger prints, whose prices are given, Only ove great Republic, fouieed are PHOTO-GRAVURES of the highest pos- upon revolution, stands calmly by and | sible quality and finish. Neither care nor expense witnesses the noblest son of a strangled . an nation become a, martyr. for the cause has been spared to attain the very best artistic “Tok 4 coop sor of Life. Our press is even belittling, results. Pale Grawerestt = Hs misrepresenting and insulting Ferrer. = LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st Street, New York A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a know!- ‘or . edge of the whole trath > = eee Ceprght 190899 Lite Pub. Co about self and sex and their relation to life and health, This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary every-day sources, SEXOLOGY (Ultustratea) 4 William H. Walling, A.M.,M.D., isparts in a clear, wholesome way, in one volum id Have. ld Impart to His Son, band 1d Have, Knowledge a nowledge a Your Knowledge a Mother Sh lave. = Knowledge a Mother Should tmpart to Her Daughter. Ri Medical Knowledge a Wife Should Have. "WON'T BE NOTHIN’ LEFT 0? THEM THINGS ATTER THE “ Excuse me, but would you mind moving a little to one side? ‘All In. one volume. IM 4, $2, postpaid. TUST STORM. €'ve got to put a railroad through here.” Wrtte for " Other People’s Opi ‘and Table of Contents. Photo-Gravure, 16 x 13}4 in. 00 cents Photo-Gravure 9 x 13 in. $1.00 Puritan Pub. Co., 711 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. m2 comicbooks.com