Life, 1910-01-06 · page 60 of 76
Life — January 6, 1910 — page 60: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **commercial advertising and financial notices**, not satire or political cartoons. The main content features: 1. **Astor Trust Company advertisement** — listing prominent NYC financiers and industrialists as directors (Altman, Astor, Baker, Gary, etc.), promoting banking services. 2. **"A Bargain in Brains"** — a serialized fiction story about a doctor and a poisoning case involving psychological suggestion. 3. **Various product ads** — including a "Sexology" book (educational/marital advice), Hartshorn Shade Rollers, Southern Pacific Steamships, and The Kirkwood resort. The page represents typical early 20th-century *Life* magazine content: mixing financial/institutional advertising with serialized fiction and product promotions. There is no political satire or editorial cartooning visible. The "Sexology" ad reflects period attitudes toward sex education as mysterious/specialized knowledge requiring books.
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ES Ssfor Crust Companys FIFTH AVE. & 36™ST.. NEW YORK Capital, $1,250,000. Surplus and Profits, $750,000 Interest Paid on Daily Balances DIRECTORS BENJAMIN ALTMAN, B. Altman & Co, JOHN JACOB ASTOR GEO. F. BAKER, Chairman First National Bank. STEPHEN BAKER, Pres't Bank of thegManhattan Co. GEO. B. CASE, JOHN I. DOWNEY. Building Construction. ELBERT H. GARY, JOHN CLAFLIN, es't United Dry Goods Compantes THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr. Vice-President. GEO. w. KINS, J.P, Morgan & Co H. P, DAVISON, wi J.P, Morgan & Co., Bankers P OFFICERS E. C. CON Vice-Pres. '. PANCOAST, Cashier, Chairman U, 8. Steel Corporation, ROBERT WALTON GOELET, THOMAS W. LAMONT, Vice Pres't First National Bank, CHARLES A, PEABODY, Pres't Mutual Life Ins, Co. M H. PORTER, ‘t Chemical Nat'l Bank, SEWARD PROSSER, Vice-Pres. HOWARD BOOCOCK, Asst Sec. JAS, R. TROWBRIDGE, Trust Omcer, SEWARD PROSSER, Vice-President. DANIEL G, REID, Tock Island System, DOUGLAS ROBIN! ARCHIBALD D. RUS ALEXANDFR H, STEVENS Vice-President. JOUN ¥, THOMPSON, Vice-Pres't Bankers’ Trust Co, CHARLES L. vY, Vice-Pres't Tiffany & Co, ALBERT H. WIGGIN, Vice-Pres't Chaso Nat'l Bank. SE, President, THOMAS COCHRAN, J: A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a knowl- edge of the whole truth 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 (Itustratea) by William H. Walling, A.M. M.D. imparts in a clear, Wholesome way, in one volume Knowledge a Young Man Should Have. Knowledge a Young Husband Should Have, Knowledge a Father should Inpart to Tits So nowledge a Father Should Impart to a. Medical Rnowledgo a Husband Should Haves Knowledge a Young Woman Should Have. Knowledge a Young Wite Should Have. id Haves 1d Tmparé to Her Daughter. Medical Knowledge a Wite Should Have. All In one volume. IMustrated. $2, postpaid. Write for" Other Peopie's Oplatons'” and Tabie ot Contents Puritan Pub. Co., 711 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. A Bargain in Brains (Continued from page 56) Exerting all of his mental control the doctor grasped the man’s hand, Neither spoke. Hours passed. Ten o'clock, eleven, twelve, one, two. The doctor sprang up. He realized HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the scr’ “t Stewart Harts! Get“Iinproved," no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers that he had failed. “It's no use," he muttered. “ We snall have to do something else.”” What do you mean? "* “T mean this, That poison is inevi- je in ten thousand cases. You are the one exception. And the reason for is this: You experienced a psychic reaction, and by means of this the poison failed to work Why, man, no poison would have had any effect on vou. From a long period of despondercy you were suddenly lifted into an atmosphere of intense activity and elation, Thi« produced what might be termed an un- conscious self-hypnosis, in which you were immune to any poison. There are cases where such a thing has occurred, yt fa) ALWAYS— The man edged toward the door. Be- fore the doctor could stop him he had quietly turned the ke; 9 more for me,”” he said. What! Go back on your word?’’ “T haven't. I kept my bargain.’ “You haven't paid your price.’” “That isn’t my fault. I’m not re- sponsible for your mistake. Besides, I don’t see that you can do anything about it. Any exposure would——"’ The doctor rushed forward and stopped in front of the man, who looked at him imperturbably. “Aren't you going to give me back my property? ’? he asked, . “How can I? It doesn’t belong to me any more. But, doctor, I tell you what I will do.”” “Well, well?” “You drop in and see my wife about it, and I’ll be agreeable to anything she says. Good mornin; Chesterton Todd. SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS A Delightful Trip SUITES, STATEROOMS, PROMENADE KS, ‘LIBRARY SMOKING ROOMS, BATHS, EXCELLENT CUISINE $35.00 OXF $60.00 EUNB $63.00 BETWENNG TRIP BY RAIL «*One Hundred Golden Hours at Sea”’ Send for Copy Nutting, G. P.A., 806-1188 or 1 Broadway, New York, or an: ee useage Ae Southern Pacitic Agent. y, but they have been so rare as never to be a factor. Well, we must try some other means.”’ SOUTH CAROLINA'S Famous Resort THE KIRKWOOD Long Leaf Pine Belt T. EDMUND KRUMBHOLZ Camden, 8. C. comicbooks.com