Life, 1910-01-13 · page 26 of 36
Life — January 13, 1910 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon page. The main content consists of several advertisements and book promotions. The top cartoon is a simple humorous sketch showing someone commenting that another person "couldn't do this on an empty stomach"—likely referring to some physical feat or activity. The page is dominated by three major advertisements: 1. **Guy de Maupassant's Works** — a "partly-paid-for books" offer selling 57 complete sets at discount due to subscriber defaults 2. **The Casgrain Speedometer** — an automobile instrument that displays speed figures for each mile 3. **Hunter Baltimore Rye** — whiskey advertisement promoting it for "sudden changes" in health and vigor, with claims of "absolute purity" There's also a small "Our Foolish Contemporaries" section reprinting humorous anecdotes from other publications, and a Hunter Rye whiskey ad. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and patent medicine-style health claims now considered dubious.
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SGRSE 1 TELL YOU WHAT, Buzz, YoU COULDN'T DO THIS ON AN EMPTY STOMACH." PARTLY-PAID-FOR BOOKS One Man's Loss 1s Another Man's Gain WSS hit ts Your opportunity Itead Carefully We have on hand fifty-seven (57) sets of the original American and English copyrighted complete edition of Guy de Maupassant’s Works ‘This edition ts absolutely unexpurg: [al pretsce by Paul Hoarget, of thesFrench Acacesy (52) Sets—seventeen (17) magnisceat volumes—are exg Bive Vellurn Dee Late Cloths with distinctive brown and goid labels. sk bead baads and gold tops—have sets were subscribed for by out received ia payment about ooe-haif et o=t turned to.us.om account of tse inability et the sutnertbers to pay us the bale ance due. The books have been thoroughly inspected, and where avol- lume was not absolutely good as pew, a new volute was $a these blty-seven sets are perfect in every respect. TAU we, The reguisr price ol the seventeen (12) volumes fs $51 a have already received about one-half of the price of these book; costomers, we have deckiet to let these special sets, only flty In eumber, yo to thou who 6rst apply, for less than hall-price, wpom ‘small monthly payments, Read the coupon caretally, As Realistic as Balzac—More Entertaining than the Arabian Nights Stories that have ever been written, This is the Original American and English copy- righted, COMPLETE Edition De Maxparmat wrote with the conviction that In lle there could be no phate so a Solow, asto landed ansiysis, ust in imagination and fired with atural fervor, his paychotogical Honity kept rare, while at the game tinve Ris mental eye when bard wpe phases of human conduct, could is w motive of aspect of things hitherto unnoticed by the care His dramatic instinct was supremely powertsl. He seemed to select unerringly the ope thing Ia which the soul of the scene Ik prisoned, and, faking that his Keyacte, gives a picture in words which hasats the em: fa strain of ruse: ‘These marvelous, quaint, delicious stories should be a part of every Here are igiven ‘tiles of travel and adventure, of mystery and range medical experiences, of love, of comedy, and pathos ‘ol tragety se books. Their sale ts ever increasing. because they are real Books to be read and enjoyed —a0t to put away aad never looked at. Seventeen Beautiful Volumes of Delightful Reading consisting of over $.500 pages. printed trom a new cast of Freach Elzevir ‘and clear—on pure white antique exy-shell.Ginished paper, <lally for this etition.” Pages have deckle edges and liberal ‘There are X0 iustrations trom origieal drawings. The books iicely bousd in Blue Vellum De luxe Cloth, with distinctive brown and gold tile abel, silk head bands and gold tops. THE NER’ \ Read Caretu Remember these TOROS \ a\ alten Caretalty, Reventy, teoe Akron, Ohio: \ "7 \ i Piease send me, chasers \, pense yon do ae sang is ae \G\ Pyounothing tohave the bis. seat to ‘#\\ "you's it you to not eare to keep. tbe Sccing them. thev are tobe roeds ail charges collect plete works of Gay de Bas fitsant in seventeen (17) \ Pr the chance of a lifetime MM Mall the Coupon now! The Werner ,\ Company City... State 2\\ AKRON, a oO. yoowiiia tes are Signature. Address... THE CASGRAIN SPEEDOMET For Automobiles Shows the rate of speed in figures this size : 55 56 57 58 59 60 Gi 62 63 64 The ONLY instrument showing FIGURES for EACH mile Descriptive Catalogues on request COUCH & SEELEY CO., 10 Thatcher St., Boston, M: OUR FOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES ES 2, The Voice of the East to the Voice of the West A most appreciative cuss, The Sun gets up to look at us, But when he strikes the West instead He gets so bored he goes to bed Success. Aswevinte, N.C. The four-season resort of the Swth, Tw MANox the English-like Inn of Asheville, There Are Others A big-hearted Irish politician in a Western city had just left a theatre one night when he was approached by a beg- gar, who said: “ Heaven bless your bright, benevolent face! A little charity, sir, for a poor cripple.”’ The politician gave the man some coins, say “And how are you crippled, old man? “ Financially, sir"? answered the beg- gar, as he made off.—Lippincott’s Maga- zine, In Desperate Straits “What do you think of a man with a rip in his coat and only three buttons on his vest?” “He should cither get married or di- vorced.""—Boston Transcript. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER 50 cents per case of 6 Elass stoppered bottles 102 slover hooke the t than mee SUDDEN CHANGES FROM DRY TO WET, OR HOT TO COLD, PLAY HAVOC WITH OUR HEALTH AND COMFORT. A PURE NUTRITIOUS AND INVIGORATING STIMULANT SUCH AS frien Mr BALTIMORE RYE IS RECOMMENDED AT SUCH TIMES BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH QUALITY AND ABSOLUTE PURITY es Sold at all @nt-clase eaten and by fobters WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, comicbooks.com