Life, 1910-01-13 · page 32 of 36
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This page is primarily **advertising and reader correspondence**, not political satire requiring historical context. The main content includes: 1. **Travel advertisements** for Southern winter resorts and European tours via various shipping lines 2. **"From Our Readers" letters** debating generosity and tipping culture. One correspondent (Grins Mason) argues tipping degrades workers; another critiques how "generosity" means different things for rich versus poor people—the wealthy can afford large charitable gifts while the poor sacrifice necessities 3. **A major advertisement for Mark Twain's works** at half-price, framed as Twain's "personal sacrifice" to put his books in American homes. The ad emphasizes his universal appeal and timeless relevance. 4. **Spulman Mixture tobacco advertisement** The page reflects early 1900s concerns about class inequality, charitable giving, and consumer culture. No specific political figures or satirical cartoons are present—this is straightforward advertising and correspondence addressing social attitudes.
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Ge) le Wy dig from and back to your home city, by rail and water, through the 'New York Gateway via Atlantic, Gul fand West Indies Steamship Lines to Florida, the Carolinas, Georgia or San Domingo via CLYDE LINE Texas, California and Pacific Coast points; Florida-West Coas Mobile and New Orleans via MALLORY LINE Porto Rico, cruises to and around the Island viaPORTO RICO LINE Nassau - Cuba - Mexico - Yuca- tan, direct service with rail connec- tions for interior citics via WARD * fioston: St Sonth Cla Yhliadelphia; 330: Isroadwa: From Our Readers (Continued from page 107) cannot afford to tip a waiter as much as he wants, but who do it rather than be humiliated before a whole room full of people, that it is more degrading, nowadays, to give a tip than it is to re- fuse to aid the creation of a pauperism like that which is the disgrace of Europe Shame the tip giver—you can’t shame the tip taker. Respectfully, Grins Mason. December 7, 1909. Words of Wisdom Dear Lire: Your Christmas number is disappoint ing—not to me personally, but in the lack of comprehension which you show regarding the great truths upon which the future of the country depends. For on page 912 you discuss “ Wills and Generosity,” perfectly oblivious of the fact that generosity varies with the income of the giver. When a poor man takes part of the money for the rent to buy food for a starving family of chil- dren next door it is improvidence; when he takes the children into his own home it is disgraceful overcrowding. The rich man, on the contrary, exercises the wise Suilnan ffiedte SMOKING TOBACCO The best blend of the world’s finest tobaccos. 15$ 02. 40 cts; 834 oz. 7c; 4 1b. $1.65; 1 1b. $3.30. at your dealers will send’ prepaid upot Sent FREE—Boo! If not n_receipt of price. | ket * How to Smoke a Pipe.” Write today E. HOFFMAN COMPANY, MFRS., 179 Madison St., Chicago, generosity of collecting all his rents and bestowing part of the surplus on a fund for orphan asylums to be erected ten years or so hence. There can be no com- rison between the two. Generosity in rich man is always generosity, whether he gives after death or before, since he never gives a sum that will be needed elsewhere. Generosity in a poor man is seldom generosity, since he seldom or never has any surplus, and when he has, POT! 12 TOURS TO EUROP; Leave in April, May, June, July and August, All parts of Europe, including Oberammergau, TOURS, (1st yean, 3 really satisfactory solution of the prob- Jem is to let the kings of industry” have it all, so that they may exercise a wise generosity in their wills. In that way we may be certain that none of us will have anything to spare for ill-judged and improvident gifts. Broadway, New You| iny day. Th ly should save it for a rainy day he only (Continued on page 110) MARK TWAIN’S” WORKS at ONE-HALF former price It has been Mark Twain's ambition to have his books in every American home, and he has made a great per- sonal sacrifice, which brings about ° this remarkable situation—for the first timo in the history of publish- Ing, copyrighted books are sold at the price of non-copyrighted books. AUTHOR'S NATIONAL EDITION 25 Beautiful Volumes Mark Twain is the youngest man of his day. All his books are in- bued with his spirit—they are new books; to own them is always to have new books, a fountain of youth. They never age because humor, kindlines, and truth never grow old, They are books for young people of all age. Special Features of this Edition Mark Twain himself has written a preface to the edition. Brander Matthew has written the biographical criticism of Mark Twain and his work. Ther are portraits of the author from photographs and paintings taken at period Xmen the different books were in process of writing. This editioo includes his later collected writings such as “A Dog’s Tale,” “Eve's NN Diary,” ete. There are beautiful pictures by such artists as Brown, Frost, Prat Seses Dae Bearp, Dietman, SMEDLEY, THULSTRUP, CLINEDINST, New York City Mora, Wetpvon, Kempster, Gitpert, Du Monp, Merritt, Please send me for exami- IN r Opprr. nation, carriage free, a set of MAKK TWAIN'S WOLKKS, NN Author's National Edition, twenty-five volumes, cloth binding. understood I may retain the set torfivedays, and at the expiration of that time, if I do not HARPER & The binding is a beautiful dark-red vellum book cloth, with blue labels stamped i? gold. The books are printed on white a” care for the books, I will return them at your expense, If I keep the books, 1 will remit PON tique wove paper, especially made for thi a month until the full price, $25.00, has been paid. XQ “ition. NN he IN HARPER & BROTHERS size of each volume is Signature ... inches. Send books to .. The to exa delphia comicbooks.com