Life, 1910-02-03 · page 43 of 44
Life — February 3, 1910 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book listings** with minimal satirical content. The main editorial material is a brief anecdote at top left titled "A Modern Method." **The Anecdote's Point:** Mrs. Smith interviews a new servant and asks if she had "any angry words" with her previous employer before leaving. The servant replies cheerfully that she didn't—she simply "locked the bathroom door, took all my things, and went away" without speaking to anyone. The joke satirizes **servant dishonesty and workplace relations** of the era: the servant admits to theft through silence rather than confrontation, highlighting the class tensions and trust issues between employers and domestic help in early 1900s households. **Remainder of Page:** The page consists almost entirely of **advertisements** (M&M Portable Houses, Wall Street Cigarettes) and a **book review section** listing contemporary titles. Four photogravure images appear to be unrelated samples of Life's artistic prints available for purchase. No political cartoons or identifiable caricatures are present.
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eee PZaE eM & M PORTABLE HOUSES and GARAGES facing the t ica ~ ? Substantial. beautiful summer and winter Cottages and Bungalows. dd sat facing the latest applicant Inexpensive, complete in every detail. S worry and * said she, “that you had no 2 } material. Wind and weatherproof. Bi ian, no nails, devwitt last mistress be ¢ ~ no carpenter. Everything fits. Anyone D. words with your last mistress be- ul : i n yone i Ataeetoneed fore leaving?" “Oh, dear no, mum; “4 MB experience. most skillful . latest facilities, keep constantly on . our docks. and in our yards and dry kilns, toss of her head. “While she was hav ——__————! 50.Million Feet Seasoned White Pine h, I just locked the bathroom ‘ he Ft cig i Houses to any bert soot ber cemeune Umber known—enabling us to make quickest k all my things, and went away fc ndsome book of Plans and Designs which also gives names and addresses of those who h: 1 as possible.”’—Argonant. our houses for years. Don’t buy a Portable House till you_ know what the largest, oldest makers offer. MERSHON & MORLEY CO.,900MainSt., Saginaw,Mich.xo.13 Mrs. Smith was engaging a new serv- none whatever,” was the reply, with a Latest Books The Isle of Dead Ships, by Crittenden Marriott. (J. B. Lippincott Company $1.00.) Bronson of the Rabbic, by Albert E. Hancock. (J. B. Lippincott Company.) Captain Stormfeld’s Visit to Heaven, by Mark Twain. (Harper & Bros $1.00.) The Ruinous Face, by Maurice Hew- lett. (Harper & Bros. $1.00.) Dinkelspiel’s Letters, by Geo %; Hobart. (G. W. Dillingham Company.) An Unoficial Love Story, by Albert Hickman. (The Century Company $1.00.) The Arabian Nights, by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith. (Chas. Scribner's Sons.) QUEEN TAKES JACK “wey Tene! waNT ANY atELE Photo-Gravure. 16 x 13% in. 50 cents Photo-Gravure, 16x 13% in. 0 cents, A Welcome Valentine Gift cere Renal Sons.) tters from G. G. (Henry Holt Co.) Some Friends of Mine. (The Macmil lan Company. $1.25.) Copyright 1908 by Lite Publishing Company. Northern Lights, by Sir Gilbert Parker (Harper & Brothers. 1.50.) The Human Way, by Louise Collier Willcox. (Harper & Brothers.) The Silver Horde, by Rex Beach (Harper & Brother. $1.50.) Mr. Justice Rafles, by E. W. Hornung (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.50.) TROUBLES NEVER COME SINGLY. MER WINDOW FAMOUS Photo-Gravure, 2 x15 in. $1.00. Photo-Gravure, 16 x 13} in. SOcents WALL STREET CIGARETTES | Hand Made On receipt of 25 cents we will send you the pocket Purest Turkick Tobacco edition of LIFE'S PRINTS. \t contains 160 repro- ‘ From maker to you ductions, in sizes here shown, of these most artistic By mail only and pleasure-giving pictu Ud sg 100 for $2,250 for $5 The larger prints, whose prices are given, are : YOUR INITIALS ON EVERY CIGARETTE PHOTO-GRAVURES of the highest possible quality WAL): WITHOUT CHARGE IN LOTS OF 250 UP and finish, Neither care nor expense has been spared ag N use, Se, eee | : sgn : f on ces $20 to obtain the very best artistic results. ki 1606 "S10 odessa 350 Having proven utifactory to dacrininat ing ers, we offer them to you with eonkdenee and will guarantee satisfaction, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, — 17. West 31st Street, New York | R.MORGAN@CO. _ Sj 80 Wall St., New York comicbooks.com