Life, 1910-02-10 · page 30 of 36
Life — February 10, 1910 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines advertisements with satirical commentary typical of *Life* magazine's format. **The Advertisements:** - **Milo cigarettes** (top left): Standard product ad emphasizing quality - **Napoleon Bonaparte book series** (right): A six-volume set by John S.C. Abbott about Napoleon and the French Revolution, offered at $1.00 initial payment **The Satirical Content:** The left column, "Sparks From Old Anvils," contains pseudo-philosophical jokes mocking Victorian attitudes toward women and marriage. The author ironically celebrates the biblical creation of Eve as woman, calling her "the sweetest morsel in his whole organism," then makes crude wordplay about "woe-man." The satire targets conventional male attitudes—presenting misogynistic views as supposedly profound wisdom to mock them. **The Political Reference:** The Napoleon book placement alongside this anti-marriage satire appears coincidental—both occupy the page's layout, though no direct connection exists between the content and the historical figure advertised.
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RIES The Egyptian The Reflections of a Philosopher It takes a clever oculist to cure an egotist of his I trouble. ’Tis a long lane that knows no honking. A beauty may be peerless, but if she has money it will not be long before she can land one if she goes about it in earnest. We have cow-sheds for our cows and wood-sheds for our wood. Why not ¢ a place apart in which to shed our > There is the same difference between bridal ’’ and a “ bridle ’’ as there is between an “altar’’ and a “halter.” This is respectfully referred to persons contemplating matrimony. History teaches us that the main ob- ject of mobs in monarchical revolutions is to dethrone the king and raise the deuce. Virtue is not always triumphant. Take the case of the clam, for in- stance. It is only the very bad one that is victorious against the aggres- sions of hungry humankind.—Harper’s Weekly. Cigarette of Quality AROMATIC DELICACY Napoleon PURITY Bonaparte a ; J , AND THE STORY OF THE SURBRUG CO., Makers, New York. The French Revolution By JOHN S. C. ABBOTT THE LIFE OF Sparks From Old Anvils (Continued from page 257) There is no part of the sacred writ ings that has so much impressed me as the history of the first creation of woman. I believe that no invasion of science has shaken ‘the truth of that remarkable record—how Adam slept, and his best rib was taken from his : : A French Revolution is the most side, and transformed into the first se says. A . woman. Thus, sir, she became the vivid, brilliant, and interesting side-bone” of man!—the sweetest chapter in the world’s history. morsel in his whole organism! Why, Te has newer been told aria. more sir, there is nothing within the pages seativeand enthralli of sacred writ that is dearer to me . . authoritative and enthralling narra- than that story. I believe in it as tive than this. The eminent author, John S. C. Abbott, has here firmly as I do in that of Daniel in the written in his most brilliant style and imbued the whole work with den of lions, or Jonah in the whale’s he results of hi found studi 1 iud The six yolimes belly, or any other of those remarkable the results of his profound studies and judgment. ec SIX ¥ e tales. There is something in our very are of royal-octavo size, bound in dark-green silk cloth, with gilt organism, sir, that confirms its truth ; tops and uncut edges. They are profusely illustrated with portraits, scenes from the Revolution, maps, facsimiles of documents, etc.—an important and distinctive feature. for if any one of you will lay his hand OUR OFFER On receipt of $1.00 we will send you NAPOLEON and the Frexcn RevoLurios, in six uniform volumes upon his heart, where the space be- tween the ribs is widest, you feel there a vacuum, which nature abhors, and which nothing can ever replace until the dear creature that was taken —all charges prepaid, If you do not like the books, send them back at our expense from that spot is restored to it. and we will return the $1.09. If you do like them, send us one dollar a month until When Eve brought woe to all man- the total amount, $12.00, i |. In addition to the books we will enter your kind, name,without additional cost to you, for one year's subscription for either Old Adam called her woe-man; HARPER'S MAGAZINE, HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR, or THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, The total cost to you for both books and periodical is $12.00. Or the books in sumptuous half-leather—with the periodi- cal—for $2.00 a month, $20.00 in all, IN SIX BEAUTIFUL VOLUMES With Plans,Maps,Facsimiles of Letters, Important Documents, Etc., Etc. HE story of Napoleon and the HARPER & BROTHERS Franklin Sq. N.Y. But when she woo'd with love so kind, He then pronounced her woman. But now, with folly and with pride, Their husbands’ pockets trimming, The ladies are so full of whims That people call them w(h)imen, New England Society Banquet, December 22, 1880. ogend you $1.00a month In writing, please state which pertodical and sa SGOT SRGEH ths Bodh resco De dinding you want, comicbooks.com