Life, 1910-03-10 · page 35 of 36
Life — March 10, 1910 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book listings**, not political satire. The main content comprises: 1. **Book advertisements** listing newly published titles (Mary Cary, The Crossways, etc.) 2. **Cigarette ads** for Philip Morris and Spilman Mixture tobacco products—unremarkable for the era, when such advertising appeared regularly in mainstream magazines 3. **Magazine promotion** for *Suburban Life's* March garden issue, targeting early-20th-century homeowners interested in gardening and suburban living The decorative header showing cherub-like figures with gardening tools is purely ornamental, not satirical. **Historical context**: This reflects the period's growing interest in suburban domesticity and home gardening as aspirational middle-class pursuits. The emphasis on practical "garden-making and home-making" suggests marketing to wives of commuters—a new demographic emerging with suburban expansion. There are **no political cartoons or satire** visible on this page.
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“LIFE: Mary Cary, by Kate Langley Bosher, (Harper & Brotners. $1.00.) New York Society on Parade, by The Countersign, by Claude P. Jones. (Richard G. Badger. The Automatic italists, by (Richard G anings of New York, by Mary Isabella Forsyth, (Richard G. Badger.) Apologies for Love, by F. A. Myers. 3. Badger. $1.50.) cr Lining, by Nelson Glazier Ralph Pulitzer. (Harper & Brothers. Payne. $1.20 net.) The Crossways, by Helen R. Martin. The smoke de- (The Century Company. $1.50.) luxe of those The Comfort of the Hills, by S. Weir Mitchell. (The Century Company.) who really know. Success in Music and How It Is Won, Morton. by Henry T. Finck. (Charles Scribner's Verses, by Wilson Jefferson. (Richard ORIGINAL oe = Cigarettes Sons. $2.00.) G. Badger. CAMBRIDGE CAM leize 20Ce AMBASSADOR 35¢, ther-dinner size p it 1 to Home (Richard G. Badger. $1.00.) arden Is a Lovesome Thing” But the practical problems of garden-making and home-making, if you please, are bothering hundreds of thousands of persons who find a garden—and all outdoors— a delightful place to wander in. Your preparation for the season’s work and play is not complete unless you see a copy of the MARCH ANNUAL GARDEN NUMBER OF Light Come, Light Go, by Ralph Nevill, (The Macmillan © Company. $4.50.) The Magazine of Home and Garden Helpfulness which is Handsome and What the Public Wants, by Arnold Cheerful as well as Useful and Authoritative Bennett. (S. McClure Company.) The Oak Amongst the Pines, by J. D. Henderson. (R. G. Badger.) Floridian Sonnets, by William Henry Venable. (R. G. Doy in Court, by Francis L. Wellman. (Macmillan Company. $2.00.) The Last American Frontier, by Fred- ce L. Paxson, (The Macmillan Com- pany. $1.50.) Insurrections, by James Stephens. (The Macmillan Company. 40 cents.) The Ethics of Jesus, by Henry C. King. (Macmillan Company. $1.50 net.) Leading Facts of American History, by D. H. Montgomery. (Ginn & Co. ery best $1.00.) A Mine of Faults, by F. W. Bam. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.25.) The Perfume Holder, by Craven L. Betts. (Monarch Press). The Elizabethan People, by Henry Thew Stephenson. (Henry Holt & Co. $2.00.) Allison's Lad, by Beulah Marie Dix. (Henry Holt & Co. $1.35.) The Great English Short Story Writers, by William J. Dawson and CW. Dawson, two vols. (Harper & ete. Brothers. $1.00 each.) 00 ca Look for the Tulip Cover, in Full Colors! SuBURBAN LIFE is 25 cents a copy, $3.00 a year. To in- troduce the magazine to you, however, we will give a trial subscription of three months, including the great Annual Garden Number, for 25 cents. Use the Coupon at the Right Bg “The Little Brown Box’? Latest Books If you have a home and a bit of ground—or hope to have some time—you ought to sce what SUBURBAN LIFE is doing for its readers, and what it can do for you. The Great Annual Garden Number The March issue of SuBuRBAN LiFE contains hundreds of short-cuts to garden success. And in addition to the score or more unusually practical articles brimful of garden information and suggestions, the March issue contains a most enjoyable story by “Barbara,” of **The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife” fame Just a few of the titles follow: ‘The Twelve Best Shrubs for the Small Place,’’ ‘Rob of the Rockies,’’ by Enos A. Mills; “All the New Dablias Worth While,” “Concrete in the Garden,” ‘Twenty Acres and Independence,’’ “‘A Friendship Garden,’* Planting Tables for Flowers and Vegetables,” “Growing the Brambles,’’ ‘‘Short Cuts to Gar- den Success,’”? ‘‘A Neighborly Garden Tea House,”’ “Planning the Country Club House,” “A Garden Sketch,’ by Martha McCulloch-Williams ; ‘The Proper Way to Trim Roses,"’ etc., The Planting Tables alone are worth the price of the magazine. ‘2 finest tobaccos. Bebeat blend of the worl Sot @ cts ; 334 o2. 75c; 14 1b. $1.65; 1 1b. $3.30. If not Sealers will send’ prepaid upon receipt of price. rs will Raa oklet ** How to Smoke a Pipe.” Write to-day. ‘WAN COMPANY, MFRS.. 179 Madison St., Chicago. THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY comicbooks.com