Life, 1910-04-07 · page 74 of 76
Life — April 7, 1910 — page 74: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book listings** from an early 1900s Life magazine, with limited satirical content. The main notable items: **"Sexology" Advertisement**: A sex education book pitched as essential knowledge for married couples and parents—reflecting early 20th-century anxieties about sexual ignorance. The publisher's claim that happy marriages "depend largely" on this knowledge suggests such topics were considered taboo but increasingly discussed. **"Why Not Have a Parcels-Post?"** Opinion piece: Critiques the Post Office for being controlled by express companies (like railroad monopolies), preventing cheaper parcel delivery available in Europe. This reflects Progressive Era concerns about corporate influence on government. **Sporting Magazine Ad**: Standard period advertising for *National Sportsman* magazine targeting outdoor enthusiasts—unremarkable by modern standards. The page contains **no actual political cartoons**, just commercial content typical of early 1900s magazines, when Life mixed satire with advertisements addressing contemporary social concerns (sexual education, government corruption, leisure culture).
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A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a know!- of the whole truth about self and sex and thelr elation to life and health. This knowledge does Come intelligently ‘of itself, Bor correctly from ordinary every-day 801 SEXOLOGY Ultustrated) by William H. Walling, 1D. imparts in a clear, wholesome way, in one volume Knowledge a Young Man Should Hara, Knowledge & Young Husband Should Have. Knowledge @ Father Should Have. Medical ¥ av 83 i outa Her Daughter. Siedical Knowledge a Wite geeari te Rew - All in one volume, Itflustrated, $2, postpaid. Write for "Other People’s Opinions"* and Tabie of Conteats. Puritan Pub. Co., 711 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. Sparks from Old Anvils (Continued from page 657) of health, suddenly falling down a hill, how must we lament the insta- bility of all things! (Best Things from Best Authors.)—Joseph Dennie. Why Not Have a Parcels-Post ? There are men in the Post Office De- partment who could organize a parcel service in six months’ time, if the de- partment could be removed from the in- fluence of the express companies which have so long and so completely controlled its operations. Scientific organization is being applied to every department of human industry. Every country in Europe has demon- strated for our benefit what can be done in the carrying of parcels at less than a cent a pound. Remove the cause of blindness and corruption. If you like— FISHING HUNTING CAMPING ou will like the ational Sportsman This magazine contains 160 ages or more, crammed from cover to cover with photos from life, stories of hunting, fsbing: camping and tramp- ing which will thrill sod tern est you. This month! will lure you sleseay cS ah from the monotonous grind of rour everyday work to the ealthful atmosphere of Field, Wood and Stream. Single cop- fes 15c. Yearly subscription with fob $1.00. Special Trial Offer Send us 25 cents, stamps or coin, and we will send you the Na- tional Sportsman for 3 months, also one of our heavy burnished Qrmolu Gold | vate Fobe re as fere shown, with funet leather strap and gold-plated buckle. Alsoacopy of our new Cat- alog of Sporting NATIONAL SPORTSMAN 98 Federal St., cf at Boston, Mass. Everywhere AGENTS WANTED Latest Books The Cook-ed-up Peary-odd-ical, by Paul R. Dash. (John W. Luce & Co.) The Philosophy of Happiness, by R. Waite Joslyn. (Normalist Publishing Company. $1.00.) The Duke's Price, by Demetra and Kenneth Brown. (Houghton Mifflin Company. $1.20 net.) The Greater Power, by Harold Bin- loss. (F. A. Stokes Company. $1.30 net.) The Day of Souls, by Charles Tenney Jackson. (The Bobbs Merrill Company. $1.50.) The Poet of Galilee, by William El- lery Leonard. (B. W. Huebsch. $1.00.) Maida’s Little Shop, by Inez Haynes Gillmore. (B. W. Huebsch. $1.25.) Symbolisms, by T. Carl Whitmer. (Richard G. Badger.) Miss Marshall's Boys, by Edward C. Bass. (Richard G. Badger.) A Welcome Gift Copyright 1909 Lite Pobtushing Company ILLUSION, Copyrebt 1910 Life Pobiishing Company ut HOME TIES These prints are facsimile reproductions in the colors of the orig- inal drawings. ‘They are mounted for framing 14 by 17 inches and cost $1.00 each, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 W_ 31st St., New York Copyright 1910 Life Pebtuahleg Company Copyright 1910 Lif Pobtishing Company comicbooks.com