Life, 1910-06-02 · page 46 of 56
Life — June 2, 1910 — page 46: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and reader correspondence**, not political satire. The dominant feature is a Diamond Rubber Company tire advertisement (top left) celebrating "50 years leader" status, with dates 1909-1910-1908 showing the company's longevity. Below are three smaller ads: Motor Apparel Shop (summer coats for motorists), Milo Egyptian cigarettes, and Webber's hand-knit jackets. The editorial content includes a "From Our Readers" section where a subscriber identifies the anonymous author of a previously published piece called "How Ruby Played" as Dr. George William Bagby. There's also a humorous piece titled "Red Flannel vs. Bow Legs" about a legislative dispute and "A Sailor's Prayer." **No political cartoon or satire is present on this page.** It represents typical early-1910s magazine content mixing advertisements with light humor and reader engagement.
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Motor Apparel Shop Everything that Comfort Demands for the Motorist. Summer Motor Coats for Men and Women. GINNING with ive though well tailored coats of union linen at $3.50 and ending with those of heavy Shane tung silk at $75.00. You will find our stock exhaustive, both in fabrics and in models designed at home and abroad. Opposite Waldorf-Astoria Fox, Stiefel &Co, SEATS. he Diamond Rubber Gmpany AKRON, OHIO. Red Flannel vs. Bow Legs (Continued from page 1033) , counteracting the effect of her state- ment about him. The result was that the vote was a tie and the case will now have to be decided by the president of i ature. Inas s this hap- fens to be a woman this year, we see no hope for Pitkin. We trust, however, that this will serve as a warning to all andidates in the future. In the mean- time we congratulate Mr. Pitkin on m ing a fight wkelming odds, his wife will be occupied with the ca fullest personal freedom in Chesterton Todd. A Sailor's Prayer do not trouble Thee every day never prayed to Thee before; and if it please Thee to deliver me this once, I will never pray to Thee again as long as I live." WEBBER’S HAND. No, 12 i. ¢ goblis! Thom id Eprtor oF Lire: Dear Sir:—In the last number of your valuable publication, to which I have been a subscriber for many years, there is published amongst the memorable pieces which you are now republishing one called “How Ruby Played.” This you say is anonymous, Inasmuch as this i mine for its wonderful display of mu- sical instinct in the guise of a hearer apparently unacquainted with fine m sic, and as I knew the author, I feel it a duty to make you acquainted with the facts. The This piece was written by Ds. [Mf panme George William Bagby, the father of the wife of our distinguished fellow citizen, Mr. George Gordon -y training, having at one time, I believe, an editor the Southern rary Messenge famous publication in which E Allan Poe's best writings were first (Continued on page 1035) The Egyptian Cigarette Quality AROMATIC DELICACY MILDNESS PURITY 2 At your clab or dealer's THE SURBRUG CO., Makers, New York.