Life, 1910-06-02 · page 53 of 56
Life — June 2, 1910 — page 53: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book listings**, not political satire or comics. The main content features: 1. **Product advertisements**: Ladies' and gentlemen's Panama hats, an "Official Motor Guide" for automobile touring, and a prominent **Indestructo Trunk advertisement** marketed as an ideal wedding gift. 2. **Humorous anecdotes** (brief, non-satirical jokes): "Her Instructions" about a passenger and conductor, "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" about a Sunday school boy singing, and "Has plenty of poise" about a woman viewing Niagara Falls through a lorgnette—typical light humor of the era. 3. **Book listings**: Contemporary titles including works on revolution, mystery, and self-help. There is no political cartoon or social satire visible. This appears to be a standard 1911 *Life* magazine page mixing consumer advertising with genteel domestic humor—typical of the magazine's format during this period.
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DIES’ PANAMAS Style No. 255 Brim 414 to 5” Crown a est In Ladies’ Panamas, finely woven, high UNéen, very smart and stylish, large head sizes. in any other shape desired. RETAIL ready to trim, $4. Trimmed elty Scarf, a3 ccen in cut, $5. Satisfaction 1s posi- ey we liy worth $10 In oy ero request. Your old Panama renovated apd re- wis ary. style 00. receipt of $2.00. De sipetather Order today, Bl TERE A, HAT batt Gatherers and Distributors of Panamas, reat a nd 13 Waverly Place, New York Her Instructions Coxpuctor: Ticket, please. Passexcer: Certainly, Here is f my trunk, which is in the bag- age-car. In the pocket of my second- test dress is my mileage book—Harper’s Actions Speak Louder Than Words The Sunday-school class was singing “IWant to Be an Angel.” Why don’t you sing louder, Bobby singing as loud as I feel, Fained Bobby.—The Delincator. ex: “Has plenty of poise, has she?” “Well, she looked at Niagara Falls rough a lorgnette.""—HWashington Her- Price, $1.50 Pn Barean of Tours Chicago Automobile Clab 13-19 Plymouth Place Chicago, Ill. | who wants a low-priced yet thoroughly good trunk—kept in repair, INDEsTRUCTQ Make Ideal Wedding Gifts HERE is nothing more appropriate—more acceptable—as a wedding present than an Indestructo Trun It is a gift for a lifetime. Its graceful outlines, rich, natural, hardwood finish and heavy brassing, mark it as the trunk beautiful — while its deep, convenient, roomy trays appeal especially to the woman who likes to have everything in its place. Better than Any—and Better than Ever No other trunk can offer the special patented construction—not one but six thicknesses of waterproof, weatherproof hardwood, all joined by a special moisture-resisting cement, squeezed together under enor- mous pressure—into one solid piece of the toughest, most elastic, best-resisting trunk material in the world. The Indestructo is the only guaranteed trunk." If your Indestructo is destroyed beyond repair within rs of the day of your purchase, we give you a new one. Further, if it is damaged while travelling repairing within the five years, we make the repairs free of charge to you. Registered against loss—the registry label makes it impossible for your trunk to be long out of your possession. We trace your trunk by this means if it goes astray—insure its prompt return. The Indestructo Tourist Trunk—a new trunk on the market this year for the first time. For the person ree, for one year. Indestructo Trunks are sold by the store which ranks first in its class in each cit: booklet “About a Traveler"—a De Luxe edition for 1910—authoritative and inter illustrated—gives valuable information to travellers about railways, steamships, hotel: Send us the coupon in a letter, enclosing seven two-cent stamps and we will mail y Address National Veneer Products Co., Station F-24, Mishawaka, Ind. Send for our ng—beautifully service, tips, etc. a copy at once. 7 See Prodacts Co. Stetlon F-24¢ Mishawaka, lad. Look for the name Indestructo on your trunk before you buy it. Be sure it’s there —because there are no substitutes for the Indestructo Trunk. The Latest Books Revolution, (The Macmillan Compan Olivia L. Carew, by Netta (John Lane Company. $1.50.) The Mystery of Hamlet, Russell Benedict. (J.B. Philadelphia, Pa wo K. ts of the Robert Jaffray. (G. P. Putna: zoo) he Master-Girl, by Ashton Hilliers. (G. P. Putnam's Sons, $1.25.) Self-Help and Self-Cure, by Wilder and th Mendall (Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. A Marriage Under the Terror, by Pa tricia. Wentworth. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.35.) Woodland Paths Winthrop Paci (Small, Maynard & Co. Bosto $1.20.) by Jack London. $1.50.) Syrett by Robert Lippincott $1.00.) ous States, by Dr. Charles Du- Swan, by Bois. (Funk & W 75 cents.) So The Religio-Medical Masquerade, by Frederick W. Peabody, LL.B. (The Hancock Press, Box 2789, Boston, Mass. $1.00.) by ard. zabeth Taylor Danbury Rodd, Aviator, by Frederick Palmer. (Charles Scribner's Sons, $1.50.) 7s The Butterfly Man, by George Barr cents.) McCutcheon. (Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.25.) 1041