Life, 1910-06-02 · page 7 of 56
Life — June 2, 1910 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire. The main feature is a **Pennsylvania Railroad advertisement** for summer vacations, with two scenic woodcut illustrations showing leisure activities (boating, countryside recreation). The text promotes the railroad's "Summer Excursion Book" offering resort information across North America. The left column contains a **Life magazine college writing contest** announcement and advertisements for unrelated products: a "Sexology" book (promising intimate knowledge for newlyweds), and Abbott's Bitters (a medicinal tonic). There is **no significant political cartoon or satire** on this page. It represents typical early 20th-century magazine content mixing editorial contests with commercial advertisements targeting middle-class leisure and consumer interests.
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RE” “Life's” College Contest Lire will give one hundred dollars for the cleverest article, suited to Lire’s uses, which shall describe in a humor- ous, witty, satirical or other interesting manner cach college and its life. Every college student who is now tak- ing a college course is cligible to com- pete. It is not necessary to be a sub- seriber to Lire. For all manuscripts which do not re- ceive the prize, but which are deemed worthy of publication, Lire will pay at its regular rates. CONDITIONS Manuscripts should not be more than fifteen hundred words in length and should be typewritten when possible or written in a legible hand. The contest will close on June 1, 1910, no contributions received after that date being considered. The name and address of the sender and his or her class year should be writ- ten on the upper left hand corner of cach manuscript Manuscripts will not be returned un- less accompanied by postage. No individual inquiries can be an- swered, but where an inquiry is of a general nature a reply covering the point at issue will be published in Lire. The competition is open also to girls’ colleges. All communications will be treated confidentially, and the author's name will not be published unless so desired. Address COLLEGE CONTEST, LIFE, 17 West Thirty-first Street. N A Happy Marriage Depends largely ona know!- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. This knowledge does not come Intellizently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary every-day sources. _SEXOLOGY Ultustratea) ALD., imparts in a clear, Have, Should Have, ave. Impart to His Son, usband Should Have. fav Dari to Her Daughter. Owledge a Wite Should Have All In one volume, IMustrated, $2, “postpaid. cher People's Opinions" aad Table of Conten Paritan Pub. Co., 711 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD S SUMMER VACATIONS The time is coming for summer outings. Have you thought about yours No country on the face of the globe contains so many delightful summer resorts as the United States, with its near neighbor, Canada. The Pennsylvania Railroad’s popular Summer Excursion Book, issued on June 1, you will find a wonderful help in plotting out your summer trip. It contains descriptions of about eight hundred of the leading resorts of North America, lists of hotels and boarding houses at these various places, a map, routes and rates from the principal stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and other valuable information. If you have grown tired of the resort you have visited for years, you may make a selection from this book for a stay of a day, a week, a month, or the whole summer. You may plot out an extended tour covering mountain and seashore, or a fishing trip, or a hunting jaunt, by rail or boat, or a combination of both. Any Ticket Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad will be glad to furnish a copy of this valuable book for Ten Cents, or it will be mailed you postpaid, on receipt of Twenty-five Cents, by Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa. ~ Knicker: How large is their suburban place? Becker: They have folding beds for the flowers.—Chicago Daily Socialist. comicbooks.com