Life, 1910-06-23 · page 33 of 40
Life — June 23, 1910 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains: 1. **Patent office advertisement** (top left) — a service notice 2. **"The Literary Zoo"** (continued article) — a humorous essay about book reviewers and dramatic critics, discussing how literary professionals like editor Henry Bunner approached their work differently 3. **Shoe polish ads** (left sidebar) — Whittemore's "Bully Shine" brand 4. **Kodak camera advertisement** (center/right) — promoting the "No. 1A Speed Kodak" camera, emphasizing its ability to capture fast-moving subjects (automobiles, trains, horses, athletes) The Kodak ad is notable for showcasing **early 20th-century photography technology** — the ability to photograph motion at high speed (1/1000 second) was remarkable for the era. The literary section contains no political cartoon or satire; it's straightforward editorial commentary on publishing professionals' different working styles.
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ATENTS FORTUNES ES for patents. Patents secured through us nivertiael ibaa charve Now inteot ineentousnecdevand auvblebuyers. “Hints to inventors.” “Why some inventors Fait “hook on Patents. Send us rough sketch or model for of Patent OMice records and report on patentability. nisin Wcities and towns, Mr Greeley while Acting ner of Patents had full charge of U.S Patent Oftice. RE, Patent Attorneys, — WASWINGTON, D. C. The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 1160) ances might well take a lesson in ur- banity from their bookish brethren. Mr, Bunner employed his pen in a variety of ways; but he had never been a dramatic editor, and so could not appreciate the hardships of that calling. The book reviewer browses, and tastes, and samples the offerings piled before him. Unless a bad book is one that cannot well be ignored, or cries aloud for rebuke, he can put it in the discard and keep his own coun- sel about it. With the book he docs select he may adopt one of several ap- proved methods in reviewing it. It is only a question of whether Macaulay, Sainte-Beuve or William Ernest Hen- ley’s manner is best suited to his mood. Incidental to exploiting another, he may even—with a hint from Whitman —celebrate himself. Many are the as- pects of art as viewed through varia- tions of temperament. To Montaigne the book was nothing, the opportunity everything. We knew an editor who always parceled out the cook books for review among the poets on his staff— knowing that his readers would get their money's worth in rhapsodies if not in recipes. How other is the lot of that self- Well Kept Shoes A beautiful lustre obtained and the life of the | shoe prolonged by the use of Wfiittemore’s Shoe Polishes For cleaning and polishing shoes of alll kinds and colors. Do not soil the clothing or grow sticky. Finest in Quality Largest in Variety “BULLY SHINE” A Waterproof Paste POLISH aor > Fer Ale kinds ck’ shoes nek sn and OLD ‘rub- bers. Blacks, polishes, softens and preserves. Contains ots and waxes to polish and Preservethe leather. LARGE boxes 10 Boxes open akey. “ca 929 combination for cleaning and an YY allshing all kinds of russet or tan shoes, asc, ““Star’’ size, 10¢ MW your dealer does not keep the kind you want send us his th address and the price i amos for 4 full size package Whittemore Bros. & &. 20-26 Albany St., Cambridge, Mass. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of Shoe Polishes in the World MADE WITH NO. 18 SPEED KODAK 1/1000 OF A SECOND. (EXACT SIZE.) Speed Pictures— Kodak Convenience. The mile-a-minute automobile, express trains at full speed, race horses, athletes at their highest strain, instantaneous indoor pic- tures, home portraiture, ordinary time exposures—these are all as one to the No.14 Speed Kodak Pictures 2% x 4X inches. Size of camera, 2% x 4% x 9% inches. Uses daylight loading Kodak Film Car- tridges for 6 or 12 expos- ures, Graflex FocalPlane Shutter, Zeiss-Kodak An- astigmat lens f. 6.3. Price complete, as equipped above, $60.00 Sreeat dealers ty mai EASTMAN KODAK CO. Rochester, N. Y. The Kodak City. efiacing person, the well-equipped Sad is his lot who loves tco well the dramatic critic. Willy-nilly, he must great traditions of the stage. Once in sit in the seat provided for him, listen- a moon is nature reflected in its mir- ing and looking, with trained attention ror; thrice in a week a cracked glass —swallowing and digesting, if he can, gives back a grinning, microcephalous whatever may be served in the dra- image curiously called “ Entertain- matic dish. Constrained to prodigies ment.” of patience, night after night: unable to For our own part we sometimes. skip a scene, cheek by jowl with emit- find ourselves wondering how able ters of unearned applause, grateful if dramatic critics with good memories— some one thing done in the name of skilled in analysis, expert in epitome, dramatic art permits his praise, he is sensitive to impressions—can keep envied only by youth and ignorance. (Cantiniied on page: 1463) 1161 comicbooks.com