Life, 1910-07-14 · page 38 of 40
Life — July 14, 1910 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book listings** rather than satirical content. The main elements are: **The Jericho Horn Advertisement** (top left): A motorist safety device marketed to early automobile owners. The pitch emphasizes it prevents accidents and gives drivers "full enjoyment" of their cars—reflecting early 1900s anxieties about this new technology and the need for audible warnings on roads. **"From Our Readers"** (center left): A letter praising Life's coverage of women's suffrage, written by Francis E. Langdon of Boston. The writer argues that opposing women's equality is illogical, though he expresses condescension ("their daughter's daughters may appreciate"). This reflects the suffrage debate contemporary to the magazine's publication. **Book listings and photographs**: Standard publishing advertisements for the era, including titles on health, fiction, and outdoor recreation. **Bottom section**: Instructions for ordering photographs from Life Publishing Company—a common revenue stream for magazines then. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: automobile safety, women's rights debates, and consumer capitalism.
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Motorists!.-». LET NO GOOD THING GEF BY YOU Themostsuccessful signal to-day is The JERICHO Horn| yopeoas aa | life and lin to the emergency It does not confuse or affrigh It does n It is not nee. It is an every day necessity for the safety of the general public and yourse It insures to you the full enjc of your ear. It does all this at trifling cost—87 to $10. Say JERICHO to-day to your dealer—or write us direct for THE RANDALL-FAICHNEY CO. BOSTON - - + USA Makers of the famous “B-LINE." Oil & Grease Guns From Our Readers (Continued from page 85) cates is as right as it is novel, and if we men had only thought of doing that twenty would have been forgotten years since, years oO woman's suffrage as all) false movements have been. You can hardly expect your present readers, vulga least, to do anythi: throng of them at more than langh at the drollness of the manly garbed figures, but their daughter's dau; may appreciate you should they come across some of their grandmother's copies of your current issues. 1, at least, as one of the poor nightmare mt heartily for horrors baldly besotted males thank attacking, this horror « in all its naked heinousness. In America: man has proved his wonderful ity for self-govern- ment, any skeptic will become con- vinced of that by obtaining an intimate knowledge of the personnel and lofty of our Ls Woman cannot be the equal of man, and since she cannot be she islatures and City will not be unless we permit her, Feanets FE. 128 Hemenway Street, BosTON, Mass. ENGLISH TOURS | By AUTOMOBILE PRIVATE CARS. GO WHERE YOU PLEASE. Mostrated Booklet Free By Post. MOTOR TOURING COMPANY, 43 Pembroke Place, - Liverpool, England. ‘LIFE: Latest Books Mental and Spiritual Health, by A. T. M.D. (R. F, Fenno & Co. ° Shadow of Christine, by Evelyn Vivian, (R. F, Fenno & Co $1.50.) al Modern Chronicle, by Winston Churchill, (The Macmillan Company $1.50.) he Personal Conduct of Belinda, Wy anor Hoyt Brainerd © & Co. $t.20.) (Doubleday, Copyright 1908 by Life Pubtinhing Comrany. By Inheritance, by Octave Thanet (The Bobbs Merrill Company, Indian apolis, Ind.) Fishing Kits and Equipments, by uel G. Camp. (Outing Publishing « pany.) The Adventures of an 4. DL ¢ Shelland Bradley. $1.50.) weds and the Veiled W by Marian Cox. (Funk & Wagnal Company. $1.50.) Gohn Lane Com fore not Cas HER WINDOW 1313 in, SO conte. All You [Have to Do is to make your select of your remittance, Copy taht V0 by Life Pebliah — Facsimile in Color, Mounted, 11x Tin, fi cents, and the picture or pict will he promptly sent, carriage pre Upon re x 18in, Scents LIFE, PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 3lst St.. NEW YORK comicbooks.com