Life, 1910-07-28 · page 38 of 40
Life — July 28, 1910 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with light satirical editorial content**. The main satire appears in "A Quest in New Canaan," which gently mocks New England commuter towns. The author visits New Canaan expecting a summer resort but finds it a dead-end destination ("quite impossible to proceed any further"). The joke hinges on deflating suburban pretensions—New Canaan, like Montclair and the "country club in Forty-second Street, Manhattan," markets itself as resort-worthy when it offers little distinction. The piece's centerpiece is an encounter with poet **Bliss Carman** (a real Canadian-American poet, 1861-1929), presented as the archetypal romantic poet—emotional, poetic, speaking only in flowery verse about moors and silence. The satire gently mocks both the poet's melodrama and the author's own pretentiousness in seeking "literary" experiences. The remainder is **commercial advertising**: Kodak cameras, Milo cigarettes, Hunter Whiskey, and Sterling Tires—standard period ads with no satirical content visible.
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bile ee Every Day a Kodak Day Thereare no“ dark days" for those who use the No. 1A Speed Kodak. Its Zeiss-Kodak Anastigmat lens, in combination with the Grafiex focal plane shutter, makes snap shots a simple matter under almost every out-door condition, Snap shots on cloudy days, snap shots in the shade, snap shots just after sun up, snap shots just before sun down,—all these, to say nothing of high speed pictures of the most Station, would they be encouraged to come into New York at all? And then there is the spur that begins somewhere near Stamford and comes to a stop at New Canaan. If you ever go to New Canaan you will find that, as it is quite impossible to proceed any fur- | i | ther, you must come back again. But rapidly moving objects, are perfectly practical ° . ing 7 As this you will be quite prepared to do. with the A Only the other day we took the train The No.1 Speed for New’ Canaan, because somebody —, | told us it was a summer resort. And, Eg $ | of course, it is. So is the country club yptian (@) in. Forty-second Street, Manhattan. So, we are told, is Montclair. Once Cigarette | we knew some fairly intelligent people of Q ¢ with Zeles Kodak Rahway, N. J. Anastigmat Leas sad Grater Fecal Plane Shutter. Well, there we were in New Canaan, balancing its advantages with the at- AROMATIC DELICACY tractions offered by Hoboken, Eliza- MILDNESS beth and Yonkers. After some thought PURITY we decided to return to Hoboken, which is not only rural, but very beau- 2 tiful and well shaded by the smoke. Suddenly a poet appeared. There could At your club or dealcr’s be no mistake; it was Bliss Carman. THE SURBRUG CO., Makers, New York, Is it possible that you live here?” AihR-T we asked. = = — He scemed to be struggling with his Whetd, he. nears eocad. of ecan an emotions, but did not answer. “ Hush,” weet? oust dome st day, F said our companion, who has pene- the sealine melt away, trated into the innermost Pierian cir- And there's, not an ounce of trouble cles. “You must give a poet time to We nodded intelligently, and he re: collect his thoughts.” And_ presently sumed: Mr. Carman spoke—very simply, and * g only a few gestures. He said: Pictures, 28f x 4X laches. Uses the daytight loa iSdsh fits Clfatdges for ocess ecpocueeey Mee AU Dealers, EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y., The Kodak City. The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 165) * Possibly politics; also “ Potatoes. i “If you have any orders in the { I above lines you would better send them in at once.” It is only fair to caution our readers that Farmer Bangs has a reputation as a humorist. “Where the field-larks in the morning wil us be crying at the door, A Quest in New Canaan “Did you ever hear of Sconset, where Wish the leper of the mooring and the Since ihe New Haven: Rall there's nothing much but moors, Whee sala the shores pi Since the New Haven Railroad an- Ata beach ‘and sea and silence and ’eterial ee ne shingled ‘houses down ¢ nounced in cold blood that it didn't outof-doors— Tre Wee SY MEE sda std. Gita § sea-air is sweet 0 EO Oe ey ee ee ee ee ORGAO, Dias © Sele doorzacts; ry So, after all, we did not go to New needs rest, recreation and relief ry Canaan for‘nothing: EVERY MAN Sees 3 Gertrude Atheron’s Woy i time, when a judicious use of ¥ Gertrude Atherton, with all the ij ‘ world to choose from, has gone to FA San Francisco to write a play for 3 Mrs. Fiske. Going to the country = H U N T E R € summer is no problem for San Fre ‘ ciscans. They don’t. “The Califor nia country is unbearably dusty, writes Mrs. Atherton, “and sum: resorts everywhere fill me with bor ror. A home of my own would do m no good, as I write ev different place. For my immediate p pose I have found a windy place dow in the burnt district where none of friends would be seen. [shall take my vacation in Europe in the au and winter when other Americ at home and out of the way.” aad WHISKEY In the fragrant Julep or the cool, sparkling High-Ball, will refresh, strengthen and restore ery book ina Il first-class cafes and by jobbers. HAN & . Baltimore, Md. Aes hs ol PEPE CPE No matter where the price of rubber got Sterling Tires are always the same. We bull care much about commuters, anyway, since it carried them at a loss, and wouldn't they please move up a little | further, say to Providence, R. 1, or | be Ponts mae re have been won- only 100 per day—each one is hand made and five times inspected in process. i Hi ering w hat might happen. With the Sterling Blue Tubes inside they give longer and better service than. any ott i tearing down of the Grand Central Dealers everywhere. Booklet on request. Sterling Rubber Works, Rutherford, » yf 166 \ comicbooks.com