Life, 1910-08-18 · page 29 of 36
Life — August 18, 1910 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **serialized fiction and advertising**, not political satire. The main content is "Dr. Thorne's Idea" by J.A. Mitchell—a sentimental short story in verse (the "Rhymed Reviews" section). It tells of Dal, a blind artist, and Jane, a woman who nurses him under an assumed identity after he rejects her out of pride, believing his blindness makes him unworthy of love. The narrative resolves with their marriage and his discovery of artistic talent in hymn-writing. The right side features a **DuPont smokeless powder advertisement** with an illustration titled "The End of a Good Day," depicting a hunter. The ad promotes playing cards as a promotional giveaway. A brief review by Arthur Guiterman appears at bottom, praising the story's old-fashioned sentimentality over contemporary "lobster salads"—a lighthearted jab at modern sophistication. **No political content or satire is present on this page.** It's primarily fiction and advertising typical of *Life* magazine's era.
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“ARIE: Capyright, 1910, by J. A. Mitchell fe of the Clinging Body Relaed* ’ Dr. Thorne’s Idea By J. A. Mitchell Author of THE LAST AMERICAN, AMOS JUDD, THE PINES OF LORY, ETC., ETC. One Dollar, Net LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY t. New York Rhymed Reviews The Rosary 1. Barelay. G. P. 1's Sons) Delightful Jane was big and plain; Her age wos nineteen—phus eleven: While boyish Dal, her artist pal, Was handsome, fresh and twenty- sever He heard chant (to. please her aunt “The R: And saw at | “in moving fashion, h her tender strength Of soul, and found his ’ master- passion. His love he told. First warm, then cold (Because she thought him fickle- hearted), She grimly said she could not wed A boy like him!—and thus thc parted. But Dal was leal and true as steel; He worked and mourned, while Jane, abjuring Regretful years, spent three whole years In nursing soldier-boys and touring. From deserts vast she turned at last, Resolved to seck and ne'er to quit him, Alack! to find that Dal was blind!— A charge of rabbit-shot had hit him And, worst of all, she might not call; “She cannot love,” he said; “her pity I do not want; so, Jane, avaunt!"” But Jane was wise as well as gritty With borrowed name as nurse she came, Unknown, to cheer his heavy blind- ness; And “ Nursie Gray” from day to day So won his trust that Dal, in kind- ness, To her revealed the paintings, sealed. He'd made of J “ Mother.” From these Jane knew his heart so tru Could ne’er have beat for any other. She wrote a note, too long to quote, Explaining why her doubts had parried His vows sincere, in terms so clear SMOKELESS POWDERS GET THE GAME They Are “THE REGULAR AND RELIABLE BRANDS” Send 20 cents in stamps for a pack of Playing Cards, post paid. Address Dept. R. E. |, DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER CO. Established 1802 WILMINGTON, DEL. That shortly after they were mar- ried Then Dal displayed (with Jane to aid) A gift for making hymns and ballads. ting Blue Tubes are built up of four cross- ined layers of Fine Para Rubber and when ieted are covered with an additional heat resisting blue layer. They are never | salads. tnd never oxidize, no matter how long you carry them. _ Initially higher in| timately the cheapest tube on earth. Sterling Rubber Works, Rutherford, N.J.! 281 I like this hale, old-fashioned tale Much more than Chambers’ lobster Arthur Guiterman. comicbooks.com