Life, 1910-09-22 · page 32 of 40
Life — September 22, 1910 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and reader letters**, not political cartoons. The notable content includes: **Reader Letter (main text):** A Southern writer objects to Life magazine's earlier comparison of Confederate General Robert E. Lee with abolitionist John Brown. The letter defends Lee as a noble figure while characterizing Brown—who led the failed 1859 Harper's Ferry raid to incite slave rebellion—as a fanatical murderer equivalent to President McKinley's assassin. The writer argues Brown's violent methods (massacring civilians) make him unworthy of commemoration in Statuary Hall. **Context for modern readers:** This reflects post-Civil War sectional tensions and Lost Cause mythology—the Southern romanticization of Confederate leadership despite the slavery system it defended. **Advertisements:** The page features typical 1910 ads: Firestone demountable rims, Pères Chartreux liqueur, a Texas cowboy hat, and travel tours. These are straightforward product pitches without satirical content. The page contains no cartoons or significant satire beyond the implicit bias in the reader's historical argument.
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Tho Up-to-Date Equipment of ‘Up-to- Dale Cars| Firestone Quick-Detachable DEMOUNTABLE RIMS To carry your spare tires inflated, ready for instant use. So rapidly have these rims come into general use and favor, that prac- tically all the leading automobile makers are now using them on their cars; forty are announcing their use in current advertising or authorizing us to make the announcement for them. Quick and easy to substitute a fresh tire on the road—quick and easy to repair the damaged tire when you get back. Another up-to-date fea- ture permits you to make any desired number of tire changes on the trip. Our booklet tells all about them and where you can have a personal demon- stration, Write for it. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company mertea's largest eaelustee tire makers.” Akroa, Ohio And all principal cities. Illustration of demount- able rim carry- ing a Firestone p 1 tire. The all-rubber tread grips the road and prevents skid accidents as no other tire can. From Our Readers (Continned trom paye 487) souri, killing and robbing innocent per- sons who had never harmed him in the least. In the report of the Kansas in- vestigating committee, composed of Republicans and ordered published by a Republican House of Represent atives, his numerous and brutal acts of violence are detailed under oath. among others, his brutal murder of the Doyles and Wilkinsons. After this he WORLD TOUR s?iis « Christmas péirr: ISihout Spain, Dee. tn. Christmas in Romo thout Spain, Dec. 1 ‘Tour in January—Tours to all parts ¢ oriegtal DE POTTER TOURS ( Programe fre ) 32 Broadwa SEW York ie went to Canada and opened communi- cation with the abolitionists of Boston, the result being a plan to incite a slave insurrection in Virginia, This was to be accomplished by all the horrors of a servile uprising, the massacre of women and children and the general ruin and devastation of the State. For this he was captured at Harper's Ferry, after an obstinate resistance, tried, con- victed and executed December 2, 1859. If John Brown's record entitles him to a place in Statuary Hall the assassin of our beloved President McKinley has equal claims. Both were fanatics, with an insatiable thirst for blood. As a Southerner I object to your mention of Lee and John Brown in the same breath, just as though Lee is entitled to his fame by virtue of some cecentricity or fanaticism, which gave John Brown his notoriety. The name of Lee calls forth admira- tion in every country where exalted manhood and a noble life find devotees. If Statuary Hall is to house the statues of those who expiated on the gallows the crime of inciting a servile uprising with all its attending horrors of the massacre of defenceless women and Most Fitting Finale to the Festive Feast LIQUEUR Peres Grartie —GREEN AND YELLOW— Serve the Daintiest Last At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés, Ratjer & Co,. 45 Broadway, New York, Sole Agents for Un “BRONCHO BUSTER” Here's typleal Texas comboy hat, the all over the Southwest and that we h popular theouglout the whole counuy * Reoncho Hester"? is the hat of a g: vad is suitable for all w and snld ly us excurieely. bey ft equal anywh best tri 30h tecken tree pamper BS dest hat stete ia your city fur $3. We guarantre to refund your money if you a entirely satisbed with the broach) Buster Place your onter at once. Address HOUSTON HAT O0., Dept. ¥., HOUSTON, TEXAS, children, the united voice of the coun try will protest. Personally I feel that you owe the South an apology Constant Reaper, Witminctox, De, August 23, 1910, Here’s a $50 Offer Dear Lire: Don't you think you are running the subject of hugging and kissing, both verbally and pictorially, into the ground? A reader of your publication might justly infer that whenever 2 man and woman find themselves apa from their fellows (though somet apparently, they do not even wait seclusion), they at once assume as! gle hold, and proceed to hug and kiss to a fare-you-well. T may be true of a certain ¢ of our population, but Th typical of Lirr’s clientele. (Continued on page 491) ———"" On the Mountain Te?™ The Montclair * Forty Minutes from B'way GRILL Montclaire NJ. that's exceptional. comicbooks.com