Life, 1910-09-22 · page 5 of 40
Life — September 22, 1910 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct items: **Left side:** An advertisement for Old Hampshire Bond paper, emphasizing that good letterhead is essential to business, comparing it to having a competent typewriter and stenographer. **Bottom left:** A cartoon titled "That Point of View" showing two men in what appears to be a basement or cellar. One says he wants to soar but stays down because "that's a mistake," claiming he gets along better "by staying right down here." This appears to be social satire about class aspiration or ambition—poking fun at someone resigned to a lower station in life. **Right side:** An extended advertisement for Arrow Collars, with instructional diagrams showing how to properly wear and adjust a detachable collar with a special notch mechanism. This was a common men's fashion innovation of the early 20th century. The page is primarily commercial content with light satirical humor.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
A Written Handshake. A letter is like a handshake to the one who receives it— weak and lifeless or vibrating personality. DldHampshire Houd It’s as necessary in a business as the right typewriter and a good stenographer. Old Hampshire Bond Book of suggestive specimens of letter- ness forms, printed, lithographed and it c cand fourteen colors of Old Hamp- Write for it on your present letterhead, Address Hampshire Paper Co. South Hadley Falls, Mass. The only paper makers in the world making bond paper exclusively. THAT POINT OF VIEW HE GREAT FAULT WITIL YOU, ¢K. EAGLE, IS YOU ALWAYS FTO SOAR, NOW, THAT'S A MISTAKE. 1 GET ALONG BETTER STAYING RIGHT DOWN ITERE." collar troubles are over Once you learn the simple Notch way you'll never bother with buttonholes. Wear a flat-head button like this —and get a Notch collar with an end that looks like this Then cut out the illustrations below and put them on your dresser where you can see them when you do this: Puc the outer fold Press button out Then raise outer under head of with finger, bring fold, bend long end button. notch end over and of band inwardand notch it on. shove it under, And you get this It is easy to put on, but even easier to take off. The buttonhole that rips out has been elimi- nated. It is the only close-fitting collar that stays closed, and it has ample tie space. To take it off, just put finger under long end and flip it off. It is made in all the most fashionable models in the famous ARROW COLLARS At your dealer's—1te., 2 for 2c, In Canada, 20c., 3 for SOc. Cluett, dy & Co., Makers, N.