Life, 1910-09-22 · page 7 of 40
Life — September 22, 1910 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire. The main feature is an advertisement for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), using the clever headline "One Telephone, Dumb; Five Million, Eloquent." The ad argues that a single telephone is useless without a network—it requires AT&T's comprehensive system of lines, exchanges, and switchboards to function. The accompanying illustration shows businesspeople gathered around an early telephone device, likely depicting the novelty and limited utility of isolated telephone technology. Below this are smaller ads: one for W.P. Willis & Co. (English cloth importers) and one for Dioxogen (a hydrogen peroxide cleanser). The page reflects early 20th-century commercial marketing rather than satirical commentary.
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w.P.WILLIS & CO New York TrponteRs” THIS MARK is stamped only on Foreign Fabrics OR centuries ( cloth of Snglish 27 | weaving has ESI been the worlds wear Cloth stamped with the” Willis*mark repre- sents the highest type of Snglish manufacture. W. P. WILLIS & CO, iss'Fitth Avenue NEW YORK Ex Dono Dei I thank Thee, Lord, that 1 am straight and strong, With power to do whatever comes my way; When disappointed by the furnace man, I gaily shovel coal from day to da Or when our angel cook a week de- mands, I can with equal ease her kitchen fill, And tempt the palates of my household de: With dainties and an ever-varied bill. When duties in the home are off my mind I still am versatile; with fervent joy, amid my books, or music hear, tramp my ten milgs like a country bo¥ dat bridge I dearly love to play once a week, not oftener, you know, There are so many other plans to make, To lend a helping hand or heal a woe. For sympathy and love and friendship For power to choose and fill my com- ing days! One Telephone, Dumb; Five Million, Eloquent. If there were only one telephone in the world it would be exhibited in a glass case as a curiosity. Even in its simplest form tele- phone talk requires a second instru- ment with connecting wires and other accessories. For real, useful telephone service, there must be a comprehensive system of lines, exchanges, switch- boards and auxiliary equipment, with an army of attendants always on duty. Connected with such a system a telephone instrument ceases to be a curiosity, but becomes part of the great mechanism of universal com- munication. To meet the manifold needs of telephone users the Bell System has been built, and today enables twenty- five million people to talk with one another, from fivemillion telephones. Such service cannot be rendered by any system which does not cover with its exchanges and connecting lines the whole country. The Bell System meets the needs of the whole public for a telephone service that is united, direct and universal. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES A real cleanser—efficient and harmless. Dioxogen is the purest peroxide of hydrogen made; it is stronger, more effective, and better than ordinary “peroxide.” No bitter acetanilid taste in Dioxojen. When you buy Dioxogen you know what you are getting, Sold by all drug dealers. Two-ounce trial bottle mailed free upon request. Write for it at once. x Oneof 100 Usesnee” | The Oakland Chemical Co., 119 Front Street, New York Mouth and Teeth For more work than my life can under: take For all it means to be a woman; yet. Above them all and for this most of all, T thank Thee I am not a suffragette. —Edith Morris, in Human Life. Worth Seeing > Mrs. Poxprrosa: I would like to see a nightgown that would fit me. Saresman: So would | —Brooklyn Life.