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Life — September 29, 1910 — page 32: Life, 1910-09-29

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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content includes: **Buffalo Lithia Springs Water**: A medical advertisement claiming the mineral water treats kidney, bladder, and rheumatic disorders—typical of early 20th-century patent medicine marketing that exaggerated health benefits. **"An Automobile Tragedy"**: A humorous verse about a couple who sell their cottage to buy a car, then must repeatedly sell their possessions to repair it, culminating in their death. This satirizes the then-new automobile craze and the financial burden of car ownership. **Other advertisements**: Hartshorn Shade Rollers, the Chautauqua Institution (educational reading courses), and White Rock mineral water occupy remaining space. The **fictional stories** ("Patronizing," "Arabella's Darling") are light comic tales—the latter using a spiritualist séance for domestic comedy. This appears to be a standard Life magazine page mixing advertising, light humor, and brief stories rather than political commentary.

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“LTE E* ite GaRad a Opin PHYSICIANS of the old school agree with physicians of the new school that Buffalo Lithia Springs Water has no equal as a corrective of all disorders of the Kidneys and Bladder. It is wonderfully effective in the treatment of Bright’s Disease, Albuminuria, Gout, Rheumatism, Pyelitis, Cystitis, Gravel, ete. Eliminates any excess of Uric Acid in the system. It is a natural spring water bottled at the springs. Let us mail you endorsements, showing the consensus of opinion among high medical authorities. Sold by leading druggists and mineral | water dealers everywhere. If not on | sale in your vicinity, we will supply you. | BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS WATER CO. Buffalo Lithia Springs, Virginia Te An Automobile Tragedy ‘They sold their cottage by the sea To buy an auto—ro-hp. ‘They drove it near, they drove it far. They broke the costly handle-bar: Whereon they sold to make repairs ‘Their best lace curta ‘Three days, and wrapped in flame and smoke, ‘The automatic air-pump broke ; \ serious matter this—they could Nut sell the horse to make it good And now a weck awheel they spent, And then the spark and feeder went. ‘Te fix it up they had to sell The grand piano and petronel Colliding next against a tree. They sold their endowment policy ‘To pay for hubs, and tires, and brake The last sad sacrifice they make Mas! within another week That fast express, — the Streak,” Destroyed the car and them therein, ns—seven pairs. “ Lightning Our hero and our heroine HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of . Stewart Hartshorn on label. Get “Improved,” no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers Get the Chautauqua Idea- Don’t read at random. Read a defi- nite course. Train your attention upon a group of related topics. Learn about “Democratic England” this year. A reading set of Magazine- teacher and four books, complete in itself. Four such courses of the Chau- tauqua cycle, read in spare minutes, will give the college outlook, renew the early vision of liberal culture, bring that comprehensive understand- ing of world movements which makes for personal efficiency. Course nei- ther difficult nor expensive. Begin NOW. For particulars address Box 107, | | CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION ‘Chautauqua, New York | Learn About England | Caron! Bitters upon. a * On the Mounto'n Top The Montclair Forty Minutes from 8'way GRILL Moni Pet 1410 exceptional. Patronizing “Yes, “my ancestors came over in the flower."* said the somewhat severe lady, May “From what I have heard,” replies! Mrs Cumrox, “accommodations on the May flower didn't compare with those of a nodern liner; but, of course, the rates were lower."’—Washington Star 1 cocktails Oct. € Vnequallet (6 thought Alphonso, “what Arabella is doing at this precise moment? "* abella and Alphonso were nvarried y and Alphonso, being a commer cler, was far from home.) I wonder.”” he repeated, “ what sb is doing?" Then a brilliant idea struck bim, an: he visited the nearest spiritualist me dium: “What,”' said Alphonso, for the third time, “is Arabella doing?" “She is looking out of the window,” replied the medium, “ evidently expecting somebody.” “That is strange!" Alphonso. “Whom can she expect? “Ah!” continued the medium, “ some one enters the house, and she caresses him fondly.” “Tr can’t be!’ cried the excited bus. band. “ My wife is true to me.” “Now she lays his head on and looks tenderly into his cyes.”” “Villain! ’? roared the jealous hys- band. er lap “Now she kisses hi “It’s false!" yelled Alphonso. “I'll make you pay dearly for this! ”’ The medium saw that he had gone far enough, “Now,” he said, “he wags his tail.” hife Fock “‘The World’s Best Table Water’’ comicbooks.com