Life, 1910-10-06 · page 10 of 60
Life — October 6, 1910 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and advice columns**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Advertisements:** - Whitman's chocolates (established 1842) - Calox tooth powder ("The Oxygen Tooth Powder") - Great Western Champagne (half the cost of imported; won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition) - Pleasant Valley Wine Company **Editorial Content:** - "From Our Readers" column discussing women's roles and independence - "Some Wonders of Psychology" — an anecdote about a psychology student conducting light-flash experiments The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and gender debates, but contains no political cartoons or satirical commentary requiring historical context to understand.
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‘The whole plan of Whitman's Agence , covering the continent, means just this—that you get these perfect chocolates and confections served perfectly. Our agent is not simply a dealer. He is careful, interested and always responsible for every package of Whitman's that he sells. Our sales agents, everywhere, get the scaled packages direct from us and sell them promptly. Any package that is not sold whil tly fresh is returned to us. is this personal message to the friend who buys it—a From Our Readers (Continued from page $45) inculeated indifference to broad ques tions of general welfare in the mothers which has made the men citizens so in- different to their duties. You can’t keep women in any respect narrow and limited and self-centered and ig norant without harming yourselves. I believe that the women most truly Great Champagne Half the Cost of Imported Absence of duty reduces its cost 50%. Established 1842 message that means just what it says. We very seldom are called on to replace a package that has met with an accident ppointed a purchaser. Then we make the best amends we can, with plea- sure and thanks for the opportunity. Ask for the Fussy Package—Choco- lates (hard and nut centres) at $1.00 the pound; ou: Super Extra Chocolat 8o cents a pound; Chocolate Maraschino Cherries, 50 cents a box; Honey White ougat, §0 cents a box, Sent postpaid noa Write for book- suggestions,” describing the Whitman Service and Specialties... STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, Inc. Makers of Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate. loving and unseltish to-day are those who have been out in the world and stood side by side with men as broth- ers and comrades. They understand the weaknesses and strength, the needs and the aspirations of men better than they did before; they are better able to help them—largely because they are finding out that human nature is pretty much the same thing under a “derby” ora “Merry Widow.” It is stupid to Western Of the six American Champagnes exhibited, Great Western was the only one awarded the gold medal at Paris exposition, 1900. Your grocer or dealer can supply you — Sold everywhere—————— PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO. RHEIMS, N. Y. Oldest and Largest Champagne House in America PHILADELPHIA, U.S. A. separate the interests of the sexes. to see the women’s ery for the vote as a sex war. We are men, and as men we have the rights to govern our selves. That is the simple fact. You kept us out of all the privileges you could for many s—fearful that we should lose our womanliness. We have now lost our dependence upon you for every good thing, from home to reputation; but to have these things in our own freedom and independence just-as you have them really brings us much closer to you, develops our individuality and thus makes us more truly womanly than we were before. Think about it. Yours for rightness, Svinstee. 108 GatNsvoxo Street, Bostox September 15, 1910. Some Wonders of Psychology Dear Lire: A few words about the real vivisee tion A student of experimental: psychol- To Whiten the Teeth ,_ It's the Oxygen (in the form of peroxide of hydrogen) in Calox that renders it so perfect a cleanser and whitener of the teeth. Dentists advioe its ase, Physicians preseribe i. All Druggists, 23 Cents, Sample and Booklet free on request. McKESSON & ROBBINS - NEW YORK ogy in one of our universities was ex- perimented upon by his professor in this way: He was closed up in a partly dark room and the electric light was flashing every fifteen to twenty see onds. Atevery flash a bottle with some color fluid was shown to him and the question asked: “Red or green”? This experiment was repeated twice or three times a wi and lasted for several months. The same student was put be- fore a black screen with a sm; Flashes of light were shown in that slit every minute, and the ques asked: “Spark or line"? Th hour experiment was repeated once every week for several months, The same student was told to cut pictures out of magazines and newspapers, to cut their original heads off and then connect strange heads with strange bodies. The emotions called fort!: by such combinations he was told to rote carefully. Three hours weekly for six months. Then he was given a pack of playing cards of brown and red color and was told to throw as fast as 198" (Continued on page $47) piow is w poor rege $4.00 It some like trick two | one | belie rious really poor name Asl son w Bes comicbooks.com