Life, 1910-11-03 · page 11 of 72
Life — November 3, 1910 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content**, not political satire. The left column discusses "The Literary Zoo"—a humorous piece about needing a vocabulary guide for George Meredith's novels, which apparently use obscure words like "eolacoline." It's lighthearted literary criticism about a challenging author. Below that is a Durham Duplex Razor advertisement with a cartoon of a man shaving, captioned "Shave with a Smile." The dominant right half is a **Santa Fe Railway advertisement** featuring an illustration of two travelers (one appears to be a Native American guide) on the trail. It promotes travel booklets about Southwest destinations and "The California Limited" luxury train service. The bottom section begins an article on "Suffragettes and Self-Government," discussing women's suffrage arguments—a genuine political topic of the era.
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Lilian Al. Wanted: Guide to G. M. Would it not be an idea were the Scribners to supply a vocabulary of terms to that splendid edition of the novels of George Meredith which is on the eve of its completion? No doubt one could find the word “cloacoline,” which occurs in “ The Egoist,” by taking down from its shelf the most pondcrous dictionary in the library, but think of the labor. It would make some days hard work to read “ The Egoist” alone if one must consult a heavy reference book for the definition of “ stillatory” and “ basia- tion,” which turn up in that master- piece. To be sure, many who laud Meredith as their favorite novelist cannot understand his philosophy, but they ought to be able to define his words. Most beautiful is the edition of him the Scribners are evolving— definitive, the French would call it— but its one lack is that of definitions. For instance, what is the meaning of “imagerially”? George Meredith got his living out of his vocabulary, one authority asserts, and it ought to have teen 2 riotous living. — is Coming ; Send for Booklet Today. Durham Duplex Razor Co., M11 Fifth Ave., New York. Three Southwest travel art booklets you will enjoy reading: “To California Over the Santa Fé Trail,” “Titan of Chasms” (Grand Canyon), and “The California Limited.” Mailed free on request. ‘The California Limited, train of luxury, is finer than ever this season. ” Exclusively Rat class. Runs daily between Chicago-Kansas City and Los Angeles -San Diego San Francisco. They are profusely illustrated. “Santa Fe All the Way," through the South- west land of enchantment. Has a Pullman for Grand Canyon of Arizona—the world’s scenic wonder. Fred Harvey dining-car meals, too, W. J. Black, Pass. Traffic Manager, A.T.&8.P. Ry, System, 1062 Railway Exchange, Chicago eliforni d Suffragettes and Self-Government This winter brings a flood of books in which suffragists argue that women * are fit for the vote. It seems impos- sible to convince these ladies that their capacity to cast a ballot intelli- gently is the strongest reason for pre- venting them from going to the polls. No intelligent or great nation was ever capable of self-government. The Greeks of old were the intellectual 79 superiors of any human beings who ever existed, and for that reason their republics perished, one after another. The Romans lacked all originality. They were plodders and dull. Their capacity for self-government was greater than that of all the other na- tions of the world, then or since, ac- cording to Froude. He excepts the English. He had to because he knew (Continued on page 741) comicbooks.com.