Life, 1910-11-10 · page 33 of 44
Life — November 10, 1910 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine consists primarily of **advertisements and literary reviews** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"Rhymed Reviews"**: A humorous poem reviewing Jack London's novel *Burning Daylight*. The satire mocks how wealth corrupts the protagonist—a robust Yukon prospector named Elam Harnish who comes to civilization and learns that "High Finance" involves robbing others. The reviewer presents this moral decline as disappointing, using the book's themes to critique the corrupting influence of money. **Arthur Guiterman's poem** (lower right) continues this theme: a girl rejects a wealthy man's suit, preferring an honest farmer over "tainted golden stuff." **Advertisements** dominate the page, including the Sturtevant ventilating fan and Makaroff Russian cigarettes—typical early-20th-century product pitches. The satirical point is straightforward: *Life* uses literature reviews to critique capitalism's moral corruption of natural, virtuous men.
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Para 8 Ree & ain aphy LAKEWOOD 2ir ‘An Ideal home, twelve minutes drive from the railroad gation and only afew minutes walk from the lake; house (@hew and elaborately furnished throughout; contains 14 Sims, lrge sun parlor, elght bedrooms, two baths, all Reqera convenlences; over 100 pine trees on the ground: eet ication for family or Invalid: garage on the ground reat for the season. For particulars address M: Hiraant A. Mack, Lakewood Manor, Lakewood. N. J. Rhymed Reviews Burning Daylight (By Jack London. The Company) Macmillan Ab, what a curse is Wealth! How sad That Fortune’s touch should make decay light On such a splendid, roaring lad As Brother London’s “ Burning Daylight "! From Yukon where auroras dance And men are men without the varnish He came to play at High Finance (His truly-name was “ Elam Harn- ish”). In High game Is first to rob the lowly brother; But when that sport becomes too tame, Finance, he learned, the The bigger robbers rob each other. | Made and fully guaranteed by the foremost makers of blowing and v: ing apparatus If you want to settle the ques- tion of cigaret quality forever —at my risk— send your name to me now and Teceive my big dollar offer. eee k. RUSSIAN ice CIGARETS have made good on the broadest claims ever made for anything to smoke. rite now for the big dollar offer to prove it. Nattarofy ~ Boctrs Mail address—95 Milk Street, Boston as if Sleepiiul Out of Doors. may be relieved, but the building up of health and energy cannot take place | without an abundance of pure air. This apparatus is set in the window and by a simple turn of the case either blows the fresh air in or draws the foul air out. It is the only practical device for giving positive and perfectly controlled ventilation. It | will completely change the airin an ordinary sleeping-room every ten or fifteen minutes. It gives every advantage of outdoor sleeping with none of its inconveniences. H*«: the benefit of sleep is lost by using a poorly ventilated bedroom. Weariness ELECTRIC READY-TO-RUN Ventilating Set | { in the world. "It consists of a high-grade motor and our patented Multivane fan (which, |] by its wonderful power-in-compactness, has solved many problems of ventilation), all )j encased in metal and mounted on a window-board easily put in or taken out of window. i This set is a perfect device for ventilating and cooling offices, kitchens, closets, smoking-rooms, boat cabins, lodge-rooms, laboratories, toilet-rooms, ete. It operates “from an ordinary electric-light socket and consumes very little current. Set A, mounted ready to set in your window, price $40, delivered in U. S./ For facts about ventilation and further details write for Booklet L 112. Trade prices to Electricat Contractors, Hardware Dealers and Power Companies. B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, Mass. Sete may be seen in Branch Offces:_ 50 Chu V2 Citys 135 N. 3rd St., Phil 00 Puerton. Bid: St. cl 1006 s! Washing B.C. opoliean Bldg., Minneay Bldg., fochest 19 Connecticut Minneapolis; 4 3 Schotel That won the girl. They're milking ‘Twas thus he found the Golden Fleece, cows And raising fruit on acres sunny; Our modern buccaneering Jason; But, when he might have prigged in And Elam won't be rich, he vows, peace, Not even if you'd pay him money! He fell in love with Mistress Mason. —Arthur Guiterman. She said she liked him well enough— His simpler self,—but would not wed him While all this tainted golden stuff Possessed his soul, and Mammon led him. Bf Natural Laxative Water Quickly Relieves— Biliousness, Sick Headache, So Elam sunk his ready cash In building towns for poor civilians, Then blithely went to utter smash— Made ducks and drakes of thirty millions! Stomach Disorders and CONSTIPATION Atall Druggists. icomicbooksseom