Life, 1910-12-01 · page 10 of 108
Life — December 1, 1910 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. It contains three major ads: 1. **John Holland Safety Self-Inking Fountain Pens** — promoting pens as Christmas gifts, emphasizing their reliability and portability since 1841. 2. **Abilena Natural Laxative Water** — advertising a product from natural springs, claiming superiority over artificial laxatives containing harsh magnesium or sodium. 3. **Clark's "Ahab" Orient Cruise** — promoting a 21-day cruise including "Round World, Trans-Siberian and other routes to Europe." The left column contains the beginning of "The Literary Zoo," a satirical piece about Professor Hugo Munsterberg's "psychotherapy," but this is editorial content rather than political commentary. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer advertising practices and product claims common to that era.
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I purpose making to the literature of 8) al oO rs | al the land. I have felt rather than per- ceived that the great American novel, SAFETY | of which so much is predicted, will be eu INAN OREO UNCAINGPENS written by myself. This idea w MAY BE CA strong when I was younger. It tends ies OSA a NCO now to yield to a dread, as I have N especially pleasing Christmas remembrance, a John Holland stated, that Tam really sane. Were 1 Safety Self-Inking Fountain Pen, is really an acceptable any-time ( mad I could, as I know, feel in the a * Pf . same class—I wish I could state this gift, because of its every-dayusefulness. [Equipped with the exclusive more scientifically, but Minsterberg new Holland feature—the Safety Cap—this latest and best Foun- é will understand—with Shelley. There tain Pen can be carried in any position and ink-leakage is impossible. seemed something in my mental state Made in two serie 008 fills itself by moving sleeve and compressing bar; WEE that indicated the qualities of Flaubert. the other by lifting button. Each style equipped with Safety Cap, which prevents fe I shook with his neuroses. I spent ink evaporation, an advantage to travelers because the penis always ready to write. May be safely carried by ladies in their hand-bags or laid in their writing cabinets. Fitted with the JOHN HOLLAND GOLD PEN —the leader since 1841— end Patent Elastic Fissured Feed, which insures even ink flow. Aste sous nenreet desler cr we wilecna cies? 4 a Nietzsche had some of my eccentrici- ic ties. I felt all the reverence of the , THE JOHN HOLLAND GOLD PEN £0: J ancient Romans for the mad because I val was that. The feeling of self-confi- dence resulting from this state of in- tellectual ecstasy enabled me to fill reams of paper with my ideas, They were all as crazy as Ibsen's, or, to be perfectly accurate, I thought they were. hours in wandering aimlessly about like Berlioz. It was inexpressibly com- forting to me to be made aware that Schopenhauer and Wagner and BISECTED VIEW SHOWING PEN IN AIR-TIGHT SAFETY CAR the imperishable renown certain to be (Continued on page 948) 4: mine owing to numerous contributions Aw. How Sanity Handicaps a Fellow, s You know of the famous wells of ABILENA, from which flows, pure It seems that I am sane, after all. I . and undefiled, America’s Natural Laxative Water. Nature has here base the suspicion upon recent very at- manufactured and stored, for human benefits, the perfect laxative— heate hvaies ua ° Joe ise more effective than drugs or artificial waters—and a laxative that not volinrce of ai Petes aes only doesn’t irritate the delicate membranes of the intestinal tract, but volumes of kindred tenor which Mof- f . ; fat, Yard & Co. must find popular or soothes and nourishes these tissues as well. they would be less persistent in their ABILENA is almost wholly Sodium Sulphate, whereas ordinary laxatives contain publication. All are books which de- E Magnesium, in place of Sodium. Sodium is the ideal laxative base. Magnesium isa stroy my peace of mind, bringing me, | ‘ harsh, harmful irritant, which at best can only give you temporary results. as they do, an uneasy feeling that I am | not a lunatic at all. The notion that Drink Tonight, America’s Natural Laxative am sane begins to obsess me, in fact; nothing in common with Dean Swift or with Verlaine. : J Try ABILENA Water to-night, to get. Nearly every druggist sells it. Large of Tetsme set down the facts after the instead of harsh medicines, of small bottles., Get a bottle of ABILENA to-day at fashionsof those:patients:of Professor wer." artificial waters, or other drugs. your druggist’s and learn, as thousands of others Miinsterberg’s whose cases he states | It is surprisingly gentle in its action, yet it flushes have, that the perfect laxative is neither pills, tab- with such a wealth of detail in his en- nd cleanses the system thoroughly, removes waste lets, nor artificial waters, but a product ‘ f Rear trancing work. Iam the middle-aged | secretions and helps to. restore the digestion and laboratories. Try first, a small (woe ose, batts ve jew bows fac Hack | excretory organs to their natural, healthful condi- then you will want it in larger bottles to have father of two noisy boys in Hacken- | tion, ABILENA is not disagreeable to the taste. your home at all times. Your money back if no sack, New Jersey. From my earliest small amount suffices, It is inexpensive and casy more than satisfied. youth it has delighted me to dream of SPECIAL NOTE.—ABILENA is the only advertised NATURAL laxative © pro. duced in America, Others are artificial and dare not use the word “ R mre | ABILENA is bottled and sealed at the ABILENA Springs under the most sanitary metlods | CLARK’S eae CRUISE! ; The AsnenA Company, Abilene, Kansas i on Perfect Eliminstion, maiied free on request to Frank M. Feb. 4, $400 up for 71 days. Shore trips ALL INCLUDED. Round World, Trans-Siberian and Riviera-Italy. 30 Tours to Europe. Specify program desired. FRANK C. CLARK, - Times Bidg.. New York |