Life, 1910-12-01 · page 12 of 108
Life — December 1, 1910 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a Diamond Tires advertisement claiming they offer superior "tire mileage" (12 years of manufacturing leadership), positioned as "the most scientifically manufactured tires in the world." The ad uses an engraved pastoral landscape framing a large tire. The page also features "The Literary Zoo" (continued from page 948), a satirical piece apparently critiquing Professor Munsterberg's psychological theories. The narrator expresses anxiety about Munsterberg's suggestion that obsessive ideas indicate mental instability, worrying this diagnosis applies to himself. The text appears to mock both psychiatric diagnosis and the professor's authority on mental health. Additionally, there's a Makaroff Russian Cigarettes advertisement claiming superiority over competitors.
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G 12th Year of manufacturing to this tandard. g 12th Year of progress in tire and mileage development. @ 12th Year of the acknowledged leadership of Diamond tires, the MOST SCIENTIFICALLY MANUFACTURED TIRES IN THE WORLD “USERS KNOW” The Diamond Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio TAU it UNA UL The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 946) Such, then, was my condition when Professor Mimsterberg’s entrancing volume brought its hint that Tam nor- mal. tellect rate, of the cases being, incapable of persuad Neither my emotions nor my in- Such, at any is the idea I derive from study are morbidized. I seem to be a sensible myself into a systematized delusion respecting | AUT UUA MU LAAL T my sanity. alway: This suspicion haunts me There are suggestions of hope in the fact that the mad deem them- selves sane. My fear of going sane may be the best possible evidence that T am madder than ever. Unfortun- ately, I tend to wake carly in the morn- ing with a conviction that my reason is tottering on its throne, whereupon, fired by the inspiration, I begin a novel By luncheon time a feeling of perfect sanity leaves me helpless and de- 8 DELIGHTFULLY | Neen INTERESTING ‘ nean, Egypt and D_ A Y S the nee 2 Interesting Itinerary Fine Steamer Select Party Before planning your winter vacation write for booklet W. B. CHANDLER, (1 Crulse Ma Holland America Office, = 39. Broadway, NEW YORK pressed. Some phrase of Proi Minsterberg’s recurs to rob me of al faith in my own insanity. I cannot be crazy. The obsessing idea that 1] am sane is auto-suggestive, to employ the Professor's expression, and deprives me of the self-confidence esse creative work. The pathology o genius morbidizes nothing. make matters worse, ] experience the agony of seeing my fear deemed What is there, after all, in sanity to make me afraid of it? Other men have been as sane as I suspect myself to be, although they have never done any- thing better than the poetry one sees cent magazines. I want to write like Balzac, of whom we read in the new literature of psychiatry t his reflexes were most morbid. It is comforting to know that the great” Tchaikovsky was quite whether he was sane or insane. My Profes- his book, al to unreal, never sure own state is infinitely worse. sor Mimsterberg, through (Continued on page 950) Thousands havewnttenfor my big dollar offer. Have you? Itis the biggest money's worth I know of. This is your opportunity to prove conclusively that MAKAROFF | kis RUSSIAN 3s ce CIGARETS are all that we claim for them, and we claim a lot. Better write today Mail address—95 Milk Street, Boston