Life, 1910-12-01 · page 19 of 108
Life — December 1, 1910 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes literary commentary with period advertising. The main editorial content discusses literary topics: "The Literary Zoo" critiques how the eleventh edition of an encyclopedia will handle subjects like Love and Radioactivity, assigning them to famous experts. "A Mutual Disappointment" debates whether educated people need faith in God. "Weeping Over Books" discusses writer George Moore's emotional response to literature. The right half is dominated by a **Thermos bottle advertisement**, positioning vacuum bottles as the "pre-eminently wanted" Christmas gift for all family members—from infants to elderly—claiming universal necessity for keeping beverages hot or cold. Sidebar advertisements for investment securities and a Sterling Debenture Corporation round out the page. No political cartoons or caricatures appear here; this is primarily a magazine article page with substantial advertising, typical of Life's satirical-literary focus during this era.
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The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 954) promote the sale of the cleventh edi- tion throughout a vast constituency. The article on “ Radioactivity” will inevitably be from the pen of the st living authority on that spe- cialty, and, naturally, the article on Love will be over the signature of some ornament of the Hearst papers. Or will the topic be distributed among several experts—say, Professor Hugo Mansterberg on the psychology of Love, Professor Joseph Jastrow on the subconsciousness of Love, and Professor Harry Thurston Peck on the art of Love? Certainly, the omis- . sion of the subject altogether must Is pre-eminently the wanted and seem anomalous, especially when one most distinctive Christmas Gift: notes how elaborately previous edi- al ~ > ‘ i ; . ¢ giver is assured of conferring supreme pleasure on tions deal with the kindred topics of husband, mother, father, grandma, grandpa, aunt Marriage, Divorce and Breach of , Oe Laan soe aniiee te pines riend or sweetbeart— Promise. | ‘Thermos unites summer and winter, as it keeps | any Haute or solid hot without fire and cold without ice A Mutual Disappointment unl wanted for use. . . ‘Thermos Is necessary to every member of the fam- What the educated class want, if : uy from infancy to ol ages ts necessary in the home . nursery, kitchen and sick-room; Is necessar} we correctly understand Dean George y from home, at work or play, for the Dlutocrat Hodges of the Episcopal Theological | re tre working nan, tothe housenife nnd ya School at Cambridge in his “ Presenta- to everybody. ampere tion of Religion to Educated Men” is Thermos bottlon, tea and coffee, pots, decanters, 5 i ee jars, humidors (for preserving the moisture, th a God in whom they can have faith. favor of the deal and the original aroma of clears, n s 3 é - tobacco, ete.), motor restaurants, cellarettes, What God wants may be an educated as luncheon sets, English made travelling eases, wicker class in which He can have faith—the oe baskets, drinking cups, etc., in complete assortment. very thing, we believe, that President ‘Thermos Is so necessary to you that we havo pre- i} pared a 34-page booklet, full of interesting Thermos Lowell of Harvard wants. | Rice, which describes every Thermos article herewith illuse Sina trated, free on request. Weeping Over Books - mre ‘Thermos Is sold throughout the world by all good rs stores, but please be cautlous—there are worth- With reference to a powerful work \ less imitations. Look for the name “Thermos”; . it’s on every Thermos article. that lately came under his eye, George v ; i American Thermos Bottle Company = ‘Thermos Building, New York INVESTMENT SECURITIES new Qvork Cc Bank and Trust || and High-Class Co. Stocks Industrials Complete facilities || @] Wespecialize stocks q frre Q yrs take tale ef Stocks in Banks tod Trust Companies leeated seywhere d | | enterprises of a broad and substantial char- . - a | acter. Our customers Moore observes that he wept over it the pair meet officially in the United States. Our current Lists present bcp opportunities may invest ia moderate as he has not wept over any volume In Latin countries, too, the men weep amounts ‘end. pay in for a very long time. There is a upon occasion. I have read that Bazin convenient installments, A * 5 . fcc investment in new || ‘The largest investment world of psychology in this revelation wept when they told him he had been banks in growing towns || business of thischaracter of George Moore's capacity to weep elected to the French Academy. Zola fd doremeprenres | ints eeld— over foray over his literature. How many men wept for Dreyfus. Anatole France, it paying ban! we theusand discrimi in thi . , > ‘i , We quote lowest prices, l| nating customers, in this country can cry as they read? seems, weeps frequently. I forget All emotional forms of expression why. Of course, these illustrious men Tre ao fee “No, 110" set seem denied us. Nothing could seem of letters do not bawl or make ridicu- om current fst. = more grotesque than the sight of two lous spectacles of themselves. They STERLING DEBENTURE CORPORATION American men embracing as they shed no such tears as cause the cheek ae BRUNSWICK BUILDING meet at a railway station, although in to flame like a boiled lobster. The N SQUARE. oe NEW YORK France the President of the Republic thing is done emotionally. In what- embraces the King of Italy whenever = (Continued on page 956) 985