Life, 1910-12-01 · page 93 of 108
Life — December 1, 1910 — page 93: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine is primarily **advertising content**, not satire or political cartoons requiring historical interpretation. The main feature is a large **Columbia Phonograph advertisement** promoting gramophones and records. The ad uses the slogan "Obey this impulse, too!" to encourage purchasing Columbia products, emphasizing their superior sound quality and affordability (records at 65 cents, machines from $17.50–$250). Supporting advertisements include: - **Washburne's Patent Paper Fasteners** (75 million sold) - **Cheney silk scarves** (50 cents) - **Cheney Brothers neckwear** The page also contains a fictional narrative titled "If Thackeray, et al, Came to New York," imagining famous 18th-century British literary figures (Thackeray, Garrick, Johnson, Goldsmith, Sheridan) attempting to find work in modern New York. The piece gently satirizes how quickly creative figures become forgotten or irrelevant, and how bureaucratic modern employment differs from historical patronage systems. No political agenda is evident; this is primarily a commercial publication page.
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asure whose s with fen or BRIGHTEN UP Bexiecenase oe, Qe bs thing WASHBURNE'S. PATENT. PAPER FASTENERS} 75,000,000 SOLD the past YEAR shoul vou Id their vary Mark WED ea “taken off 2 Crim ees seth age Con eo rant bras bones f 100 faucners each, HANDSOME COMPACT STRONG No Slipping, NEVER: Allastioners, Send 10¢ for sample box of $0, assorted. Bazzated bookiet free. Liberal discount to the trade. The 0. K. Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y., U.S. A. woin If Thackeray, et al, Came to New York (Concluded from page 1027) “Hum. You're looking for a job as an artist?" queried the Sunday editor. The old gentleman produced a huge ar-trumpet and through it the Sunday editor again shouted the question. “Why, yes; that is the object of my call. 1 can refer you to Mr. Garrick, Mr. Burke, Dr. Johnson, Mr. Boswell. Mr. Goldsmith and Mr. Sheridan, all of whom have been my sitters.”” “T don’t recall any of the names, but there’s. nothing doing in the portrait line. However, if you'll go to Room s14 and ask for the head of the art de- partment he may give you a job draw- ing borders. Sir Joshua did not go out by the door but faded into thin air. The Sunday editor roused up with a start. “Well, well, I've been dozing,’’ he thought Then he got busy. A touch on one of the rows of buttons at his desk brought jounding into the room a breezy young woman in trottoir skirt and common- sense shoes. “Miss Barefacts, have you got a hot Every morning when you open your bureau drawer you'll find it rd to decide which Cheney scarf to wear for the day—each scarf so beautiful, it sues for your favor. CHENEY ‘ave seta new standard in fifty cent neckwear. These scarfs are not lined—they hold their pe—slip easily—tie in_a shapely knot to suit | fashionable collars. Tubular and reversible. inside the Look for CHENE oir’ neckband the name Atal dealers—or by mail (state colors) 50c. Ask to sec the new Bengalines and Scotch Plaids. CHENEY BROTHERS, Silk Manufacturers, South Manchester, Conn. ttt AMAMANANENU AAR + yy \) \\ i LL the music of all the world is at the command of the owner of a Columbia, It is the one perfect, complete musical in- strument, the one ideal home entertainer, the one ideal gift for allthe household for all the year around. If you are not familiar with the extraordinary improve- ments developed in the Columbia laboratories within the last few months, you cannot possibly know what a wonderful musical instrument the Columbia is. Columbia Graphophones from $17.50 to $150. Columbia Grafonolas (hornless) at $250, $225, $200, $150, $100 and $50. Columbia Double-Disc Records _at 65c.. Music on both sides! A different selection on each side! And both at only a few cents above the price of one! They may be played on any disc ma- chine, and they give you double value for your money, plain as daylight. Each Columbia Double- Dise Record is enclosed in an envelope which carries. a_printed guarantee of its quality. You are assured of as perfect a record on each side a8 you ever bought before, under any name, at any price : perfect in surface, perfect in tone, and extraor- dinary in durability, for the Columbia Double-Dise Record will unfailingly outwear any other disc record. Columbia Phonograph Company General BOX 270, TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK. Dealers everywhere. Creators of the Tatking-Machine Industry. Ploncers and Leaders ta the Talking-Machine Art. Owners of the Fundamental Patents. Largest Manufacturers of Talking Machines in the World. ee avi Mn | i a long knife into the ing victim. YOU admiringly one hundred and twenty point caps, and one for this week?’ asked her chief, body of his writh- “You bet I have, right off the plat- ter,"’ returned the breezy one. “New bs correspondence gag: ‘Girls, Tell Us About Your First Proposal and Win a Five Dollar Prize.’ then in more modest type, “*‘ Every M. “Sounds all right; get busy on it,’” Iz at Heart, Says Famous Alienist. returned the chief. The Sunday editor laid the proof The proof-boy stole in and laid a wet e smile of satisfaction. proof on the desk. Under glaring head- to the breezy one, “T lines a demoniacal crouching figure w the countenance of a fiend was bury ARE A MURDERER!'"' read the Sunday editor in 1029 uMQaQauannenaQaasnnnnnnsnnneUUsnnnnnanurUEneesneansnnneanenesnnnnawmnesananannnnnneneseaneyeansyeannnnsmsaannanesd ann enaaneys NTN aa NUE YAN IANAD AAA ALAN ANNAN AAA NRANENAUAUEANE ) RL \, \ Naa \ |