Life, 1910-12-08 · page 37 of 44
Life — December 8, 1910 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page combines advertisements with readers' letters addressing contemporary social issues. **The "Threat" Letter**: A woman writes to *Life* magazine demanding they stop ridiculing women's suffrage. She cites women's concrete civic achievements—specifically their work securing a $200,000 parks bond in Grand Rapids—as proof of their competence. The letter's tone ("Yours not very cordially") is pointedly sarcastic; she threatens to organize women to cancel *Life* subscriptions in Michigan if the magazine doesn't change its editorial stance. This reflects the actual political pressure suffragists applied to media outlets in 1910. **The Americana Letter**: A reader protests a court verdict in an unstated "Rosenheimer case," noting that Jewish immigrants now dominate American theater and music. The letter appears to be about discrimination or antisemitism in legal proceedings, though details are unclear from this excerpt alone. Both letters reveal *Life*'s satirical reputation and its readers' expectation that the magazine would engage with pressing social debates of the era.
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Make somebody happy with a KODAK. Christmas, 1910. Catalog free at the dealers or by matt, EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N, Y., The Kodak City. A Threat! My Dear Lire: Do take another tack and don’t be such a back number on the Woman Suffrage subject. The women do al- together too much good work to be ridiculed, and only day before yester- day many acknowledge it was their work which passed the bonding prop- osition for $200,000 for parks and playgrounds for Grand Rapids. Thousands havewnittenfor my big dollar offer. Have you? Itis the biggest money's worth I know of. This is your opportunity to prove conclusively that MAKAROFF ki. RUSSIAN Qaner CIGARETS areall that we claim for them, and we claim a lot. Better write today. Pratiarofpy- Goer Mail address—95 Milk Street, Boston REMIER DPeatexn Gar of ' Quality It is a significant fact that 84% of those who have purchased Premier motor cars in the last four years are still driving Premier cars. Moreover, 75% of those who have purchased these Premier cars in the past three years are still driv- ing their original cars. Premier Motor Mfg. Licensed under Selden Patent New York, Oct. 7, 1910 Dear Sirs: 1 bought a Premier 4-cytinder, 40 H. P. car last June, and have driven it 6600 mites. As I have found this car sturdy, powerful. dependable, flexible and easy to control, and as my total repair bil! up to date has been 40c., Thave decided that ! could do no better than to use this same cur on my transcontinental exvedition. 1 consider you are distinctly deserving of this compli~ ment, as from the proven merits of the car [have the greatest confidence that it is the proper car for this undertaking. Yours very truly, (Signed) A, L. WESTGARD, Chairman Committee on Tours, Touring Club of America © ‘Company, Indianapolis Send to Dept. A for 1911 Literature You know tax-paying women of Michigan may vote on all these meas- s, and pretty soon all of the women will vote on all matters, the same as men. Besides, Lire is not indispensable, you know, and we may get busy with your subscription list here in Michi- gan. Yours not very cordially, Mrs. Huntiey Russen. Granp Rapips, Mici.s Nov. 10, 1910. 1081 Americana To tHe Eortor or Lire: As an American, among whose an- cestors were Colonial founders, sign- ers of the Declaration of Independ- ence, and officers of the Revolutionary and Civil wars, I should like to protest against the verdict in the Rosen- heimer case. I recognize that the offspring of the Jewish peasantry of Europe own our temples of drama and music, most (Concluded on page 1083)