Life, 1910-12-22 · page 4 of 44
Life — December 22, 1910 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and literary promotion** rather than political satire. The main content announces upcoming January articles in *Scribner's* magazine, including pieces by Henry van Dyke, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Ernest Thompson Seton. The only distinct advertisement is for **Philip Morris Cigarettes** (left), which uses the slogan "The aristocrats of the cigarette world"—a straightforward luxury brand appeal with no satirical intent. Below that is a brief literary column discussing how novels require wealthy protagonists to avoid seeming "wretched," referencing writers like Allen Upward and Anthony Trollope. This is light social commentary on fiction conventions, not political satire. The remaining content is hotel advertising and standard magazine promotion. No significant political cartoons or satirical commentary appear on this page.
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LIFE: Nor will I take the novelist’s mere word for it. The hero I am introduced to must be made to live before me as if he were the newly elected Senator from one of our Western States made over to suit a lady novelist in England. The hero of a novel I take the trouble to read must, therefore, be pro- vided with a valet, or, as the English come in excess of a hundred thousand dollars. The hero of a novel read by me, moreover, should possess culture as the term is understood by Matthew Arnold in his essay on the study of poetry. He must, I mean, apprehend perfectly the difference between Aris- totle as the philosopher of the real and Plato as the philosopher of the ideal, | Philip Morris tcuoos Cigarettes The aristocrats of Jie cigarette wo: world, Greer 25¢ these! 35 ce of ten dinner size In, Fie Ride Plain td Box” The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 1135) his wife ran away from him. The woman who makes a writer wretched makes him great. The single men who have produced a classic can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Show me the book that reveals its author at his worst and I will show you a man who has no domestic difficulties. Consider, for example, “ Lord Alistair’s Rebel- lion,” the new novel by Allen Upward. Marriage must be to Allen Upward one grand, sweet sohg. If he have no wife he is certainly a happy man and, therefore, he should wed. That will enable him to taste such misery as Thackeray, Dickens and blind Milton knew. No writer can be truly great until he has made a foolish marriage. Anthony Trollope missed the attain- ment of a position beside George Meredith, because he had a happy home All the Woman's Fault Provided the hero be very rich, I make no complaint of any sort after taking the trouble and the time to read a new novel from beginning to end. But the hero must be very rich indeed. PRINCESS HOTEL, BERMUDA THE IDEAL WINTER RESORT. Opens December 12, Accommodates 400. Outdoor tife all winter Beautiful drives. saddle riding. tennis. golf yachting. sea bathing. FINE NEW SWIMMING POOL Only two days from New York by fast. luxurious steamers, sailing twice a week. HOWE & TWOROGER, Mgrs., Hamilton, Bermuda say, a “man,” and have a yearly in- (Continued on page 1137) In the January ON THE WAY INDIA By PRICE COLLIER Author of “England and the English from an American Point of View": The first of a new group of articles on The West in the East. While dealing especially with what Eng- land has accomplished in India, these articles dis- cuss with great clearness the new responsibilities that America has assumed in the Orient and the rise and position of Japan among the great world powers. They have the same quali- ties that made the author's former articles so instruct- ive and entertaining—keen observation, trenchant wit, frank criticism, and yet an evident spirit of fairness. Scribner A notably beautiful story, The Sad Shepherd, ty Henry van Dyke Sir Arthur Gonan Doyle’s The Red Stars Acother of his remarkable pictures Through the Mists of the great historic past. Ernest Thompson Seton’s The Land of the Caribou. A record of e- periences among the millions of Caribou that roam the Arctic Prairies. An appreciation of the life and work of Winslow Homer By CHRISTIAN BRINTON, Illustrated with many of the artist's famous paintings. An article of exceptional timeliness and interest: The Cause of Political Corruption By HENRY JONES FORD, Professor of Politics in Prirce- ton University. Experiments in Germany| with Unemployment Insurance. 3, emer RoBeRts. The continuation of F. HOPKINSON SMITH‘S fine story of the old South, Kennedy Square. Other Articles, Stories, etc. $3.00 a year; 25 cents 2 number CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK T (Cc and still kewise petent t¢ with re sorn by would h ideas in of the p front de keeted il sait my im red tooled. maculate expect h ase be: mary’s | ‘ith hin dd not | be wou would r rising ye ay. It that my the fau She is n A New Trite § I must t ing upor shrewd | po sale. rated by shop, cl neh that to say, There tho sore same ti novels that we Tent sto hanger, | might b comicbooks.com