Life, 1911-01-05 · page 6 of 104
Life — January 5, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The dominant feature is an **ALCO automobile advertisement** celebrating the car's two consecutive Vanderbilt Cup victories (1909-1910), won by driver Harry Grant. The ad emphasizes reliability and luxury as selling points. Below is a small cartoon titled "Feminine Logic" mocking women's reasoning, with a joke about eggs and colic—typical period sexist humor. The right column contains **"Each in His Own Tongue,"** a philosophical poem by William Herbert Caruth reflecting on nature and belief, followed by a brief satirical item about Dr. Houghton's vivisection experiments. The **Evans Ale advertisement** occupies the lower right, celebrating 125 years in business.
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LIFE: The Two-Time Winner of the |" Vanderbilt Cup 6 CYLINDER , 60H.P. TOURING CAR. ALCO In both 1909 and 1910 the cup was won by Harry Grant with the same six-cylinder tour- ing model. No other stock car has ever won the Vander- bilt Cup. No other car has ever won it twice. There is safety, confidence, luxury and distinction touring in a car with such a record of absolute reliability and consistence. American. Locomotive Company (4 1886 Broadway, NEWYORK. 2501 Michigen Ave.,CHICAGO. (UCENSEO UNDER SELDEN PATENT) Each in His Own Tongue At the request of several readers I reproduce the following verses by Wil- liam Herbert Caruth. The transcript was forwarded by M. M. W. (Brooklyn, New York).] A fire, a mist, and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jellyfish and a saurian, And a cave where the cave-men dwell Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod, Some cail it Evolution, Others call it God. A mist on the far horizon, The tender, infinite sky, The rich, ripe tint of the cornfields, And the wild geese sailing by; And all over lowland and upland The charm of the goldenrod, Some of us call it Autumn, Others call it God. Like waves on a crescent sea beach When the moon is new and thin, Into our souls great yearnings come, Welling and surging in; Come from that mystic ocean Whose rim no foot hath trod, Some of us call it longing, Others call it God. A picket frozen on duty, A mother starved for her brood, Socrates drinking the hemlock, And Jesus on the rood; And thousands who, humble and name- less, The straight, hard pathway trod, Some call it consecration, And others call it God. —T. P.'s Weekly. Just What Has Happened The commissioners evidently concurred in the opinion of Dr, Houghton, whose evidence was as follows: “I would shrink with horror from accustoming large classes of young men to the sight of animals under vivisection. I believe that many of them would become cruel and hardened, and would go away and repeat these experiments recklessly. Science would gain nothing, and the world would have let loose upon it a set of young devils."—Q, 1888, Minutes of Evidence, Royal Commission on Vivisec- tion, London, 1876, Feminine Logic Hailed as “ The Master of Feminism,” Marcel Prévost endeavors to make good his right to the title by the following bit of philosophy: “Is a woman's hat meant to cover her head? Is a woman's sun- shade meant to shade her from the sun? Are a woman's shoes made for walking? Or her bejeweled watch meant to tell her the time? Why, then, should a woman’s letter be meant to convey her real thoughts! "—drgonaut. “you 100K A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER THIS MORNING. “YES, I WAS WALKING THE FLOOR ALL LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE EGGS MAD THE conte.” 1786 Your Wish Will Come Tru # your New Year's well-wishing lp over a bottle of good “Ean Ale 125 Years Doing Good Cc. H. EVANS & wenn Hudson, N. Y. comicbooks.com