Life, 1911-01-05 · page 76 of 104
Life — January 5, 1911 — page 76: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The content includes: **Main Features:** - A poem "To an Automobile" lamenting the loss of horse-and-buggy travel in favor of motorized vehicles—expressing nostalgia for a slower, simpler era - Brief humorous anecdotes mocking modern life: a precocious child refusing to confess sins to God (fearing heaven gossip), and a journalist's complaint about police arresting innocent bystanders instead of catching murderers - A joke about courtship where a suitor claims he'll "run as an insurgent" after being rejected **Advertisements:** - Atlantic Coast Line Railway promoting Florida travel - Cortes Cigars and Underberg Bitters (medicinal tonics) - Princess Hotel, Bermuda **Historical Context:** The automobile humor reflects genuine anxiety circa 1900-1920s about rapid technological change displacing traditional ways of life. The "insurgent" courtship joke likely references the Progressive Era's political insurgency movements. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns about modernization's pace.
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OF GRAINS — IGARS “MADE. AT KEY WEST— FOR MEN To an Automobile (With Apologies) BY GRACE DUFFIELD Goopwin I have a humble longing that has never been confessed, A longing I have s in my breas 1 want to take a ride once more, when days are hot and muggy, Behind a little jogging horse in some old shabby buggy. en in vain to bury CUBA— AUGUSTA—SOUTH | VIA Atlantic Coast Line Loft am hed along ibe reed fn sme The Standard Railway of the South. hy 2 f one’s fine machine At such a I Four Pullman Trains Daily Mt suc apace (L$ field from a green. Leaving New York, from New Penn. R. R. Terminal, ab wt pea 101 A.M. 1-26 P.M, 3.38 PoM. 9.30 PM. L want to amble on at pe what they say, “Florida & West Indian Limited” And watch with joy an ancient horse “New York & Florida Special” \ racueevarer eae ~ Palmetto Limited” flick ancient flies away. “Coast Line Florida Mall” not tell a brown WASHINGT: 1419 New York ‘Ave. N.We . unheeding I never see a landscape now that is not scudding by In gales of wind and clouds of dust be- fore my goggled The pensive cows are galloping. the hens are squawking past; “ did you tell God all about how naughty If anything scems peaceful I know it you'd been?” will not last. Superior Roadway, Equipment and Service to Augusta, Summerville, Thomasville and Florida Resorts. During the Revolution “Do you think Paul Revere will get through in time, Sam?” asked John Han- cock, anxiously, as he and Samuel Adams peered out into the dark from their hid- ing-place. “He will if that old spark-plug o” his ain't foundered,” returned Adams. —Harper’s Weekly. Afraid of Publicity The seven-year-old daughter of a prominent suburban resident is, the neighbors say, a precocious youngster; at all events, she knows the ways of the world, Her mother had occasion to punish her one day last week for a particularly mis- chievous prank, and after she had talked it over very solemnly sent the little girl up to her room. An hour later the mother went up- stairs. The child was sitting compla- cently on the window seat, looking out at the other children. “Well, little girl,” the mother began, The youngster shook her head, em- phatically. “Guess I didn’t,” she gur- gled; “why, it'd be all over heaven in no time.”"—Philedelphia Times. Caront Bitters—Unexcetled with Lemonade, Soda, Sherry and Whiskey.” Indispensable for ‘Oct. C. Blache & Co., 78 Broad St., N. Y..Gen'l Disers. Prompt Action Journatist: There was a shocking murder last night. Have you arrested the murderer? Poticeman: No, sir; but we have locked up twenty people who saw the crime committed —. Magazine. in fect cocktail. I have no great ambitions and J don't desire to shine As a heroine of accidents in the automo- bile line; This my plebeian longing, without quib- ble or remorse— I want that shabby buggy and I want that ancient horse! —Good Housekeeping. Modern Method “Tam a candidate for your hand.” “ But my parents have indorsed anoth- er young man.” All right; I'l run as an insurgent -—Houston Chronicie, SHOULD BE IN YOUR HOME! Do you know UNDERBERG Boonekamp BITTERS? If not, buy a bottle to-day !—for it means much toward the health of the whole family, For the hard-working business man and the tired housewife it is the one absolutely beneficial ‘stimulant giving permanently good results. Braces the whole system: relieves fatigue: gives an appetite for every meal and bantshes indigestion. Delicious in sherry and mixed drinks. Be sure it's the GENUINE UNDERBERG BITTE! ver 7,000,000 bottles imported PRINCESS HOTEL, BERMUDA Se THE IDEAL WINTER RESORT. Enjoyable as a Cocktail and Better for You Ovens December 12, Accommodates 40, Outdoor ill FMI 2 22 ENDERDENCE BiGoe SOR NCEE SAT all winter, Feaatifal ant: SbsGle riding, tena ne Mt, feading Wite Merchants and Grocers everywhere. achting, sea bathing. FINE NE NG P } * Inderberg, Albree cinders a "Only two de from New York by fast.uxurloussteamers, TIES BROTHERS, Sole Acts. 204 William St New ee ailing twic LUYTIES BROTHERS, Sole Agts.,204 Wil jam St.,New York HOWE & TWOROGER, Mgrs.,Hamilton, Bermuda comicbooks.com