Life, 1911-02-09 · page 36 of 44
Life — February 9, 1911 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements and literary commentary** rather than political cartoons. The main content advertises a serialized story called **"The Chief"** by Alfred Henry Lewis, beginning in *Human Life* magazine. The illustration shows a uniformed police official—likely representing a New York police commissioner or similar authority figure. The advertisement emphasizes that Lewis's story depicts a man's rise "from the gutter" to become leader of Gotham's police force, promising drama involving "power and money" told in first-person narrative. The page also includes literary criticism discussing Ernst Haeckel's religious skepticism and brief reviews of works by Thomas Hardy and Gabriele d'Annunzio. The sidebar content ("The Literary Zoo") critiques arguments about divine revelation and makes satirical points about American modernization versus Spanish religious practices—characteristic of *Life*'s intellectual, somewhat elitist humor. The **Milo cigarette advertisement** and billiards content are standard commercial matter.
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