Life, 1911-02-16 · page 38 of 44
Life — February 16, 1911 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and reader letters**, not political satire or cartoons requiring historical context. The main content includes: 1. **Calox Tooth Powder ad** (left): A straightforward product advertisement emphasizing oxygen's benefits for dental hygiene. No satire present. 2. **"From Our Readers" section**: Two letters debating anti-Catholic sentiment in America. One correspondent defends Catholics as charitable and progressive; another praises Life for publishing anti-Catholic criticism, warning of supposed "Romish" efforts to undermine American institutions. This reflects genuine early-20th-century religious tensions and nativist concerns about Catholic influence—not satire, but actual reader commentary on divisive social issues. 3. **Travel Information and Burpee Seeds ads** (right/bottom): Standard commercial advertisements. The page lacks cartoons or satirical content that would require historical explanation. It's primarily a vehicle for period advertisements and reader correspondence reflecting authentic contemporary anxieties.
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SIEGEAEE: It is the Oxygen which makes Calox different from and superior to all other dentifrices, It is the oxygen which will keep your teeth from decay, your mouth fresh and and your breath pure. Keep your teeth from decay and your gums and mouth in good condition by using Calox. Try it before you buy. Sampleand Booklet free on request. All Druggists 25c Ash for the Catex Tooth Brush, 3c. McKESSON & ROBBINS NEW YORK From Our Readers (Continued from page 369) sat down to a dinner as well prepared and served, and with a menu as elab- orate as that provided in most of the homes of our fair land; our turkey was as fat and juicy, our pudding as full of plums, and our sauce as full of —well, Christmas spirit, anyhow. You still have our good will, Lire, and our best wishes for a prosperous year, and we may go even so far as to send you an occasional issue of our publication, if you will but persuade your artist to show in his future work a bit more consideration for the men who wear Uncle Sam’s blue-jackets. Sincerely yours, Tue Optimist. January 1, 191. Tf Lire made a mistake in this case he regrets it, and makes apology. The old sailor was introduced in that car- toon as one who was out of sight and likely to be forgotten. We are more than glad to learn that the American sailor is so well remembered.—Eprtors or Lire, Two Letters My Dear Lire: I admire your principles, I preserve your jokes, but honestly, dear paper, some of your correspondents are the Devil. The brilliant propagandist who is busy collecting a large scrapbook of anti-Catholic information may or may not be a religious hero, but in eith case he is surely wasting his time. With your own attitude toward the question I confess that I have a cer- tain superficial sympathy, because you have chiefly attacked the reverse side of the medal, on the Continent and elsewhere.. But every one, save the in- evitable bigot, accepts the fact that the Catholic communion in this country is an organ of charity and moral strength; our single American Car- dinal is a Christian gentleman and a man of progress, and their churches seattered everywhere throughout the city slums shed often the only beauty and color on the lives of the very poor, who otherwise would be destitute of both. I myself am not a Catholic, but I have had certain opportunities of studying them, and I know that your correspondent’s observations are as unjust as they are use! and absurd. In a paper like your own, therefore, which has stood for tolerance and good sense, they are, I think, distinct- ly out of place. With best wishes, believe me, Very truly yours, Curnpert Wricut. Camprivce, Mass. Eprtor oF Lire: Dear Sir—I am extremely pleased to sce the letter entitled “ Not a Cath- olic” in your Snowball Number. Knowing the utter indifference of the average, ought-to-be-patriotic Ameri- can to the Roman clericalism, which is unceasingly at work to undermine all the free institutions which are the glory of this country, and knowing the muzzled condition of the majority of our periodicals, it is, indeed, cheering to find you keenly awake to the sit- uation. I also feel satisfied as to the un- truth of a rumor which I had heard about you, to the effect that Romish resources were negotiating with a view to purchase you outright. That would TRAVEL Information It is always a pleasure to furnish our subscribers and their friends full and accurate information con- cerning Steamship and Railway Travel through- out America and on the Continent. Not only can we give you instructions Where to Go How to Go Where to Stop but we can tell you where to secure tickets in an} direction and over al transportation lines Throughout the World Remember that the TOURIST MAGAZINE with its vast fund of information and resources is at the service of its readers and their friends. Address: Editor TOURIST MAGAZINE Issued each month by the J.P. McCann Publuhing Company 47 West Mth Street, NEW YORK is sufMfcient for the front of a surely be an end of Lire, as is Lire, for what the Romish church cannot control it absorbs. In closing, permit me to suggest as a site for the Academy of Design the block now occupied by St. Patrick's cathedral. This was very generously given to the church by the city a num- ber of years ago, Long enough to demonstrate that the cathedral has been no especial benefit to the city dur- ing that time. Now let the city fe claim its property, with its good, but Burpee, Phila delphia, post card. If you will write your own address plainly on the other side we shall be pleased to send Tue Lxapivo AurarcaN Seep Catatoo, An clegant book of 174 pages, {t tells the plain truth, and should be read by all who would have the best garden possible and who Bur ‘pee-Qual. ity are willing to pay a fair price for seeds of the second-hand buildings, and donate the ground and buildings to the homeless, but honest, academy. (Continued on page 371) comicbooks.com