Life, 1911-02-16 · page 42 of 44
Life — February 16, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Top Left:** A job recruitment ad from Curtis Publishing Company seeking traveling salesmen to sell *The Saturday Evening Post* and *Ladies' Home Journal* on commission in rural areas—positioned as easy, profitable side-work requiring no investment or canvassing. **Right Side:** A genuine advisory piece from the Connecticut Humane Society on winter horse care (warming bits, providing blankets, careful feeding)—practical guidance reflecting early-20th-century concern for animal welfare. **Bottom:** Book advertisements, including a whimsical illustration labeled "A Falling in Love" (likely unrelated satire), and ads for Hartshorn Shade Rollers and Underwood Typewriters. The page reflects period commerce and genteel concerns rather than political commentary. The only mild humor appears in a small exchange between a bill collector and debtor at bottom right.
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Traveling Salesmen Are wanted to place exclusive contracts with local agents to sell The Saturday Evening Post and The Ladies’ Home Journal, their supplies to be drawn direct from our Home Office. Ours is an exceptional side-line proposi- tion to county roadmen covering country towns. Something new and “different” —a really profitable side-line. There is no expense to you. There is no out- fit to buy and no canvassing to be done. Nothing to carry—at least not more eceasor! =, The state Dept. L.. RADCLIFFE. * rd of th The Horse in Winter The Connecticut Humane Society has issued a circular on the treatment of the horse in winter, which contains many pertinent suggestions, the following among others: Warm the bits a littl: on freezing mornings. Take the chill off the water he drinks. Be careful about exposing him when overheated. Blanket him when he stands in the cold. Have his shoes sharpened when the Streets are slippery. Take no risks of injury to him in skating over asphalt. Attempt no hard pulls up steep or slip- pery inclines. Rub him down when he comes in wet Feed carefully and well during the than a pocketful. A good chance for money-earning for county men winter. 300 Blanket and bed him sufficiently on on a commission basis. Exclusive territory. cold aighin’ Subiebad Life salesmen are now working. Twenty of them aver- —_ age $40.00 a week. Address Box J Y, Circula- tion Department, Catzer: Snip & Co. have employed me to collect that bill you owe them. Owens: You are to be congratulated, sir, on securing a permanent position —Wasp The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Latest Books The Gift of the Grass, by John Trot- wood Moore. (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass.) THE MACHINE YOU The Root of Evil, by Thomas Dixon. (Doubleday, Page & Co.) W LLY Twenty Years at Hull House, by Jane ILL EVENTUA Addams. (Macmillan Company. $2.50.) The Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome, by William Stearns Davis. (Mac- millan Company. $2.00.) Italian Fantasies, by Israel Zangwill. (Macmillan Company. $2.00.) The Poems of Max Ehrmann. (Dodge Publishing Company. $1.50.) A Fool on a Roof, by Jean Wright. A FALLING IN LOVE (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) The Miracle of Right Thought, by Orison Swett Marden. (Thomas Y. Crowell Company. $1.00.) H. A R RN The Lever, by William Dana Orcutt. SHADE | ROLEERS (Harper & Bros. $1.50.) UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER COMPANY Bear the script name of Ashton Kirk, Investigator, by John T. INCORPORATE Si H McIntyre. (Pi Publishi Ce ; ox “igor cleat Piscine 241 BROADWAY,“ NEVIRORI Wood Rollers Tin Rollers comicbooks.com