Life, 1911-02-23 · page 42 of 44
Life — February 23, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content includes: **Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires** (center): A large advertisement featuring a woman sitting in a giant tire, promoting the brand's reliability. The copy emphasizes the tire's fourteen-year track record and quality consistency. **"His Troubles"** (lower left): A brief humorous anecdote about a doctor questioning a feverish patient. The joke's punchline—that the patient "can't hold an opinion" on fever days due to physical discomfort—is a mild, gentle joke about illness affecting cognition. **Shipping & Travel Ads**: Additional advertisements for Southern Pacific Steamship (New York to New Orleans) and English automobile tours. **Sexology Book Advertisement** (upper right): Promoting a volume on marital relations. The page reflects early 20th-century magazine advertising practices, mixing commercial content with light humor. There is no significant political commentary or social satire present—it's standard period advertising fare.
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Kelly- soe e e , Springfield Automobile ae oo Knowledge a Yours Woman Knowledge a Young Wife Sta Tires fea All In o1 Sue Mustrated, $2, postpaa The name‘‘Kelly-Springfield” Paritan Pub. fn. a Bldg, Phi has identified the best in tires =— since rubber was first applied to wheels. The automobile called for a different tire, but not for a different standard of quality. You can depend upon the Kelly-S ringheld for your car just as drivers have depend upon it for their carriages during the past fourteen years. Specify Kuily-Springheld Tires on your automobile. They costno more than any first-class tire and are better Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. 20 Vesey Street, New York Branch Offices: New York, Chicago, P Philadelphia, “COME, DEAKIE, BE A GOOD BOY, NOW, Ax2 Boston, St. Louis, Detroit, Cincinnati, MOOK UP MY SHELL BENIND FoR ME” San Francisco, Los Angeles and Akron, Ohio Hs Ti NEW YORK TO NEW ORLEAK The physician had taken his patient's An Ideal Voyage on Southern Seas pulse and temperature, and proceeded to \_ tae BY MACHINIGENT isn00-5ON ask the usual questions. the unfortunate with scientific interest, . that the attacks of fever and the chills ap- Suites, Staterooms, Promenade Decks, Library, Smoking Rooms, Baths, Excellest Ceisst pear on alternate days. Do you think— Rates to New Oricans and points in Texas, Mexico and Pacific Coast oa application. a Send for copy is it your opinion—that they have, so to é a Send for co speak, decreased in violence, if I may use hee ORE HUNDRE HOURS AT SEA L. H, Nutting, G. that word? | . 366 and 1158 or 1 B'way, New York, The patient smiled feebly. ‘ Doc, -| Or any Southern Pacific Agent. said he, “on fever days my head’s so hot I can’t think, and on shake so I can’t hold an opinion. ENGLISH TOURS By AUTOMOBILE)? PRIVATE CARS. GO WHERE YOU PLEASE. Mustrated Booklet Free By Pos. MOTOR TOURING COMPANY, 34 Pembroke Place, - Liverpool, England. comicbooks.com