Life, 1911-03-02 · page 46 of 52
Life — March 2, 1911 — page 46: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three major advertisements: 1. **Welch's Grape Juice** (left): Details the production process emphasizing cleanliness and quality control—a marketing appeal to early 20th-century consumers concerned about food safety and purity. 2. **Calox Tooth Powder** (top right): Advertises a teeth-whitening product using hydrogen peroxide, endorsed by dentists. 3. **Motor Boating Magazine** (center/right): A subscription offer with a price increase announcement, offering free premiums to encourage advance subscriptions. The small **cartoon anecdote** (top center) is a humorous British joke from *Tit-Bits* magazine about an elderly gentleman's unflappable logic when asked to help someone being attacked—he reasons that if the victim is small and outnumbered three-to-one, the attackers don't need his assistance. It's gentle humor, not satire. The page reflects period concerns: food safety, dental hygiene, and recreational boating culture.
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SELECTED—wWe pay a bonus over the regular price in October, the month of the grape har- vest. Thus we secure fresh-picked, the very choicest of the very best Concord Brapes in the Chautauqua b the finest in the world, The grapes come to us a few hours after being guthered—fresh from the vines. WASHED—Tte selected and inspected grapes are then washed in clean, pure water, which ir constantly renewed. RINSED—On leaving the washing tank the grapes ave cinsed by jets of clear water, 80 that no possible chance remains for them not to be periectly clean. Welch's Ch tional Drink Grape Juice f} STEMMED —vo human hand toaches the grapes after dnzy go into th washing and rinsing process, They are ruechanically conveyed to the stemmet, which automatic~ ally removes the stems, }, FRESSED—the erspes travel in an aluminem pipe line to the presses, where the Julce Is squeezed out under gary pressure. Pas TEURIZED—s rapidty as the jatce ts pressed, coareyed throwgh aluminum tubes to the i ere itis scientifically pasteurized. This !eaves the lite in the Juice and maker preservatives SEALED—tmmediately after being sterilized the pure Juice Is heracticclly sealed in gicss, and it will Reep IndeGnitely. It is a8 fresh when you get it as It was when it el the grape. Thereare forty yearv of muceesatulerpertence in the above condensed Wty oe WHILIS trape luce Ie frost popmia! aad snort dellcioos naturel drink you can Yoa abould zeep a caso at home all the time. Our 7 let of reolpes tells of many dainty desserts and delightful drinks you can make of 1t send foe this booklet at once. ur grocer or druggist will supply you with WELCH'S ityousserorit. tit mall J0c, Trial caso of 12 pinta 11 6-07, botte ty ee exprem prepaid eas? of Omal THE WELCH GRAPE JUICE CO. Westfield, N. Y. “THAT MUST BE THE DESERT OF SAHARA.” Aw elderly gentleman was strolling in the East End when a woman rushed up to him. “Oh, sir, will you please come at once? There’s three brutes of men jumping on a poor organ-grinder.” “Ts he a big organ-grinder?” queried the old gentleman, calmly. “No, no, sir; quite a little man. Ob, come at once, of it will be too late!” “T don't see why I should interfere,” replied the old gentleman. “If he's a small man, the three men don't need any help.”"—Tit-Bits. Mixed with water Calox forms peroxide of hvirogen, the only known substance that will whiten the teeth without injury, Deatiote advise Its ses jelans preseribe It, All Druggists, 25" Gents. Sample and Booslet free on request, McKESSON & ROBBINS - NEW YORK ‘Ash for the Calox Tooth Brush 38, MoToR On May Ist, the subscription price of MOTOR BOATING advances from $1.00 to $3.00 per year. You can save $2.00 by subscribing or renewing your subscription to-day. You can save $4.00, $6.00, or $10.00 by extending your subscription two, three or five years in advance—but to be accepted, all sub- scriptions at this $1.00 rate must be in our hands before May Ist. This advance is in furtherance of the publishers’ « plan to increase the size and scope of the magazine. The addition of new features and departments will make MOTOR BOATING in its field measure up to No. 1 Four Water Masterpieces of the most popular motor boating subjects cf the day. “The Race,” “SpeedandSpray,” “TheTroller,” “A Close Finish,” are the titles of these splendid, alive-with-vigor water scenes. And they're big, too—I6 inches long by 10 inches wide. Their beauty in design, execution and artistic merit will be a constant delight to you. All four are offered you—free. ome do this: BoaATING Save $2.00 by subscribing to-day the pre-eminent standard o MOTOR in the autemo- bile world. MOTOR BOATING will be, above all, the mzg- azine that helps. It will be delightfully interesting, splendidly illustrated and printed on the costliest cf pxper—but these features are merely incidental to I, helpful message it will bring month ty such departments as “New things for the motor boatman,” “New motor boat designs,” Questions and answers,” etc., etc. MOTOR BOATING will tower head and shoulders over all competitors. No matter what yous interest n motor boats is, you cannot afford to be w*hout it. Two Free Premiums If You Subscribe To-day No. 2 “From Novice to Pilot,” in- cluding a complete exposition of “How to Run a Motor Boa! This simple, accurate exposition of the motor boat is by Walter S. Goldie, perhaps the greatest authority on this subject alive to-day. Strongly bound, printed from new and perfect plates, this masterly book is full of helpful hints and practical, usable sug- gestions. The work— complete —is offered you free. ar No. 1 plus the Magazine itself plus Premium No. 2 Y To secure the famous treatise ‘* From Novice to Pilot,” absolutely free, and with it the four beautifu ‘motor boat meets jieces —also free—-fill in the coupon opposite, enclosing only a dollar bill, and ail to-day—at our risk. You will at once receive MOTOR BOATING itself for a mil year and with it the (wo premiums absclutely free. Fillin the coupon now. TO ADVERTISERS: MaTOR BOATIXG is zoing forward in circulation and advertising faster ‘an | ‘ang other magazine ta this field. The reason is t all that other power boat magazines do, and in ai vrrtising is a good thing, and back up our belief with our money. mma pees ered - % nea fel pen’ s ptentesion aN tor boating, ta addrlea to tee other two NX MoToR BOATING 381 Fourth Ave., = NEW YORK CITY comicbooks.com