Life, 1911-04-13 · page 42 of 44
Life — April 13, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with minimal editorial content**. The main satirical element appears in a small cartoon captioned "Hold, Sir Thomas! We are not common tavern brawlers," which depicts two figures in what appears to be a mock-serious confrontation—likely a light joke about genteel behavior versus rowdy conduct, though the specific reference is unclear without more context. The bulk of the page consists of period advertisements: - **Rauch & Lang Electrics**: Promotes electric automobiles (then a practical alternative to gas cars), emphasizing their ability to handle challenging terrain and hills - **Junior Tattoo alarm clock**: A genteel, portable alarm device - **Evans' Ale**: Beer advertisement - **Prof. Burns' auto massager**: A dubious health device promising flesh reduction in 40 days The "Books Received" section lists contemporary literary publications from publishers like John Lane Company and others. The advertisements reflect early 1900s consumer goods and concerns—electric vehicles as modern technology, health/beauty devices, and leisure products.
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The Alarm Clock | THE JUNIOR TATTOO is the alarm clock that gently calls but does not shock. With a cheery sound it grects morning; but it is insistent. not rise and turn the silent switch it will callevery twenty seconds for five minutes. It is small, very small—you can easily carry it in your traveling bag. Price, $1.75 (in Canada, duty extra), Sold by dealers everywhere—but If you cannot eo itin your own town tend the price and your deal as tiny os you want, We will ship prepaid. —C nt Mack or red) traveling case, @3. Junior Tattoo te The Electric Brougham of Exceptional Power Rauch & Lang cars are exceptional in their ability to negotiate sandy roads, deep snow and stcep hills. Wherever~ ¢ conditions are common the Rauch & Lang is the car that lominates. In cities where hills are encountered most often, like Seattle, City and Pittsburg, the Rauch & Lang is the most used tric, Rauch & Lang Electrics may be procured with shaft or enclosed chain drive. Both drives are noiseless, efficient and strong. The Rauch & Lang name stands back of the car, no matter what_method is used for transmission, Exide Battery (standard equipment), “Ironclad"’ Exide, the > new Double-Life Battery, or Edison Batteries can be furnished, COMMON TAVERN BRAWLERS: if desired. Tires—Special Pneumatic or Rauch & Lang Motz “THEN TO-NIGHT AT MIDN1 Cushion. PACES, AND NINE SHOTS EACH. Rauch & Lang cars are the notable cars for style and ap- pointment, as well as for power. There are Rauch & Lang agents in all the principal cities. e Telephone for demonstrations or write direct for catalog to the . a || factory. e Golden Product of the The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company Glorious Hop Fields J. P. Moncas took seven dozen fres Books Received E 2276 W. Twenty-Fifth Street, Cleveland, Ohio ’ vans! eggs when he started to Europe. Prob- | ably going to trade ’em off for one of A Gentleman of the Road, by Horace the old masters.—Memphis Commercial Pleackley. (John Lane Company. $1.50.) Appeal. Aegean Echoes, by Helen Coale Crew. a (R. G. Badger, Loston, Mass. $1.50.) | The Bermondsey Twin, by F. J. Ran- : dall. (John Lane Company.) | LET ME SEND YOU AUTO MASSEUR ON A i | “Noto, sim tHomas! eer A Spirit of Mirth, by Peggy Webling. . 40 DAY FREE TRIAL 325 (E. P. Dutton & $t.2s net.) An enticing and delicious bev Tording? | confident am I that ei ing itil A Sinner é ” Pie springtime pl Daal tis invigora Se conine om [that ely ming A Sinner in Israel, by Pierre Costello. springtime pleasure as unique as it i nr it. When you see your shapeliness speedily returning (John Lane Company. $1.50.) < poy yster f th malt. Uknow you will buy it. Fry it at my expense. Welletoday: The Lion’s Skin, by Rafael Sabatini. tonic of the hop vitalizing forces of ¢ PROF. BURNS neti Sic! RSS (D. Appleton & Co. $1.25.) SWieWANA ere Blas we swvitabed 14] ee hen 762 comicbooks.com