Life, 1911-04-20 · page 39 of 52
Life — April 20, 1911 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with minimal editorial content. The main advertisements are: **Corbin Motor Car** (center-right): A full-page advertisement for the 1911 Corbin 30 automobile ($2000), emphasizing reliability and health benefits—the "fresh, open air" and red blood coursing through veins reflect early 20th-century wellness marketing that positioned automobiles as health-promoting devices, not merely transportation. **Smaller ads include:** - W.P. Willis & Co. (luxury fabrics) - James E. Pepper Whisky ("Born With the Republic") - Allen's Foot-Ease (antiseptic powder for tired feet, endorsed by golfers) **Editorial content** is minimal: a republished poem "My Dog" (from 1908) about a deceased pet in metaphysical terms, and James Braid's endorsement of foot powder. The page reflects early 1910s advertising culture, where products were marketed with pseudo-scientific health claims and lifestyle aspirations rather than practical specifications. The automobile ad particularly exemplifies how cars were being repositioned from novelty to necessity.
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W.P.Wittis & C2 New York THPORTSRS Never Wears Out Bere — |! YOU Ought to have a Corbin Car tied Me oro othe } c —So that you may get to and from the home and egclusive Unportey ‘cle . office — night and morning— quicker, cleaner and such as those bearing the J ya better mood, WILLIS ‘Marte —So that the pure, fresh, open air may send P. eo the red blood coursing through your veins Tee keg only of Made Clothing iis? j \ Endland all of which is conducive to good Fe health—a clear brain and the ability to “ do things.” My Dog (Republished, by request, from our issue of September 3, 1908) The curate thinks you have no soul; I know that he has none. But you Dear friend! whose solemn self-control In our four-square, familiar pew, Was pattern to my youth—whose bark Called me in summer dawns to rove— Have you gone down into the dark Uizaised Under Sader Patan Where none is welcome, none may . Misietite 2 ie? tove? . /Here’s the 1911 Corbin 30 I will not think those good brown eyes Five Passenger Touring: Car $2000 Have spent their light of truth so Ae soon ; But in some canine Paradise Your wraith, I know, rebukes the Best for you whether for business or pleasure because moon, of its absolute dependability and adaptability for all kinds of road conditions, Because of the simplicity of operation, ease of control, abundance of power and extremely low cost of up-keep. Equipped with Imported Magneto, Prest-O-Lite Gas Tank, Side and Tail Lamps, Headlights, Batteries, Q. D. Rims and full kit of tools, etc. A postal will bring you our beautifully illustrated catalogue showing all models, including the 40 at $3000 and the 18 at $2750—also name of the near- est dealer where you may see and test the Corbin Car. CORBIN MOTOR VEHICLE CORP'N, NEW BRITAIN, CONN. (Furnished aiso as two seated Roadster) The Standard Whisky And quarters every plain and hill, YS: Ore Secking its master, * * * As for me, No Golfer can do himself justice if his feet hurt hundred and thirty-one years “The Standard ‘ i - Ms 0! a lo hms sti 8 ct te bywhich Ail Other Whisky is Judged"—the whisky This prayer at least the gods fulfill Many thousands are using daily, abroad and in this our forefathers knew and relished. The recognized That when I pass the flood, and sce country, Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder Iwhisky. ‘The whisky for all who appre- be sh ke : h 1 ae All thi + . re than ordinary excellence in liquor. Old Charon by the Stygian coast to be shaken into the shocs. All the prominent ° ae haga ar Golfers at Augusta, Pinehurst and Palm Beach got ames E, Pepper Whis' _Take toll of all the shades who land, much satisfaction from its use this spring, It gives —{— = Your little, faithful, teens thet P ¢ restlulnees and a springy feeling that makes you ay ey May leap to lick my phantom hand. forget you have feet. It prevents soreness, blisters born With the Republic” Outlook, or puffing and gives rest from tired, tender or SPPae Repaid, anywhere Bast of the Rocky Mountains, — swollen feet. enteen ycars before the public, ‘oars ae 7 55 cua Sill over 30,000 testimonials, "Allen's Foot-Ease i sold loney back if pot satisfied. Say t the room with a glance.” everywhere, 25 cents. Don’t accept any substitute. TheJames E. Pepper Distilling Company Be ae . Sample sent FREE, Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Deot. 110, Lexington, Ky. “Humph! A lot of help that was to her . ~*~ mother."—Philadelphia Record, Le Roy, N.Y. 803 comicbooks.com