Life, 1911-04-20 · page 8 of 52
Life — April 20, 1911 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The main elements include: 1. **Chiclets chewing gum ad** (top): Claims 2.6 million units sold daily in 1910, marketing peppermint-flavored gum as refined and non-offensive. 2. **"The Dog Star" illustration** (right): A cartoon dog in formal dress, accompanying quotations about dogs from Shakespeare, Fielding, and Johnson—a lighthearted literary comparison. 3. **Travel and product ads**: French sardines, corsets, and Hamburg-American cruise line advertisements to Norway and Spitzbergen. 4. **"What the Immortals Say About the Dog"** (bottom): Classical literary quotes about dogs, presented without satirical intent. The page lacks political cartoons or social satire—it's a typical early-1900s magazine layout mixing modest humor with commercial advertisements.
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DURING I910. 2.623.412 CHICLETS WERE SOLD EACH DAY hiclets | <i = = Strong in flavor, but not offensive. dinner or after-smoking distress. people of refinement, ZX The Dainty Mint Covered Candy Co a0 Chewing Gum ml) <> REALLY DELIGHTFUL S>> % <> SSS: Bas A delicate morsel, refreshing the mouth and throat and allaying after- ‘The refinement of chewing gum for It’s the peppermint —the ¢rve mint. For Sale at all the Better Sort of Stores 5¢ the Ounce and in 5¢,/0¢ and 25¢ Packets SEN-SEN CHICLET COMPANY. ucraorouran tower, new yoax THE LATEST STAND IN THE MARCIE OF PROGRESS French Boneless Sardines IN SANITARY TINS Etablissements Lorientais Lorient, France If your Grocer cannot supply them please send his address to Meyer & Lange, New York, Sole Agents What the Immor'als Say About the Dog (Continued from page 971) “It has been related that dogs drink at the Nile running along, that they may not be seized by the crocodiles.” —Phacdrus, 8 A.D. “Thad rather be a dog, and bay the moon, than such a Roman” —Shakespeare “ Julius Cesar.” “So, wher two dogs are fighting in the With a third dog one of the two dogs meets; With angry teeth he bites him to the bone, SONG F POEMS s3ancueists, ressful—bring Tame Ms cash to thelr writers, And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.” —Henry Fielding. “Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.” —Samuel Johnson, “Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew and dog will have his day.” —Shakespeare, “ Hamlet.” (Concluded on page 773) script, or write for FIR Kuaranteed I€accepted, kus DvoDaLE Co., Desk 21, Washington, D.C. ARTICULARS, | FAMGUS CORSETS Custom made. under Max. Bry supervision. 18 East 45th Street, New Yor 1s selling from and BEYO! ae never had a salesman rougbout the country, eS. BORDEN Co. ry Around théWorld Two cruises on the palatial Twin Screw (1 7,000 tons,) S.S, Cleveland leaving New York, Nov. 1, 1911 and from San Francisco Feb. 17, 1912. Duration 110 days, rates $650 and upward in- cluding all necessary expenses aboard and ashore. Visiting Madeira, Spain, Italy, Egypt (Suez Canal), Ceylon, Straits Settlements, Jay Philippines, China, Japan, Sandwich Isl and Overland American Tor. Write for interesting booklets gicing full information. HAMBURG-AMERICAN Ne 41-45 Broadway New York Bonen Philadelohia —Pituburg—_ Chi ‘St. Lecia ‘Sea Freadcs Sailing from Hamburg during jee July and pac large twin screw s Bluecher, Cincinnati, Kron- prinzessin Cecilie and Meteor. These trips include Norway, Spitzbergen, North Cape, Scotland, Iceland, Orkney and Faroe Isles, and the Northern Seaside Resorts of Europe. Duration 13 to 24 days. Rates $62.50 upwards. Write for fall information. comicbooks.com