Life, 1911-05-11 · page 42 of 44
Life — May 11, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews** with no significant political cartoon or satirical content requiring historical context. The main advertisements feature: - **Dean Electric Company**: A car horn that produces two different sound levels via one button - **Grinnell "Rist-Fit" Gloves**: Ventilated sports gloves - **Durham Duplex Razor**: A safety razor - **Hunter Rye whiskey**: An alcohol advertisement - **Rad-Bridge playing cards**: A minor card game advertisement The "Books Received" section lists contemporary 1910s-era novels and non-fiction titles from publishers like Houghton Mifflin and G.P. Putnam's Sons—standard literary fare of the period. There is no discernible political satire, caricature, or commentary requiring historical interpretation. This appears to be a routine commercial page from Life's advertising section.
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Two Horns In One Two Positive Signals, Loud or Mild, with One Push-Button and One Operation It does away with all the cumbrous contraptions, and is operated so simp!y—with the thumb of the free hand—from the button on the steering wheel. So Simple You Can Quickly Install It Yourself Adds beauty to the car. vays effective and never offensive— instant in operation at all times—practically no cost of operation —starts and stops instantly—changes from mild to loud on same pressure —all parts enclosed in handsome brass tubing. For Automobiles or Motor Boats Ask your dealer or write us direct for our free booklets on ** Motoring " or “ Boating.”” 80S TAYLOR ST. The Dean Electric Company ttyaia ono PERFORATING MACHINES Send for circularo! machines that will zemeee cee || ERICAN PERFORATOR COMPANY ‘Chicago THE AM oe ‘703 Fulton Street, ¢ " to! Be by Bingham. om $1.50 net.) Across South America, by Hiram (Houghton Mifflin Co., Bos- n, Mass. $3.50 net.) The Very Little Perse, by Mary (Houghtoa Miflin Co. 4 Heaton Vorse. oston, \ $1.00) Sacred Symbols in Art, by Goldsmith. (G. P Putnam's Sons.) The Training of Children in Religion y George Hodges (D. Appleton & Co izabeth . ANY Grinnell? Books Received “Rist-Fit” Gloves \ Quicksands, by Fannie Heaslip Lee. \ (Sturgis & ‘Walton Company. $1.20 are built especially net.) for golfing, motor- Sonnets of Life. by Jeanie Oliver . . Smith. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass. ing, hunting and $1.00 net.) all outdoor sports. The Man and the Rose, by Alanson Tucker Schumann. (R. G. Badger, Bos- They're soft as kid, fit like aes dress gloves, and always cool ton, Mass. $1.50.) Lyrics from Lotus Lands, by Florence and dry, because Land May. (R. G. Badger, Boston, AIR IS ADMITTED THROUGH Mass. $1 50.) THE VENTILATED BACK Ladies’ Batic, by Molly Elliott Scawell. (The Macmillan Co, $1.00.) ‘The cufis are stiff and classy. fica kept ep in place rs he Passing of the American, by ented “ RIST-FIT.”” M 1c oyee, (TT a Vhi aby eatented ©” RIST-FIT” Monroe Royce, (Thomas Whittaker. {a almost every city. Iyour $1.20 net.) desler haso’t them, write us The World of Dreams, by Havelock pelpedereperp apie Ellis. (Houghton Mifflin Co., Bosjon, a pair os approval. Samples. Mass. $2.00.) of leather and our Landsome A Year in a@ Coal Mine, by Joseph new style book i le book senton request Husband. (Houghton Mifflin Co., Bos- Mass. $1.10 net.) Morrison-Ricker ton, Mfg. Co. France in the American Revolution, by James Breck Perkins. (Houghton 42 B y a Cnienunne: Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass. $2.00 net.) Origtnatorsand Patrons People of Popham, by Mary Wemyss. (Houghton Mifflin Co., Bos- ot Ventilated and it Gloves, ton, Mass. $1.20 net.) For Safe Shaving NO HOEING NO SCRAPING } Needs No Adjusting Atall the better dealers—$5.00 DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO. New Yor HUNTER RYE RIPENED BY AGE THE PERFECTION OF =F PURITY Sold at all first-class cafes and by jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md, Trails of the Pathfinders, vy George Bird Grinnell. (Chas. Seribner’s Sons $1.50 net.) , ‘A Breath of Prairie, by Will Lilli- bridge. (A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicase. Ill. $1.20 net.) Gettysburg, by R. K. Beecham, (A $u7s ; C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, I. THE SULTAN OF TURKEY ‘Then up spake the late Sultan of Turkel. “My late eubjects were fretful and Jurkeys Iai up. the tll II up the ta 5 ef Ul the alr fa toss marker SAVED PLAYING ARDS) amertinent of co! Brides sccemori-n, «Tha wtandant of the Bridge world Dept. L.. RADCLIFFE & CO.. 144 Peart 8. comicbooks.com