Life, 1911-05-18 · page 30 of 42
Life — May 18, 1911 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with some short humorous pieces interspersed. The major elements include: **Chiclets Advertisement**: Claims 2.6 million sold daily in 1910, marketing mint-coated chewing gum as refined enough for "best society" — satirizing the pretentious association of mass-market products with upper-class status. **"Drawing the Line"**: A poem about a prospective maid listing her qualifications (scrubbing, cooking, childcare, furnace maintenance) while negotiating wages. The satire appears to critique either the exploitation of domestic servants or their unrealistic expectations—context unclear without full text. **"Abusing Freedom"**: An anecdote about an Englishman newly arrived in America who misunderstands bar pricing, thinking whiskey costs 15 cents everywhere. The satire targets immigrants' naiveté about American commercial practices. The page also contains ads for Cascade whiskey, Binner corsets, and Egyptian Deities cigarettes. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American attitudes toward immigration, class, and consumer culture.
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DURING 1910, 2,623,412 CHICLETS WERE SOLD EACH DAY ‘ Chic- lets are the refinement of chewing gum for people of refinement. Served at swagger lunch- cons, teas, dinners, card par- Che Daint Mint Covered Candp € Chewing Gum ties. The only chewing gum that ever received the unqualified iclets REALLY DELIGHTEUL Coated Chiclety sanction of best society. It’s the peppermint—the ¢rue mint. For Sale at all the Better Sort of Stores 5¢ the Ounce and in 5¢,/0¢ and 25¢ Packets SEN-SEN CHICLET COMPANY ,ucrsoroutan towen.new vou OF thee I sing. State where our fathers fe: State that sets mothers free , because of thee, h lost its sting —Chicago Record-Herald. “ How do you keep fam “Go to church with once in a while and let her drag me to a dance occasionally.” —Detroit Free peace in your wife Press. MELLOW AS MOONLIGHT The best of grain—honest distillation and purifeation—real age. That's wh: Cascade is rich, pure and wholesome. Original bottling bas old gold latel. GEO. A. DICKEL & CO., Distillers Nashville, Tenn. 100 FAMOUS CORSETS vidually, under Max: PERSONAL SUPERVISION. Abusing Freedom Benjamin E. Walsh, the sociol said of immigration in a recent lecture in Reading “T would not restrict immigration. It is true that some i for the first time a free countr, their freedom. that. “We are all apt to abuse unwonted freedom. I know an E jishman who arrival in New York demanded But they soon get over on his a glass of whiskey in a palatial bar. ‘ow, in En: ured out to you in a measure, but in our bar the Englishman, to his astonishment, had the full: bottle He was given for the first time the frecdom of the bottle. “And though a rich man, he abused that freedom. He took an enormous drink, Then he rose and handed the bartender 15 cents, “ “* Hold on, sir,’ the bartender called after “You've change.” and your whiskey is small tin set before him, hin. forgotten your I thought the drink was 15 cents,” said the English: Yes, that is 9p,’ said the bartender, ‘but that is the retail price. Ther reduction when you buy wholesale. Washington Star. Caront Bit and Jellies 's—Unequalled for flavoring sliced Fruits, nple on. receip! ; ‘Oct. C. istache & Co., 78 tof 90 Custom made, Indi- Bixwen's lees Drawing the Line You advertised fer help to-d What kin I do? Well, hin Av’ [kin serub an’ wash an’ dust, An’ wait on table if IT must An’ I kin run a sew’-machine An’ mind yer kids an’ keep‘ I kin be cook er Iady’s maid What wag clean; $s did you say you paid? A character? You'll never find 1 know me place; Yes, lots of “u quarrelsome that’s one thi ma‘am ; An’ I've a temper like a Experience? Twelve An’ work? I don't know how to I'm up at six, to bed at ten, quit! An’ don't go chasin’ any men The furnace? Oh, yes, Missus, sure; An’ polish all the furniture An’ clear the snow, an’ press his clo’es. I'm willin’ fer all work I There! knows. Yours me knees, me hands, mind. Tl come to-night; you're very kind No rats ner b Cups, did you say? That's too much sacrifice fer tra Me beauty Me whole carcer? 1 under: . what you fear Vd rival yo No wages bu: Ruth Ke in Some-one's cyc me looks ufman in Lippincott’s Good-by ! Ina Pineh, use ALLENS FOOT+EASE, Very Like wkins asked Lollerby “You bet he did," laughed Dubbleigh “He hollered and yelled and used strong language to beat creation.” —Harper's Weekly “Did like take his punishment man? Egypt r an Deities “The Utmost in, Cigarettes So distinctive in flavor they are imposs! of imitationy Cork Tins or Plain comicbooks.com