Life, 1911-05-25 · page 38 of 42
Life — May 25, 1911 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and literary content** rather than political satire. However, it contains three brief humorous anecdotes: 1. **"Had the Habit"**: A joke about an American businessman shipwrecked for two years who accumulates 3 million clam shells—satirizing wealthy industrialists' obsessive accumulation of valuables, even in primitive circumstances. 2. **"College Days"**: A man avoids discussing his college because it "didn't have a very good baseball team"—poking fun at American college culture's emphasis on athletics over academics. 3. **"Agrees with Plato"**: A farmer claims Plato expressed thoughts he already had, humorously suggesting that timeless philosophical truths are simply common sense. The page also advertises J&J Slater shoes, state maps with census data, and promotes Will Irwin's serialized journalism series in *Collier's* magazine. The illustration shows a figure in the "Sanctum" (newspaper office), referencing contemporary newspaper culture.
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ARSE The J. & J. Slater Shoe is purchased not only for its indi- vidual appearance but also for its wear and comfort. Special Designs for Special Gowns The pliable material used in our new golf shoes recommends itself to all men for the summer months, Our MAIL ORDER SERVICE enables those who live outside of New York to purchase the famous J.& J. Slater shoes ‘ith as little trouble as if buying in their home cily. New illustrated price listA Package of Shoes" and book Of instructions with measurement blank mailed on request. Broadway, J. &J. Slater at 25th Street For 50 years New York's most fashionable bootmakers Agrees with Plato “The author of genius,” said William Dean Howells, Socialist and author, at a dinner in New York, “expresses the thoughts of his time. He speaks out those things that his generation has all along been thinking—but thinking silent- ly and, perhaps, a little mistily. An author of transcendental genius speaks the thought of all time. For ex- ample, one summer at Sunapee I loaned a volume of Plato to a lean, shrewd farmer, When the volume was re- turned, I said: “* Well, how did you like Plato?’ “*Fust rate,’ the farmer answered. ‘I see he’s got some of my ideas.’ —New York Observer. THE BISHOP OF YORK ‘Then up spake the Bishop of York, “The question admits of no tork, With ‘Rad-Bridge’ we're playing, It goes without saying, Had the Habit “Did you read about that American magnate who was shipwrecked in the South Pacific and spent two years among savages?” “No; what happened to him?” “When he was rescued, he had ac- cumulated 3,000,000 clam shells.” —St. Louis Times. “How is it I never hear you say a word about your old college days?” “The college I went to didn’t have a very good baseball team.” —Washington Herald. STATE Maps WITH 1910 CENSUS and details about postal and ehlpping tac! villages and hamlets, together with hotel eee, al maps aro printed in eight colors, show all {tem and steam railroads, steamboat lines, Any State, in pocket form, 15 stationers’ and newsdea! by the pablis! c. S. HAMMOND Der week and up, Send Ge stamps for mer Homes, No.9, 386 Broadway New York" We have given you the history of journalism, and its philosophy. Frog now on we get down to a more intimate treatment of the subject stories, specific conditions, abuses, all vibrant with a real interest to eve man or woman who reads a newspaper. “The American Newspaper,” by Will Irwin —in Collier’s, The National Week] May 27—The Advertising Influence June 3—The Unhealthy Alliance Juner7—Our Kind of People July 1—The Foe from Withi July 8—The New Era July 22—The Voice of a Generation “The Presence in the Sanctum,” from the issue of May 27th “Of cor operated | a sear.” “That's “Leave a will prev ng al Ve She w death of | ‘omicbooks.com