Life, 1911-05-25 · page 42 of 42
Life — May 25, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book notices**, not satirical content. The main advertisements include: - **20th Century Limited train** (top): Promotes luxury rail service between New York, Boston, and Chicago, emphasizing the "Water Level Route" where passengers can sleep comfortably. - **Pères Chartreux liqueur** (left): Markets this French digestif as the proper "finale to the festive feast"—a high-end after-dinner drink. - **Egyptian Deities cigarettes** (right): Uses "Utmost" (a pun on Egyptian references) to advertise cork-tipped or plain cigarettes. - **Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead Co.** (bottom right): Sells brass and enamel cribs and bedroom furniture. The page also lists recently published books, mostly from Badger and Houghton Mifflin publishers. **No political satire is present.** This appears to be a standard commercial section of *Life* magazine, targeting affluent readers with luxury goods and literary announcements.
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R Business or Pleasure— or both—the ideal train be- tween the East and West is the 20th Century Limited Lv. New York 4.00 p.m. Lv. Boston 1.30 p.m. Ar. Chicago 8.55 a.m. Lv. Chicago Ar. Boston Ar. New York 9.25 am. Water Level Route You Can Sleep Most Fitting Finale to the Festive Feast renee Brive tetr Setentrteeeer tendo reete oe oe LIQUEUR bres Gharireu -GREEN AND YELLOW— Serve the Daintiest Last At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés, Batjer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N. Yo, Sole Agents for United States. SI detente einen tiptoe = Cedraeeteedrcrearterearstertecte eretertonaneeeresreteraoeeortrsrernarneesarsrret $ ATENTS ‘ie 'terdinen Patent Ofc Records Send sketch for free search, Books Received Orpheus and Other Poems, by Willis Hall Wittum. (RG: Badger, Boston, Mass.) Les Enfants, by Gertrude Litchfield. (R. G, Badger, Boston, Mass. $1.00 net.) Mountain Stote Gleanings, by Igna- tius Brennan. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass. $1.25 net.) Soldiers of the Light, by Helen Gray Cone. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass. $1.00 net.) A Winter Romance in Poppy Land, by Una Nixson Hopkins, (R. G. Bad- ger, Boston, Mass. $1.25.) Wells Brothers, by Andy (Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston, $1.20 ‘net.) The End of a Song, by Jeannette Marks. (Houghton, Miffiin Co., Boston, Mass. $1.15 net.) Yosemite Trails, by J. Smeaton Chase. (Houghton, Mifflin Co. $2.00 net.) Adams. Mass. East and West, Kirkham, 's Sons) How to Live in the Country, ty P Powell. (Outing Publishing Con, Pany. $1.75.) Love and Marriage, by (G. P, Putnam's Sons.) The Earning Power 1911. (Jas. H. Oliphant $2.50.) Glamourie, by Willi son. (Harper & Bros Not of Her Race, t (R. G. Badger, Ellen Key of Roilrosds, & ONY Samuel Jota. net.) ‘ancy K, Fos ter. ‘oston, Mass $1.50.) The House of Unfu! Harlan P. Rowe. (R. ( ton, Mass. $1.00.) The Face of the by Dallss Lore Sharp. Miffin Co, ted Desire, by Badger, Bos Keeping Bacheller. (Harper & Egyptian Deities The Umnost in Cigarettes “Utmost means; that nature and man have fone no further @ Cork Tips or Plain Brass and Enamel Cribs 'N both round and square tubing. Crib Draught Shields of nursery cloth, muslin, sateen or silk. In pink. blue or white, to fit any crib, Also a full line of Brass and Enamel Bedsteads, Bedding and Spreads, Bungalow Beds and Queen Anne Couches for the summer home. Write for set of Photographs No. 5. WHITCOMB METALLIC BEDSTEAD CO. Cor. Madison Ave. and 34th St., New York 1531 Chestaut 8t, Philadelphia, Pa, 78-89 Washington St. Boston, Mass. Ovtain a Patent ana What and prizes offered for inventions vent VICTOR J. EVANS & CO. Patents advertised jashington, D. C. you LVI conten 1kS.com