Life, 1911-06-01 · page 3 of 52
Life — June 1, 1911 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and commercial content** rather than political satire. The main advertisement features the **Peerless Motor Car Company** (Cleveland, Ohio), showcasing their 1912 automobile models with prices ranging from $4,300 to $6,000. The ad emphasizes quality over cost, claiming their cars deliver "silence," "peerless comfort," and durability through gradual wear rather than defects. Supporting advertisements include: - **Niagara Maid Silk Gloves** (emphasizing quality stitching) - **Strong's Arnica Tooth Soap** (promising whitened teeth) The page also contains two brief humorous anecdotes—"Perhaps" (about David Graham Phillips and Persian marriage customs) and "The Call of the Links" (golfing humor)—but these are entertainment content, not political commentary. This represents typical early 1900s magazine layout combining ads with light humor.
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k_gloves look in the hem Maid” is stamped there. ur getting the best at the ordinary kind. A Guarantee T “ket in every pair insures double fing: tips. Inderwear, Hosiery inty economy for the ne Ask your dealer. If you, write us, Niagara Silk Mills pt A. No. Tonawanda, N. Y. San Francisco, New York , Perhaps The late David Graham Phillips had, ie many bachelors, a cynical view of satrimony Mr. Phillips, at a well remembered ration of Princeton's class of ‘87, at te Princeton Club, said of marriage: "The Persians have a proverb that very young man should consider well f wsing. It rans: He tha: ventureth on matrimony is tke unto one who thrusteth his hand iste a sack containing many thousands one ecl. Yet, if the sill it, he may draw forth exe York Tribune. The Important Thing We can understand the ease with stich a foc! and his money are parted, tat what pu-zles us is how the fool got toms a cieansing, healln; Sratiog the teeth beautifully white and the tee ‘and gums healthy, Unique in form and ac- = Acake in a metal box—no breaks or spills. At 's, cS cents—or sent upon receipt of price. CH Strong &CG%-Chicago, U. S. A, For 1912 four chassis are presented with superstructures of new and approved types. Six-cylinder— Three Models 38-Six $4000 48-Six $5000 60-Six $6000 Four-cylinder— One Model 40-Four $4300 The perfect motor car will do what is required of it easily, smoothly, quietly, and for a period of years with only gradual wear It is rich and beautiful, and its comfort is absolute. Such a car can be produced only where there is not the slightest tendency to allow cost to dominate quality. The Peerless Motor Car Company Cleveland Ohio Makers also of Peerless Commercial Cars The Call of the Links Two Scotchmen met and exchanged the small talk appropriate to the hour. As they were parting to go supperward Sandy said to Jock: “Jock, mon, I'll go ye a roond on the links in the morrn’.” “The mworrn’?" Jock repeated. “ Aye, mon, the morrn’,” said Sandy. “T'l go ye a roond on the links in the morrn’.” “ Aye, weel,” said Jock, “I'll go ye. But I had intended to get marrict in the morrn’,"—Corning Country. Latest Thing in Mourning The manager of the theatre racked his brain in vain. “We must do something,” he repeated, bitterly. “People will expect us to do something to show respect to the pro- prietor, now that he is dead.” “Shall we close for the night of the funeral?" suggested the assistant stage- manager. “With this business? You're a fool, laddie, a fool. No; put the chorus in black stockings.” And it was even so—Sporting Times, comicbooks.com