Life, 1911-06-01 · page 4 of 52
Life — June 1, 1911 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **editorial content and advertising** rather than political satire. The main feature announces an upcoming series by **General Frederick Funston** about fighting in the Philippines—likely referencing the Philippine-American War (early 1900s). Funston was a prominent U.S. military figure of that era. The left sidebar discusses **George Bernard Shaw**, a famous playwright and social critic, noting his early anarchist sympathies and writings. The advertisements include **Paris Garters** (men's accessories) and **Calox Oxygen Toothpowder**—typical period commercial pitches. The page reflects turn-of-century American magazine content: mixing military-imperialist coverage with literary criticism and consumer products. No clear political cartoon satire is evident on this particular page.
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ve WE: The Cut-throat Game “What is the greatest get-rich-quick scheme you know of?” asked the flimsy financier of his partner. “Taking money away from other peo- ple who want to get rich quick.” —Washington Star. “I tHinx the champion chump of the Not His Language “Don't use too long words,” said F Hopkinson Smith, the author, at lugeheon in Philadelphia. “I was once on the way to Reading by train, and at a town nestling inside the river [ came out on the platform and drew in deep The Pro and Con of Shaw Ford Madox Hueffer, the grandson of Ford Madox Brows the painter, whose book, “Memories and impressions,” dealing with the London of Rossetti, Morris, and Ruskin has just been pub- lished, remembers a good deal about the carlier days of some later celebrities— among them Bernard Shaw. It seems that on his first coming to London, Shaw wrote a pamphlet called “Why Iam an Anarchi: which was published at the “ Torch” press. “ Some time later,” relates Mr. Hueffer, “ when Mr. Shaw, having advanced a stage far- ther toward his intellectual salvation, was addressing in the park a socialist gather- ing on the tiresome text, ‘The Foolish- ness of Anarchism,’ the young propric- tors of the ‘Torch’ walked round and round in the outskirts of the crowd of- fering copies of Mr. Shaw's earlier pam- phlet for sale, and exclaiming at the top of their voices, ‘Why I am an Anar- chist! By the Lecturer!’” —Hearper’s. SALOX OXYGE To Whiten the Teeth ;|A Corner in breaths of the pure, delici ous air, “‘Isn't this invigorating?’ 1 said to the brakeman. “No, sir, it's Conshocken,’ he said” —Fall River Iron Journal, silly season was the man who married that French actress.” “ Well, I'm glad the championship remains in America.” —Kansas City Journal. IN THE JUNE SCRIBNER™: Then one . Yet the Rarely has a narrative of adventure nh te : with more instantaneous success, or beg "" 5 § received with wider comment, than Bat the pl hice. If the plu General Frederick Funston story of fighting with Cuban insurged new series of articles describing } experiences And the pl: Aed if 1 sj In the Philippines ai will begin in this number with an acco é “The Making of a Regiment” fort! anish-American War and of early di pe against the Filipinos. Copyright, sob, by Harris & Ewing. Brigadier-Genera: Frederick Funston [Recollections Grave and Gay | By Mrs. Burton Ha ITHE TRUE STORY OF THE CAPTURE OF PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DA\ Lincoln's Assassination. The Close of the War. America Revisited The Sensations of an Exile By William Morton Faller Four-Posters By Clifford W. Ashley An artist's experience in collecting old Furniture. A long-time Paris correspondest the London Times. SHORT STORIES by Alice Brown, Julia Ross Low, Katharine Mq ies the thef. df as readers ws pote TUL ed Suncare Ue cet AU Dre Drngeists, stew Sample and Booklet free on Teyuest. McKESSON & ROBBINS - NEW YORK Ash for the Tooth Brush, Ie. 25 Cents a Number NEW Y $3.00 a Year CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, Fifth Ave., comicbooks.com