Life, 1911-06-29 · page 3 of 45
Life — June 29, 1911 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a large advertisement for the Peerless Motor Car Company (Cleveland, Ohio), promoting their 1912 "Six" five-passenger vehicle. The ad emphasizes comfort, safety, smooth operation, and modern conveniences like electric lighting and a power-driven air pump. The left side contains minor ads: a billiards instruction book and Club Cocktails liqueur. Below the car ad is a poem titled "Our Presidents" that lists U.S. presidents chronologically with brief satirical descriptions of their administrations and challenges—a lighthearted historical summary rather than pointed political commentary. This appears to be a standard magazine page blending commercial advertisements with light editorial content, typical of early 20th-century Life magazine.
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-BALL TO BALL BILLIARDS ‘The only book on billiards for 2D years. Written by one who + knows. “Completely illustrated with photographs and diagrams and substantially bound in paper boards, ‘Sent prepald for-FIFTY CENTS. B} Money back if not delighted. WM. A. SPINKS & CO., 358 West Erle Street, Chicago. i[SILENCE ee Our Presidents Washington first—he arranged the Fi- nance ; Then came John Adams, who quarreled with France. Thomas Jefferson third—Louisiana he bought ; Fourth, Madison, under whom England was fought. James Monroe gave the doctrine and let in Missouri, Then Adams, whose tariff aroused men to fury. Jackson, seventh, refused to the bank a new charter And made poor Van Buren to panic a martyr. William Harrison died and by Tyler was followed, Under Polk all the troops in a bloody war wallowed. Taylor, eleventh, had trouble with slavery, And Fillmore put through the Clay Com- promise bravely. Then Pierce struggled through the Ne- braska division, And Buchanan was in for the Dred Scott Decision. Great Lincoln was wise in a time of depression, Comfort in motoring demands ease of both mind and body. This means confidence that the car will respond easily, quietly, smoothly to every call made upon it; that safety is’ assured; and that these qualities are enduring. It also requires construction and appoint- ments that absorb and dissipate the shocks of the roughest highway and give smoothness to the riding motion. Among the important conveniences of the 1912 Peerless are the Dynamo Electric Lighting System, which supplants the gas tank and oil lamp, and affords a brilliant effective light for every lamp on the car. Also a power-driven air pump with which inflation of tires is neither hard work nor an inconvenience. The Peerless Motor Car Company Cleveland Ohio Makers also of Peerless Commercial Cars ie orang Aiawiton ere the most ler, At ‘peed dcalera GF. HEUBLEIN &BRO, Sele Propes Hectord ae Lomas When Southern States fought for the right of secession. Andrew Johnson came next, was im- peached and acquitted, = Ulysses S. Grant for two terms seemed fitted. Hayes followed, then Garfield, whom Arthur succeeded, Then Cleveland, who Congress by veto impeded. Harrison's term gave the tariff a send- up, And Cleveland again held the Demo- crat’s end up. McKinley waged war with the poor Spanish nation, And Roosevelt came and upheld arbi- tration, William Tait has the chair until 1913, And who then will follow remains to be scen. H.W. A, comicbooks.com