Life, 1911-09-07 · page 42 of 44
Life — September 7, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book announcements**, not political satire. The dominant content includes: **Whitman's Chocolates advertisement** (top): A standard commercial ad emphasizing quality packaging and direct shipping to local agents—typical early 1900s marketing. **Books Received section**: A literary listing of newly published works, mostly from small Boston publishers (R.G. Badger), including plays, poetry, and novels. **L'Art de la Mode invitation** (center-right): A formal announcement inviting readers to a fall fashion exhibition opening September 5, 1911, at a New York showroom, featuring designs curated by a Parisian director. **Patent medicine ads** (bottom): Arnica toothpaste and Abbott's Bitters—typical period advertisements making health claims now considered dubious. The page reflects early 20th-century magazine content: literary culture, commercial advertising, and social events for affluent readers.
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CHOCOLATES CONFECTIONS Under this sign are sold the finest chocolates and confections, made and packed, sealed and guaranteed—and shipped direct to each local agent—by STEPHEN F. WHITMAN 4 SON, Inc., Philado‘phia, U.S. A. Stories from the Old French Chroni- cles, by Robert D. Benedict. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) The Price, a Play in Three Acts. (Printed by Geo. W. Jacobs & Co., Phila- delphia, Pa.) The Madonna and the Christ-Child, by Gertrude E. Heath. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) School Room Echoes, Book 2, by Mary + C. Burke. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) q A Wild Rose, by Clara Viola Fleharty. (R. G. Badger, Boston. $1.25 net.) Kennedy Square, by F. Hopkinson Smith, (Chas. Scribner's Sons. $1.50.) Children of To-morrow, by Clara E. Laughlin. (Chas. Scribner's Sons, $1.30.) The Kitten’s Garden Oliver Herford. $1.00 net.) Sons of Courage and Other Poems, by Bertha F. Gordon, (Baker & Taylor Company.) The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodg- son Burnett. (F. A. Stokes Company. $1.35.) Her Little Young Ladyship, by Myra Kelly. (Chas. Scribner's Sons. $1.23.) of Verses, by (Chas. Scribner’s Sons. Books Received The Playboy of the Western World, by J. M. Synge. (John W. Luce & Co., Bos- ton, Mass.) Poems, by C. E. d’Arnoux Badger, Boston, Mass.) In Sonnet Wise, by Fred Raphael Allen, (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) St. Paul's Friendships and His Friends, by Carl Hermon Dudley. (R G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) Osirus, by Joseph J. Coughlin. Badger, Boston, Mass.) Egyptian Melodies, by Alfred J Hough. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) A Rope of Hallowe'en, by Henry Per- cival Spencer. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) The Ride of the Abernathy Boys, by Miles Abernathy. (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.20.) The Reappearing, by Charles Morice. (George H. Doran Company. $1.20 net.) (R. G. CR. G. " on é lo spill—lasts twice as wice as ggod. Cleanses lo inspect their fall | Echi This years éxhibithas been prepared under the direction » Monsieur Secorge Marix who-came espectalh ‘Irom Faris je the eccaston OF Le Art de la Mode ss (The Tashion Authority) request the pleasure of Your visit /uesday Seplem ber 5] 911 and following days hcof Hotel at their new home iM West Thirty ighth Street | ew Jork, N 4 ear Fifth Avenue) whole mouth —antiseptic—neutral mouth acids and prevents decay and dis- loration. In cake form ina compact metal box, 25¢. at all druggists or sent by mail. | C.H.STRONG &CO., CHICAGO , ABBOTTS BITTERS Makes the best cocktail. A pleasing aromatic Wine, spirit and soda beverages. Appetit tat, to use with Grape Fruit, Oranges, Wine J Wine Merchants or Proegists. Samote ty eu stamps. C. W. ARNOTT & CO., Raltlmore, M comicbooks Ment