Life, 1911-09-14 · page 33 of 46
Life — September 14, 1911 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **book and product reviews**, not political satire. **Left side:** "Rhymed Reviews" critiques Susan Glaspell's novel *The Visioning*—a story about Katie Jones, an army girl who befriends a mysterious woman named Ann. The review reveals Ann has a compromising past involving Katherine's lover. The plot resolves with Katherine's brother marrying Ann, while Katherine marries "the man who mended boats." The final commentary by Arthur Guiterman dismisses the novel's social messaging, preferring "Socialism straight" and "Fiction...undiluted"—suggesting the reviewer found its moralizing heavy-handed. **Right side:** A **Du Pont Smokeless Shotgun Powders advertisement** promoting trap-shooting as healthful recreation for "men and women," paralleling actual hunting. It encourages joining gun clubs nationwide. **Bottom left:** A **Red Raven tonic advertisement** (a digestive remedy sold "everywhere" for 15¢) using a comedic dialogue about liver troubles and stomach upset. The page is primarily commercial and literary, not satirical.
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-Rhymed Reviews The Visioning (By Suson Glaspell, Frederick A. Stokes Company) Miss Katie Jones, an army girl Adept in matters military, Was drawn by chance from out the whirl Of flirting, sport and millinery While playing golf—a round or so She saw a lady bent on hiding Her cares beneath the river's fi And balked her plans for suicidi > brought home this waif he- And named her “Ann. That none should doubt her She introduced her right and left Inventing friendly lies about her. But Truth suppressed will rise at last, As he that reads again discovers : It proved that Ann possessed a Past Involving one of Katherine's lovers! So Ann went off, insulting Kate And didn’t leave a clue behind her; But Kate, devoid of prideful hate, Implored an humble friend to find her. (This friend, “ The-Man-That-Mends-the- Boats.” Was wont to turn a crooked prisin On other people's heams and motes; He utored Kate in Soci, Hello, Tom! Why this glad morn- ing face? I thought you looked sallow yesterday—as if your liver was upset and your stomach out of order Idid Buta bottle of Red Raven before breakfast has put me right. It acts on the liver, clears the head, and settles the stomach everywhere 15 The All- Year-Round Sport For Men and Women’ “SHOOTING OFF" A TIE AT THE PINEHURST GUN CLUB RAP-SHOOTING closely parallels actual hunting conditions. The open air—the sudden, swift flight of the bird, the opportunity for quick, accurate shooting—all combine to make trap-shooting Fascinating and Healthful Quickly develops the novice into a skilled shot, because of the opportunity for regular and continuous shooting under favorable conditions and pleasant surroundings. Keeps the old hunter from getting rusty between game seasons. The clay pigeons are in flight every day in the year. The Winning Scores Are Made With SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDERS Join your local Club. If there’s none near by, start a Gun Club—we will help. Write now for free booklet No. 243, “The Sport Alluring,” hand- somely illustrated with photos of club and interstate shoots, and prominent Americans and rulers of Europe at the traps and in the field. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER COMPANY “Pioneer Powder Makers of America’ Established 1802 WILMINGTON, DEL. In working out a rambling plot To air her views on social matters The army blue worn a while, But having smacked a proud lieuten- ant Our authoress, I fear, has got Because he didn’t like his smile Her code of cthics torn to tatters. He served no more ‘neath flag or pen- : nant.) Our fallacies of Church and State By books like this are searce refuted. I'll take my Socialism straight, My Fiction, likewise, undiluted, Artinur Guiterman Yet Katherine's brother rescued Ann And married ber with brave decision, While Kate, in turn, espoused the man Who mended boats and people's vision. aan comicbooks.com