Life, 1911-10-05 · page 7 of 50
Life — October 5, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and light social commentary**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"The King's Example"** — a short satirical poem about King Nusirvan supposedly teaching peasants a lesson about accepting hardship without complaint. The moral appears to critique blind obedience to authority. 2. **"Vicarious"** — a brief anecdote mocking how a schoolmaster named Pontius Pilate carefully corrects a student's behavior while being morally questionable himself—commentary on hypocrisy. 3. **Advertisements** dominating the page: Franklin Simon & Co. fashion gowns, Paris Garters, and Abbott's Bitters products. The page reflects early 20th-century *Life* magazine's mix of light humor targeting social pretension and fashion/consumer culture, rather than hard political commentary.
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The King’s Example sanay Sostinan ihe st ooo HH Franklin Simon & Co, Stopped in an open field to take a lunch | Fifth Avenue, New York He wanted salt, and to a servant said, “Go, get some at the nearest house, but pay . The price the peatant ashe.” “Great Satin Meteor House Gowns King,” exe d The servant, “thou art lord o'er all this realm; Why take the pains to buy a little salt?" “Tt little thing,” said Nushirvan, “And so, at first, was all the evil whose Most monstrous load now presses so the ||] No. 16—Handsome Satin Meteor House ive went no: flisle: serongas no: presi Gown, in Black, Coronation Purple, Pink, : could be Light or Navy Blue, Lavender, Wistana, “7 eT fe § naoniman'a; tee: shoutd American Beauty, Rose or White; neck A single apple, straight my slaves would and sleeves trimmed with double shirrings ie ehloarcesaochacrvots: ifCa®oold of self material, Empire waist line trimmed seize with shirrings and plaited ruffle of satin, Five eggs. ministers at once would ie a eo Ones Bee fastened with silk cord and tassels at Special Prices SIZES 32 TO 44 BUST Therefore strict jus- 1, even in unimportant acts, observe Special 1 8.50 Value $25.00 Pring sal, but pay the peasant what he asks.” —Poetry of the Orient by W.R, Alger. mi Fall and Winter Style Book Vicarious _ ‘*Correct Dress’ A smart Yorkshire lad, who was sent J to school to a man named Wilkins, hav- Now Ready . ing one day insulted a gentleman by Illustrating the newest and most exclusive calling him Pontius Pilate, was very se- models for Women, Misses, Girls, Young verely corrected for it. The master, at Men, Boys and Infants, ready-to-wear ap- every cut he gave him, cautioned him parel, at popular prices. Mailed prepaid out of town upen application. Address Department N. never 10 say Pontius Pilate again. This the lad carefully treasured in his memory, and being soon chised in church, when he ca belief, instead of saying he suffered un- der Pontius Pilate, he said he suffered FIFTH AVE., 37th and 38th Sts., N. Y. 7 pathy Wilkins, school —— =a: z. = = American Mysteries Mr. Charles Edward Kussell say : the Coming Nation: What a pity it is that Congress can’t think ! We place a premium upon crime, and then wonder that crime increases. We maintain all the conditions for the = and then send out frantic alarms about No Metal Can Touch You t the rapid spread of the disease. We : - . : a deny adequate education to the majority Are the universal first choice. -They*are of children, and then wonder that the the handsomest and, most durable Garters race makes slow progress. We conduct made and afford the maximum of comfort. ‘ government for the exclusive benefit There’sa printed guarantee of satisfaction with every the fortunate and the well-to-do, and pair. Louk for the name PARIS on every garter. 5 then wonder that some men revolt at the manifold injustice. Is there any ques- A. STEIN &.CO., Makers ps ehted un tion that we are the wise ones of the CHICAGO’; 7 USA 7] earth ? Tue Admiral de Vivonne, while cross: ing the Rhine at Tolhuys, noticed his horse stumbling when in midstream “Would drown an admiral in fresh water?” he shouted to his steed. comicbooks.com