Life, 1911-10-12 · page 7 of 48
Life — October 12, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. The dominant content consists of two large advertisements: 1. **Du Pont Smokeless Powder** (right side): Features an illustrated frontiersman and promotes hunting ammunition, emphasizing reliability in extreme conditions. 2. **Philip Morris Cigarettes** (lower left): An advertisement for "Original London Cigarettes," claiming superiority among five leading brands. Additional minor ads include score cards for Auction Bridge and a reference to "The Study of Art" exhibition. The left column contains **"Track's End," a rhymed poem** by Hayden, Carruth, Harper & Bradford about frontier settlement and survival—literary content, not political satire. This appears to be a typical early 20th-century *Life* magazine page mixing advertisements with light entertainment and literary content.
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NNINNNANN NN NSN SESANNN NNN NNSSSSSSSSSSSSSASSSSSSSSSSEKSKRNES | Rhymed Reviews Track’s End Carruth, Brothers) Hayden Harper & (By My friend, though cditor, Carruth, Whose other pretty name is Hayden, Has penned a tale for tender youth That will not shock the shyest maiden. ing The Bell, In prairic regions spent a quota Of youthful years, and loves to tell Of scenes like these in South Dakota: Track’s End, a lonely frontier town, Was built where railway traffic fin- ished ; But when October snows came down The settlers rapidly diminished. They fled, in panic-driven race, The banker, clerk and humble ditcher, And left alone to guard the place Our youthful hero, Judson Pitcher, Supplied with food for many days, A blizzard-isolated Crusoe, He dwelt among untrodden ways And wolves that howled like Caruso. cE. ara PIG AND WHISTLE There’sasize to suit your cultured taste. —Cambridge, Morissette (gold tip), Blues, Ambassa- d dors, Banquet —25e to $1.00. “The Little Brown Box” Five leaders S Both Infallible and Ballistite are dense smokeless powders. Absolutely waterproof—Not affected by extremes of heat or cold— Impervious to moisture. Moderate recoil, shoot clean, no unburned grains to “blow back.’ Will not deteriorate with age. Characteristics invaluable to the game shooter. The correct 12-gauge loads for field shooting are from 22 to 28 grains of powder and from 124 to 134 ounces of shot, depending on the game hunted, Other popular Du Pont brands are Dupont, Schultze, “E, C.”? and Empire Bulk Smokeless Powders, and Dupont, Laflin & Rand and Hazard Black Sporting Powders. Perfection in Sporting Powders is only obtained by the employment of the most skillful workmen, the operation of the most improved machinery and the exercise of the most scrupulous care in the selection and preparation of raw material. Du Pont Sporting Powders are fully guaranteed by the Pioneer Powder Makers of America, Write for Booklet No. 243 stating which powder interests you. Specify Du Pont loads when buying ammunition. Sold by all first-class dealers. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER COMPANY Established 1802 WILMINGTON, DEL. hilip Morris ORIGINAL LONDON Cigarettes If you aro in any way Interested Ia wt HE STUDY OF ART Information about MASTERS IN ART, the best, most Puptul, beautifully titustrated 25¢. hand books on the great Artists. subject, BATES & GUILD CO., 144 Congress St., Boston. { ° ° SCORE CARDS Auction Bridge SCORECARDS 12 full directions. BURGESS &CO., Newark, N. Y. A simple little plan or map To illustrate the story’s movement. He scared away the redskin braves, He clove the skulls of wolves asunder And had the very closest shaves Repulsing outlaws. bent on plunder. These youthful yarns about the West And wolves and gallant lads that skin them Are great to give the They haven't any proble And last, with hardy might and mai Through dreadful drifts a pathway carving He reached a snow. And saved the pas ind a rest ns in the ncompassed train gers from starving (I've bolted “ Mary Midthorne,” too— McCuteheon’s book, a very bum one. This stanza’s strictly entre nous, But I must vent my woe to someone.) Carruth, a clever sort of chap, Provides that oft-desired ment improve- Arthur Guiterman, comicbooks.com