Life, 1911-10-19 · page 45 of 48
Life — October 19, 1911 — page 45: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content**, not satire or political commentary. The main feature is a **Bell Telephone System advertisement** presenting statistics to promote "Universal Service." It uses a diagram comparing Earth's orbital distance (584 million miles annually) to telephone message distances (23.6 billion miles), arguing that Bell's infrastructure enables unprecedented communication across America's 90 million people. The implicit message: Bell's telephone network is as vast and essential as planetary motion. The page also contains: - A **Jaeger brand ad** for outdoor sleeping gear - A **books received** section listing recently published titles - **Apollo Bros. cigarette monogramming offer** - **Allen's Foot-Ease** powder advertisement There is **no identifiable political cartoon or satire** on this page. It represents typical early-20th-century magazine advertising mixed with literary notices—straightforward commercial and editorial material rather than humorous commentary.
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Outdoor Sleeping If you want full benefit from fresh-air sleeping you must have a Jaeger Patented Camel-Hair Sleeping Bag. Also use a Jaeger Sleeping Hood, Jaeger Nightshirt, Jaeger Bed Socks, and fresh- sleeping becomes a luxury as well as an invigoration. Please call or write for particulars. Dr. dacger's rt Books Received ht Lands in Eight Weeks, by Mar- cia Penfield Snyder, (Broadway Pub Co. $1.50.) The Evolution of Belicfs, by J. W. Gordon. (Broadway Pub. Co. $1.50.) Barnegat Yarns, by ¥. Alexander Lucas, (Broadway Pub. Go. $1.50.) Heaven on Earth, by Loulia Jackson (Broadway Pub, Co. The Gospet Parables in Verse, by Rev istopher Smith. (Broadway Pub. Co. 0.) Tweed, a Story of the Old South, by S. M. Swales. (Broadway Pub. Co. $1.50.) The Land ef Let's Pretent Werner. (H. M. Caldwell ce Mass.) by Cart Boston, Special® 2 Offer Good for 60 days only YOUR MONOGRAM ON 100 PRIVATE BRAND CIGARETTES Weengrave your monogram in goldon109caretes nnd send tiem prepa for foal price for plata inital aod bustoess use, class gad asinction tothe""courtesies re Pin a Two Dollar bill to funy and give number of ““AROLLO, DROS. Inc. 1398. Sun Bt, Phila. One Policy Comparison of the Distance Traveled by Earth and Bell Telephone Messages The Orbit of Universal Service In one year the earth on its orbit around the sun travels 584,000,000 miles; in the same time telephone messages travel 23,600,000,000 miles over the path- ways provided by the Bell system. That means that the 7,175,000,000 Beil con- versations cover a distance forty times that traveled by the earth. When it is considered that each tele- phone connection includes replies as well as messages, the mileage of talk becomes even greater. These aggregate distances, which ex- ceed in their total the limits of the Solar system, are actually confined within the boundaries of the United States. They show the progress that has been made to- wards universal service and the in- tensive intercommunication between 90,000,000 people. No such mileage of talk could be pos- sible in such a limited area were it not that each telephone is the center of one universal system. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One System Universal Service Art in France, by Louis Hourtica (Chas. Scribner's Sons. $1.50.) The Iron Woman, by Margaret De- land. (Harper & Bros. $1.35 net.) The Likable Chap, by Henry McHarg Davenport. (Sturgis & Walton Co. $1.20.) A Ship of Sotace, by Eleanor Mor- daunt. (Sturgis & Walton Co, $1.00.) Puppets, by George Forbes. (The MacMillan Co, $1.20 net.) Talk of the Town, by Mrs. John Lane. (John Lane Company. $1 25.) 659 {ALLENS FOOT-EASE Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot™Eare, theantiseptic powder, for the feet. It relieves painful, ewollen, '@ Foot Ease makes tight-fitting Or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain relief for ingrowing nails, eweating, nd tired, fect.” Wo have ov ‘ywhere 25, Do not accept any sub- stitute, Sent by mail for 25c. in stamps. FRE TRIAL PACKAGE. sent by mail, Address, comicbooks.com