Life, 1911-12-07 · page 97 of 112
Life — December 7, 1911 — page 97: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The left column features "Overheard in a Department Store," a satirical piece mocking the frustrations of holiday shopping through overheard customer complaints. The humor targets both shoppers' materialism and their befuddlement—customers search frantically for specific items, lose track of what they need, and complain about crowded conditions and limited selections. This satirizes the chaos and commercialism of pre-Christmas retail. The dominant right side is a Pope-Hartford automobile advertisement claiming superior quality, listing touring cars ($3000) and limousines ($4150). The ad emphasizes 34 years of manufacturing experience. The bottom features a philosophical quote from Pascal about how minor physical features could alter history, followed by an illustration labeled "Daughters of the Revolution"—likely referencing the women's patriotic organization. The page juxtaposes consumer anxiety and materialistic holiday shopping culture against automotive advertising and classical philosophical reflection, typical of Life's mixture of satire and commercial content.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
it the nbons ‘ined. juyler 1 the facturing of Sore Overheard in a Department Store © find thin Ido believe I've I I'm awful tired of s: “1 MUST meet “ But vent you a MAUVE nt for Sue!” “Who wrote ‘The Merchant of Ve- rona’?" “It isn’t only buying G But Ny ribbon—tiss: “[ WON'T go in those crowded I “Have you a nmered-brass ¢ scraper “The thing yor WANT you NEVER 1” “Yes, but I s'pose she has a dozen—" “My DEAR, I've simply LOST my MIND—" “What SHALL I get for William's cousin?" “Don’t you keep crewels any more “She won't have records that ain't ssic—" in every single s t grandma that the scene comes round its care, expense and UNIQUE CALENDAR of the Southland FOR 1912 THE DIXIE BOOK OF DAYS BLISHING ASSOCIATION Deets Baltimore, Mds UNDERGROUND GARBAGE RECEIVER NO LITTER, NO ODORS. closes itself. Clean and sanitary. Guaranteed. Ch 46 Farrar Street POPE QUALITY HAS NEVER BEEN QUESTIONED | fter you have satisfied ¢ yourself that the POPE-HARTFORD Has no superior in any feature Consider the price 4 Cyl. 50 h. p. Touring Car, $3000 . 4 Cyl. Limousine, $4150 Pleasure Vehicles Three Ton Trucks Public Service Wagons Z Catalogues on request (Specify the one desired) Six Cylinder 60h. p. Touring Car, Model 28, $4000 The Pope Manufacturing Co. IL With Catalogue Equipment Hartford, Conn., U. S. A. 34 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HIGHEST GRADE MECHANICAL VEHICLES But “Peace on carth, good-will to men" Prompts all this blessed Christmas flurry! —Carolyn Wells in The Detineator. fully measure the nust consider the causes and the effects of the passion of love. If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter the whole face of the earth would have been different —Paseal, DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION 1059 comicbooks.com