Life, 1911-12-21 · page 37 of 44
Life — December 21, 1911 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, dominated by cruise line promotions and a whiskey advertisement. The editorial content consists of brief humorous anecdotes unrelated to politics or satire. **The advertisements** showcase luxury ocean travel to fashionable destinations—South America, the Panama Canal (recently opened in 1912), the Orient, and Egypt—targeting wealthy readers. The central illustration depicts a stylish woman with travel trunks, exemplifying the leisure class. **The editorial pieces** ("A Doctor's Opinion," "Punctuation," "Real Bathrooms") are lighthearted jokes with no political content. They mock vivisection, children's grammar pedantry, and colonial-era sanitation in India through gentle humor. **The Watchman Whiskey ad** addresses contemporary concerns about product authenticity and purity by promoting "non-refillable bottles" as insurance against tampering or adulteration—a real concern in the early 20th century before modern food safety regulations. The page reflects 1912 American consumer culture and advertising practices rather than political commentary or satire.
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— must EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT st en- a: a Ol South America»Panama Canal slong my creed . E . ward, ro beep up 20,000 Mile Cruise, leaving New York Jan. 20, 1912 : ares0 been! idee” bn pee Calling at Port of Spain, Pernambuco, Santos, Buenos Aires (Across the Andes), Punta Arenas Ceortsesi (hrough the Straits of’ Magellan), Valparaisc, Rio de Janciro, Bahia, Para, Bridgetown, and aed Bie pompaid, ts Fer @ visit to the Panama Canal. Duration of Cruise 80 Days—Cost $350 and up, Exceptional thse eet) 5 side trips everywhere. Cruises De Luxe to the Weat Indies. via Tbs snedard of the Five Delightful Panama Canal, Venezuela Cruises to the and Bermuda Leaving New York by the Palatial Twin Screw Steamers A Doctor's Opinion S. Moltke (12.500 tons), 28 days, Jan, 28, Peb. 24, 1912, $150 and up. rs . . Hamburg (11.000 tons), 21 days, Feb. 10, March 7, 191%, $125 and up, ection expe ents when consis Moltke (12,500 tons), 16 days, Ma: 0, 1912, $8S and up, qed from a moral viewpoint are crin Every luxury of travel, every rennement of service insared. inal, inasmuch as they involve the wan “ GRAND ANNUAL CRUISE ton and unnecessary torture of ser sensitive creatures. Looked at fr eat j TO THE ORIENT scestibe andi ‘didactic .point. ot iwiews ANNUAL P By the most palatial cruising steamer afoat, yivisection experiments are not only use- EVENT ir SS. “VICTORIA LUISE” “i360 tena) less, but much worse than uscless, be- teilinaonens Mew Yok Jawases 96, 91k ce cause cruel and misleading Around 2 ise to Madeira, Spain, the Mediterra- -J. W. ‘odge, M.D. mr it. Cost $325 and upward. The Mies Winall od 96, SAE | the World “Victoria Luise” is equipped with modern feat- Punctuation November. 1912, ures providing every luxury and comfort on long “Father,” asked eight-year-old Alice atts bythe” returning home from school, “are you Large Cruising” \ \ “ Italy and Egypt good at punctuation?” Steamship, Special Trip by the superb “Yes,” replied the father. “VICTORIA. y . transatianttc liner, “Kaiserin “Well, tell me, please, how would you ts wteee ~ , estand most luxurioussteam- punctuate ‘The wind blew a $5_ bill y a . Ns grottherervice. LeavesNew around the corner.” y Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, “Why, daughter, I would simply put 4 \ of Nillefranchs, (Nice), Genoa, a period at the end of the sentence.” ¥ 3 ] 1 ‘ort Said, $165 and up, “T wouldn't,” said Alice mischievous- from ali other ports, y, “I would make a dash after the $5 p bill."—National Monthly Rear. bathrooms are scarce in the in- terior of India, as a lady who was traveling with her husband discovered, upon arriving at an out-of-the-way place one eveni The host, when showing them their room, said, pointing to a door: “The shower bath is there.” Later the lady went into the bathroom, disrobed, and secing before her just a tub and a tin mug and nothing more, be- gan to investigate for the source of the “shower.” Suddenly she heard a voice . HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE apparently in the ceiling say: “If mem- , Y V7 41-45 Broadway New York s2hib coming more this side I throwing wi f —-_ Boston Philadelphia water more proper!”—Argonaut. Bittebureh Send for booktets giving information, ete, he First Whiskey Insurance When a whiskey like ‘‘Watchman” is brought into being, a serious problem arises. This problem is to get the whiskey to you in its natural state of purity. And the solution is found only in the Non-refillable bottl—a recent achievement that makes its public bow with a new brand of rare old whiskey— Ye Olde WalchmanWhi (In Non-refillable Bottles) At Leading Hotels, Cafés, Restauranis, and Dealers PAT APPLIED FOR comicbooks.com