Life, 1912-01-25 · page 43 of 44
Life — January 25, 1912 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and books review page**, not a satirical cartoon page. The main content includes: **Left side:** A "Books Received" section listing recent publications with prices, and two product advertisements—a Waymaker automobile horn and a Lee Rubber tire company ad. **Center/Right side:** A large advertisement for the Gillette Safety Razor Combination Set, priced at $6.50, marketed specifically "For Travelers Especially." The ad emphasizes its portability and convenience for men traveling or shaving at home. **Bottom:** A small decorative illustration labeled "A Plat-Race" showing people in period dress, likely a literary reference rather than editorial commentary. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture, targeting mobile men with modern grooming products. There is **no political satire or significant social commentary**—it is a commercial publication page typical of *Life* magazine's advertising-heavy layout from this era.
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Books Received Joys of the Road, by W. R. B. (Browne’s Book Store, Chicago, II $1.00.) 1 Little Pilgrimage in Italy, by Oliv M. Potter. (Houghton Mifflin Co. $4.00.) 1 Winter Sport Book, by Reginald For Cleaver. (Adam & Charles Black, Ion- don, England. $1.50.) re T; /} The American People, by ce ravelters Low. (Houghton Mifflin Co. : : The True Danict Webster, by Sydney P E Pp ll George Fisher. (J. B. Lippincott Co. specta Ly $2.00.) Average Jones, by Samuel Hopkins Adams, (Hobbs, Merrill Company, In- dianapolis, Ind ) Helen of Troy, by Sara Teastale. (G. P Putnam's Sons. $1.25.) The Greatest Street in the World— Broadway, by Stephen Jenkins, (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $3.50.) The For Triumph, by Elizabeth De- (J.B. Lippincott. Company. 25.) The Ingoldsby Legends, by Thomas Ingoldsby. (Macmillan & Co., $2.00.) ie Gods and Mr. Perrin, by Hugh Walpole, (Century Company. $1.20.) It the Age of Eve, by Kate Trimble Sharber. (Bobbs Merrill Company, In. dianapolis, Ind. $1.25.) Tom Strong Washington's Scout, by Alfred Bishop Mason. (Henry Holt & This is the Gillette Safety Razor, Combination Set No. 00, such a "Poles ond Perliwsiicr, ily Montague popular “edition” that we have almost been unable to keep up with the Glass. (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.00.) demand for it during the past year. Witd Oats, by Jas. Oppenheim (Huebsch, $1.20.) Set No. 00 includes Triple Silver Plated Razor; Two Metal Plated Blade Boxes with 12 double-edged Blades; Gillette Shaving Brush and Soap in Silver Plated = Cases. Handsome velvet lined Morocco case. Price, $6.50. Tre rtghte yen has now arrived. ‘The : ‘4 that is easy scit-clearing: is oper Tourists, travelers and men who shave at home—all find the Gillette No. 00 the Je, unob jection perfect shaving outht. of your car—mild when that is sufficient, far reach- Ing when necessary --lnstantaneous In act cmeeuve Gillette Standard Set, $5.00. Other Styles, $6.00 to $50.00 GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR CO. Way- x, Boon, M NO STROPPING-NO HONING Standard Set, $5.00 maker 48 WestSecondSt., Boston, Mass. Ash your dealer to show is right— Factories and Offices: us you the Gillette Line. eect to any emer New York, Chicago, Montreal, London, oninoveR “If it’s a Gillette— mrobiem of. tomobile Leicester, Paris, Hambure, Shanghai, - it's The Safety Razor."’ ianaling. Its made in fouralzceto At all cars t trol) $6.00, $7.00, 93.00 . and 89 00 caeh,including Soyer’s Poper-Bag Cookery, by Nich- coupling, eahie, pedal, 4 f : ete. realy to’ attach: olas Soyer. (Sturgis & Walton Com- Hand control, from stect- . fog whee $.00estra. pany. 65 cents.) Bend for dearriptive hooklet Sable and Purple, with Other Poems, Mi" Meatiog the car yourus. 3 n x by William Watson. (John Lane Co., ‘The Waymaker Horn 1s fully protected from tn- ¢ ice endorsement of the $1.25.) Account Rendered, by E. F. Benson Se cicatee te | (Doubleday, Page & Co.) LEE ZiR En. CO The Poctic New World, by L. H. RUBBER.U: Humphrey, (Henry Holt & Co.) CONSHOHOCKEN. Pa. Dalton on Auction Bridge. (Cecil & J. Ellwood Lee, Prestaent Co, New York.) A PLAT-RACE. THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK