Life, 1912-02-22 · page 33 of 44
Life — February 22, 1912 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and light entertainment** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"Dog Language"** — A sentimental poem about a dog's ability to communicate through body language and behavior, suggesting dogs "talk" with tails and ears. 2. **"A Strange Catastrophe"** — An advertisement for Travelers Insurance Company using a real incident (a tree falling in New York's City Hall Park) to promote accident insurance. The pitch appeals to readers' anxieties about unpredictable dangers. 3. **Multiple product advertisements** — Allen's Foot-Ease powder, seeds, Cortez cigars, Abbott's Bitters, and a Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean railway promotion. 4. **"Beware"** — A brief humorous proverb about marriage. The page reflects **early 20th-century consumer culture**, mixing nostalgic sentiment (the dog poem) with emerging advertising strategies that use fear and statistics to sell insurance. There is no significant political satire visible on this page.
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FRANCE’S GREATEST RAILWAY Visit the South of France, the entrancin sun-kissed and rose-scented RIVIERA. THE LAND OF ROMANCE, SONG AND FLOWERS GANNES, the aristocratic “Palm Beach"'of France, via the most ururious express train serv Es Booklets nad fuil taformatlon from, lateraationa Sleeping Car Co, Ages 279 Pith Ave, N.Y. Dog Language Our Towser is the finest dog that ever wore a collar, We wouldn't sell him—no indeed—not even for a dollar! I understand his language now, ‘cause honest, it appears That dogs can talk; and say a lot, with just their tails and ears When I come home from school he «so ea th A Strange Catastrophe And shakes that long tail sideways, down IHIS tree had stood in City Hall Park, New York, for nearly a hundred years. saya he's going to hang a rug beside T It showed no signs of decay. One day while the park was crowded with per- the door to see sons hurrying to their homes all unconscious of danger, with no apparent cause and If Towser will not beat ii while he's without warning it fell and injured a score of persons—three seriously. ay Eseeting me Just as sudden and unexpected are most of the accidents which occur daily. No mind can foresee them. No amount of caution can prevent them. Amid such unseen dangers the only sensible thing is to carry a policy of accident insurance. Such a policy provides for the cost of injury by loss of time and in case of death takes care of the family. You have escaped the accidents of yesterday. Tomorrow is yet to come. Today is the time to act. We paid last year 15,719 personal accident claims with benefits amounting to $1,713,046. MORAL: Insure in the TRAVELERS Then when he sees me get my hat, but thinks he cannot go, A QUARTER CENTURY BEFORE THE PUBLIC Over Five Million Free Samples Given Away Each Year. The Constant and Increasing Sales From Samples Proves the Genuine Merit of ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot™Ease, the antiseptic powder for the feet. if you are a trifle sensitive about the size of your shoes, it's some satie-, faction to know ihat many ‘people can wear shocs a size smaller by shaking Allen's Foot- Ease into them, Just the thing for Dancing Parties, Patent Leather Shoes, and for Break- ing in New Shoes, When rabbera or overshoes become necessary and your shoes pinch. Al Jen's Foot-Base gives instant relief. TRY IT TODAY, Sold everywhere 25¢. Do not accept! MEN His ears get limp, his tail drops down, ‘any substitute. Sent by mail for 2c. in etamps. 1 OF ARS and he just walks off—slow; FREE TRIAL PACKAGE eent by mail. AT KEY WEST=— Though if I say the magic words: “Well, Towser, want to come?” i Wh y! You'd know he answered Largest growers of pedigree farm and garden seedsin OATS af ee the world—Clovers, Grasses, Oats, Rye, Barley, Pota- Sworn yield 259 bushels The Travelers Insurance Company HARTFORD, CONN. Please send me particulars regarding ACCIDENT INSURANCE. 88, LEN ‘8. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N. ¥. Yes!” although at speech he's toes, Seed Corn, etc. We breed only pedigree heavy per acre. dumb. yielding stocks. ‘CATALOGUE FREE. Eerie! JOHNA SALZER SEED COMPANY, Box 16, La Crosse, Wis. —Marion Hovey Briggs, in Our Dumb Animals. Makes the best cocktail, A pleasing aromatic with all Wine. spirit and soda beverages. Appetising, healthful, to use with Grape Fruit, Oranges, Wine Jelly. At Wine Mer- chants or Druggists. Sample by mail .2sctn stamps. C. W. ABBOTT & CO., Baltimore, Md. Beware The more a husband loves his wife the more he increases her whims. —Chincse Saying. ~ comicbooks.com