Life, 1912-06-06 · page 6 of 56
Life — June 6, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and fiction** rather than political satire. The left column features a fashion advertisement for French linen dresses by Franklin Simon & Co., showing an elegant woman in a long dress with a wide-brimmed hat—typical 1910s-1920s styling. The center contains "A Promising Student," a humorous short story about language learning, featuring phonetic wordplay with sounds like "tough," "through," and "rough" (words notorious for English pronunciation inconsistency). The joke relies on a foreign student's confusion with English's irregular spelling-to-sound rules. The right side advertises Old Hickory Furniture and the University of Chicago's correspondence program. This appears to be a general-interest magazine page mixing entertainment, practical advice, and commercial advertising—not political commentary.
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LIFE French Linen Dresses FOR WOMEN AND MISSES Women's Sizes, 32 to 44 Busts— Misses’ Sizes, 14 to 20 years. No. 602N. Open-front model of F linen, water shrunk, in white, pink, blue, leather or violet, new Russian coat effect trimmed with soutache ornaments, eyelet embroidered batiste collar and cuffs to match, fine tucked net yoke, Special 14.50 value $20.00 Franklin Simon & Co. FIFTH AVENUE A Promising Studen “Tam studying your language,” says the intelligent foreigner, “and am mak- ing good progress. I have begun vith the unusual words, believing that I shall attain familiarity with your spelling and pronunciation much sooner in that ‘way. My first lesson has been with words spelled like ‘bough,’ ‘ though,’ ‘ thrcugh,’ ‘rough,’ ‘cough,’ and: so on. And, hav- ing mastered them, I have write my first exercise in English. Will you look it over?” He hands us a page of manuscript, which contains this: LOUGIIS AND SovGH. Through the nough country roughde Sough, whough thought tough find a spought where she would have a beaough- The sky was blough. The wind began to blough. Sough sought shelter belough a blough. Whough should come there alsough but Loughis Hough! Loughis Hough was from koughmough. Yough knough Houghsier. Yough will find Whough. Sough’s last name was Houghells; she was one of the Houghells whough c:me from Kalamazough. Her eyes were Dlough, her hair was broughn, her twough fect were smal! and her hands were, tough. “Hough dough yough dough?” asked Hough. “Ough, sough sough, thank yough,” Sough smile st thing we knough it is going to ” Hough said. “The cloughds are gathering nough, ho said. “IT just knough we shall have rain befoughre long.” The rain soughn began and the wind blough roughly through the boughs which hung belough the blough. goughing to be 1 sighed. am I, but T dough not am near yough,” Kough- nough he was name in Whough’s “ Sough, care sough long Hough voughed. “Furthermoughre,” ke continoughed, “Tam so glad yough had thought tough gough for this ride, and that I knough yough were goughing tough dough it, for I wanted to see youg! Sough knough what he was leading up tough. She grough coughld in her moughd. “{ wish yough would gough,” she said. “Yough knough I dough nought like yough.’ Loughic Hough's manner suddenly The ‘Old Hickory porch” is the popular one. Its rustic charm and enduring comfort make it the favored spot on summer afternoons and evenings. Make your summer comfort complete by fitting your lawn and porch with genuine Old Hickory Furniture. On the most extensive country estat in America, as well as in the less pre- tentious summer homes and cottages, Old Hickory has made an enviable place for itself, because it has superior beauty and gives lasting ease. May we send the handsome book on ‘Old Hickory Furniture’’ we've prepared for you? It will give you all the information you'll need to make your out-door comfort complete. The Old Hickory Chair Co. 423 South Cherry St. Martinsville,Indiana THE UNIVERSITY OF Cuicaco deni ye HOME * orrespon ce-Study Dep! ea oS ar ne So ar See fora bee STUDY See 1th Year Y. of C. (Div. ¥) Chicago. Ill. | Built any* Size Cornell Sectional Cottages Complete Painted Ready to Set Up ARAGES, STORES. CHURCHES, _-HOUS! 8, STUDIO. ETC GARAGES, STORES.CHURCHES eto, wok ES, PLAY HOUSES. STUDIC Sled Ihe 6k Secmy to st ee ratanal 19 the lar rane factory in America, tah‘ the ground Vaca) coatracter on Ne och Irae are Art catalog Uy tall oa receipt of i 425 Lehigh Street, Ithaca, Now's yckott Lumber s Site, Cone 7 Le nS comicbooks.com 37th and 38th Sts. New York