Life, 1912-06-06 · page 7 of 56
Life — June 6, 1912 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a story about dialect humor (the "Sough" and "Hough" wordplay at left) paired with a Pennsylvania Railroad advertisement for "A Real Train." The ad's title and content emphasize the Pennsylvania Special's authenticity and reliability—it's "real" in construction, equipment, appointment, schedule, and performance. This repetition of "real" suggests the ad responds to skepticism about train travel quality or railroad claims common in the early 1900s. The photograph shows a locomotive pulling passenger cars. The ad highlights the train's speed (18-hour New York-to-Chicago service), comfort (hotel/club-like appointments), and strict schedule adherence, positioning it as a premium service for businessmen and travelers seeking dependable, luxurious rail travel during an era when such service was competitive and noteworthy.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
ough grough and blough, but the hing Houghsie: was nought to be thus reboughed “T have gougat to have a hics,” he voughed, “2nd yough must make gough- agh eyes a: me!” noughting: “Ough, Ougki ough nougz!” Sougk flough from ah ugh oughvertook Sough, houg'icver, coughing: “ You,h can’t get ough sough sily. Yough must allough me one or Sough said: “Nougs, nough! Yough rough bough! Gough acughme! Yough shough roughdeness unallougha- ble. Gough, yough scoughndrel !” Sough Loughis Hough »oughed scovgh"ngly, moughving away ~toughly, and leaving Sough Houghells froug hning joughne by the roughd. The roughmance, soughn begun, was as soughn ovghver. “A Real Train” — “T am going west on a real train,” remarked a pas- senger on the Pennsylvania Special the other day. He spoke truthfully. The Pennsylvania Special is a real train, real in construction, real in equipment, real in appointment, real in its schedule, real in its performance. And it runs over a real railroad. The iocomotive is the best that can be built; every car is constructed of steel throughout; the appoint- ments include all the comforts and conveniences the hotel or club. The schedule is fixed between hours when the business man relaxes from work. The running time is the shortest that a careful regard for safety recognizes, and this time is strictly adhered to under all ordinary conditions. The Pennsylvania Special is the first 18-hour train opeiated between New York and Chicago. It was a real train in every particular when it made its maiden trip on June 11, 1905, and it has added to its reputation each year since. Its record for re- lability has not been matched. Foreigners would call it a train de luxe; Americans call it a train of convenience, because it does what they want, and gives what they expect. The Pennsylvaria Special leaves New York after business hours, Pennsylvania Station 4.00 P. M., Hudson Terminal! 3.55 P. M., and arrives in Chicago next morning at the opening time of business 8.55 A.M. It leaves Chicago 2.45 P. M., and arrives New York 9.40 the next morning. = Vy PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ABOVE BOARD comicbooks.com