Life, 1912-06-06 · page 8 of 56
Life — June 6, 1912 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with one essay. The advertisements include: - **Everett Piano**: Claims to be "one of the three great Pianos of the World" - **Rad-Bridge**: A patent for some kind of tool or device - **McCray Refrigerators**: "The Best Built" - emphasizing their ability to keep food fresh and pure through "active, cold dry air circulation" - **Wagnoco Easy-Lock Collar Button**: A fastening device for shirt collars The left column contains an essay titled "New York as a Summer Resort," discussing why the author prefers staying in New York City during summer rather than traveling to traditional resort destinations. The piece emphasizes the city's attractions and benefits for recreation. There is **no political cartoon** on this page—it is a commercial/editorial mix typical of early 20th-century Life magazine advertising.
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New York as a Summer Resort Summer resorts are not a specialty of mine. In fact, I don't go to summer resorts, except near-by ones, and then only for the day. When night comes I scurry back to little old New York. I never care to wander from my own bath- tub. New York is hot sometimes—there’s no doubt about it. But a little heat . r 4 doesn’t hurt a man, provided he dresses, r cats and drinks rationally, It is also prudent not to carry around too much One of the three great flesh in summer. I never do. < It is also well when eating and drink- Ww ing to exercise care in the selection of a Pianos of the World to good eati and drinking place. There several such in New York. I could mention one in particular, but I hate to talk about myself. And besides, I am not in the hotel business for profit, but sim- ply for my health and for the good of | the public. THE JOHN CULRCH COMPA New York Ch Special Jases madi Send vs your selection Yul jthe “uther. tne, weeat’ pianonl uf! th > hahigs - Order world, together mith the name and address of anyooe thinking of buying # pianos me will then you EREE « Louk coa- jay sung and three nell-hauwa compositions (or piano- Children ought to get out of the city in the summer. They need green grass and trces, shady lanes, bosky dels, sequestered nooks, sylvan glades, bab- bling brooks and the whole business, and it is perfectly proper that their female relatives should accompany them. But a for an able-bodi re CTS the a of York City offers uncqualed attractions s for the summer. mectibared vt patcofficet : In the first place, he has his own bath- SETHE ral : tub, and that means much nowa To tp apake the great reser saut perform one’s ablutions with the aid of a : fools torwark at my tarqult u mage EVO acer tools to work at my fara pate little pitchereontsining a pine of Don't play "Had-Beida : ater, and a coy, shrinking . Pney'ro handy to share my aly masquith." lukewarm water, and a coy, shrinking SUNG nd ig tha CREM Find ty rnp EVES PLAYING GateDS towel about the size and consistency of Cellar Properly Wega lala Cte Bn , Pu p Dew Nor ws Tear the Buon Move a second-hand porous plaster, is calcu- ox cae vs tending Daverdetherer itso ete orate 1 ws lated to make one peevish and dissatis- A Wagnoco Easylock Collar Button at your desler co wil be sent pose pald on receipt of WAGNER SOVERTE COMPANYS 1020 8 ruses fied. And then a man has his bed with real hair in it, and pillows which he can fi without a search warrant. And he has . his clothes in his closets and wardrobes ¢” —have won their world-wide reputation because they keep in a Christian way. This having to lift things fresh and pure. The active, cold dry air circulation seven trays out ot ‘a Saratoga trunk every (McCray’s Patent) reaches every nook and corner of the interior. » soonicaila uponiike nuded sccaes lingerie You can keep anything in a McCray in perfect condition. eevAnd if oe pies a“ peceren « ‘ The solid heat insulated walls, the sanitary easily cleaned interiors, lined with Opal *s sional outing, just think what New Yo glass, enamel, porcelain, or odorless white wood—no zinc, the improved shelves, the as to offer, lying, as she does, environed simple drainage, all make the McCray the standard of refrigerators. Chosen by the tw: ocean: “rivers. bey! “and tl ost Pad United States Government for Pure Food deus it ialand sdciee Long. tataod Ow: Laboratavien slorious of inland seas, Long. Isla WI The wide range of stock sizes of McCray Sound. Every day for weeks, if need fis Refrigerators offers a choice to suit the smallest or 4&9, | some new excursion on the water may t's f the largest family. Any stock size McCray can be be taken, leaving the city in the morning your arranged for outside icing, thus avoiding the in- and returning in the evening in time fot ioe > is dinner, and after that a scason of calm itm Write for Free Book ‘ow toute 0 Re enjoyment on some aerial roof garde your of the following catalogs = where cool drinks are frecly dispensed cushic No 84—Reoular sisss for Residences | New York is good cnough for Canox No. 49—For Hotels, Clube, Institutions And, although I am perfectly willing « Non A Hh EMA tos ordes Sor Beeshcences accept such sympathy as may be lavished ‘No. 72—For Flower Shope B upon me by those who spend the ‘ away from the city, I find very di McCray Refrigerator Co., ficulty in beguiling the tedium of the Fe Lake Street, Kendallville, heated term right here in the metropol Branches in all Principal Cities om “A Few Remarks,” by Simeon Ford. Copyright, 1903, Doubleday, Post 1636 & Cb — Comicbooks.com