Life, 1912-06-13 · page 5 of 44
Life — June 13, 1912 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than political satire. The main content features a White automobile company advertisement (center-right) promoting the White self-starting Six, emphasizing its electrical starting system and left-side drive as modern conveniences. The left side contains lighter content: a sketch labeled "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" accompanying a brief literary review of Ruth Fishkill Templeton; a humor piece titled "Ah! That's the Stuff!" advertising Old Overholt Rye whiskey; and sections on "Honesty" and "The Influence of Clothes" with humorous anecdotes. The page reflects early 20th-century Life magazine's mix of advertisement, humor, and light social commentary rather than hard political satire. No specific political figures or events are referenced.
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> a oS o4 POE - x > FS sae ° 226d 6 BEY “ ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN woos " In the Literary Eye Ruth Fishkill Templeton is easily the most promising of the younger crop of lady writers. The crities have been unanimous in praise of her latest work, “Things as They Are Not,” which is highly compelling, epoch making and grips you with its intensity. As might be casily inferred from the title, Miss Templeton, who, by the way, has just turned thirty, but docsn’t look a day over twenty-four, possesses a keen and pointed pen, And yet, there is about her well-rounded periods, a certain Lluntness, almost a stubbiness, which stands her in good stead Miss Templeton’s early life was not interesting until now, but as we look back upon the apparently colorless ex- Ah! Thats the stuff! “Same_ for 100 Years” DISTILLED AND BOTTLED IN BOND BY ALOVERNOLT &, Cc Pittabargh. Poly build for yourself is more than fulfilled in the White self-starting Six. Its White electrical starting and lighting sys- tem, combined with the logical left-side drive, makes it possible for the first time in motor car history, to reach the driving seat, start and light the car without stepping into the roadway. Carefully built and beautifully finished, a ride in this car will convince you that its design, for comfort, convenience and mechanical perfection is supreme in the art of motor car construction. The White oar] Company Cleveland Manufacturers of Gasoline Motor Cars, Trucks and Taxicabs istence which she led on one of the high- est mountains of Tennessee, we realize that those very drab days were necessary to develop those peculiar latent powers with which she was endowed. Miss Templeton is now busy on a companion hook, in the past tense, to be called “Things as They Were Not.” Honesty “Could you support my daughter in the style to which she has been accus- tomed?” “T have never tried such rigid econ omy, sir.” it The Influence of Clothes He: Did you ever observe what a dif- ference clothes make on one’s mind? Now, when I am in my riding togs, I'm all horse; when I have on my business suit my mind’s full of business; when I get into my evening dress my mind takes a purely social turn. Sue: And I suppos when you take a bath your min utter blank? -Stray Stories. “ Site cannot keep servants, can she?” “No; nor husbands.” comicbooks.com