Life, 1912-06-27 · page 5 of 45
Life — June 27, 1912 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content**, not political satire. The left side advertises "Summer Fiction Numbers" of *The Century* magazine, featuring stories by notable authors like Owen Johnson, Irving Bacheller, and others. It's a standard subscription pitch offering three issues for $1.00. The right side contains two distinct items: a humorous short anecdote about a traveler in Oklahoma asking about "dry" places (playing on prohibition-era language), and advertisements for practical goods—Hip-Fit suspenders and Panhard Oil for automobiles. There are **no political cartoons** on this page. The content reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and literary marketing rather than social or political commentary.
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Only “Dry” Place e can T get a drink in this asked a traveling man who landed at a little town in the oil region Oklahoma, of the ‘bus driver ¢ that millinery shop over there?” d the driver, pointing to a building the depot “You don't whiskey in a millinery store? the drummer. “No, L mean that’s the only place here they don't sell it,” said the —Kansas City “ww town? they ” exclaimed mean to "bus man Star. we edogeg Answer ? If you go to any good-sized, well reg- ulated, gentlemanly library and ask the courteous attendant for literature in a vocacy of the parcels post, you will be doing him a great favor, for librarians thrive on efficiency. *He will accommo- date you in yreat quantity of excellent quality. If you are really eager for knowledge and are sufliciently voracious, you many volumes of fact, figure . writings that cover the whole range, from brochette to pon- from casual editorial to he will pile a nd ess; derous tome, The Summer Numbers of The Century Sten eer AUCUST THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED eMONTHLY @ More than 20 Complete Stories Three Notable Stories by OWEN JOHNSON Author of “Stover at Yale” A Two-part Novelette by IRVING BACHELLER Author of “Eben Holden” Stories by J. J. BELL Author of “‘Wee Macgregor” VAUGHAN KESTER Author of “The Prodigal Judge” EDEN PHILLPOTTS ' Author of “Children of the Mist” JOHN GALSWORTHY Author of “The Patrician” HILAIRE BELLOC Author of “ The Girondins” CHARLES D. STEWART Author of “The Fugitive Blacksmith”* With timely articles in every Stories by ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK Author of “ Tante” NORMAN DUNCAN Author of “Dr. Luke of the Labrador” HENRY C. ROWLAND Author of prize stories in Collier’s Weekly LUCY FURMAN Author of ** Mothering on Perilous” ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD Author of “The Cordon Bleu of the Sierras” and others number, and a wealth of illastration, many of the pictures in fall color and in tint A subscription to the Address changed as three numbers, $1.00 often as desired The Century Co., Union Square, New York City —away with suspenders and belts “HIPSEIT" Comfort Adopt the only prac enic way of holding your trou: | Suspenders are uncomfortable —ungain!} drag—they make men stoop—they make them round shouldered—they tear off buttons. Belts are stiff —binding and unhealthful Wear Stanford ‘‘Hip-Fit” The “Invisible” trousers supporter entitely climinates suspenders and belts—gives perfect comfort —perlect neatness—perfect borily freee dom at all umes, under all circumstances. Can't n't bind. Can't work out of adjustment. weight and pressure off the shoulders clastic over hips yields to every movement—pressure gentle and evenly ited; acts as an abdominal support. Sanitary—Cool—Serviceable comfortably above hipaun money order for § Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded For men with large protruding abdo- men requiring more than ordinary s port, we make a combination trouser and stomach supporter. Price, $1.50. HIP-FIT MFG. CO 594A GRAND ST., NEW YORK and Side Line ed to write us heavy and statistical magazine article, from tritle to trilogy. But if you request the same gentle, librarian to supply to the parcels The task d there, a anxious-to-please hooks that adverse post, he will be in despair. will be beyond him. Het few passages in some old political econ- are omy, and here and there an article in some financial or business journal, and the limit is at hand. And yet, in spite of those facts, we have ne There is some- where a powerful, if silent, argument against it that is powerfully influential with our public servants. It may be pos- sible to guess what this argument is, but the fact remains that it is not published to the light of day. It is not spread upon It is sub rosa parcels post the records, FOR _ AUTOMO ES Good oil gives you your money’s worth from your engine; bad oil ruins it. Why take chances? Js the highest quality that can be produced. Insist on getting it. Look for the checkerboard mark both on cans and barrels. Our booklet, ‘Motor Lubrica- tion," contains valuable lubri- cating information. Sent in return for your dealer's name. George A. Haws, 69 Pine St., NewYorkCity Write for "Help Sett” plan. | icbooks.com —