Life, 1912-10-24 · page 38 of 48
Life — October 24, 1912 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary announcements** rather than satirical cartoons. The left side features a **Heisey's Glassware advertisement** with a humorous anecdote ("A Careful Critic") about a Scottish church elder named Sandy who, when asked if his bride Tina is handsome, replies she's "the Lord's handiwork" but he's "no' prepared to say she is His masterpiece"—a joke about backhanded compliments. The center contains two brief **satirical items**: one mocking King Henry IV's undignified crawling with his son, and another criticizing the **Bull Moose party** (Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Progressive Party) for profiting $474.63 from a Chicago convention—suggesting the party should have quit while ahead. The right side announces **The Scribner** magazine's November issue, promoting Price Collier's article series "Germany and the Germans: From an American Point of View," emphasizing fair treatment of German accomplishments alongside wit and sarcasm—likely reflecting pre-WWI American curiosity about Germany.
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By reason of b uty of design, symmetry of fo m, and crystal Glassware ical to purchase. d Book is an glass and its use. A Careful Critic Sandy was an elder in the church, and He had an cye for Leauty and a Jove for it, but he married a truly pious man. Tina because he knew she would make him an excellent wife “T suppose Tina is a handsome lass?” said Sandy's cousin, who met him in ge, and “TL ken ye've Glasgow not long af never scent bride. the bridegroom, cau- s the Lord's handiwork, m no’ prepared to say she is His masterpiece.”—Tit-Rits. 'event of the coming months. They deal with Germany, with Safe Henry the Fourth, King of France, al- ways made his children call him papa or fother, not the usual title of Sir or Your . He used frequently to join in nusements, and one day as he was on all fours with the dauphin, his son, on his back, an ambassador entered his apartment suddenly and surprised him in this attitude. The monarch, without moving from ix, “ Monsieur l'Ambassa children?” “Very well, then,” sa shall finish my race round my chamber said to him, Coxsipexixe the outlook, it would ap pear that the Bull Moose party ought to have quit when it discovered that it made i Iki a profit of $474.63 on the Chicago Con- vention,—St. Louis Republic. Two of the many things that make the November x |Scribner a remarkable number. The beginning | of the series of articles on | A Germany and the | ° Germans From an American Point of View ‘ By PRICE COLLIER Author of “ England and the English from an American Point of View” These articles promise to be the most talked about literary the Emperor, with German political and home life. The evi- dent spirit of fairness, of genuine admiration for the great things Germany has accomplished, their surprising array of impressive facts, and their touches of shrewd wit and sar- casm make them mighty entertaining and instructive reading. The Indiscreet, the first article, is a study of the character and influence of the German Emperor. Stevensoniana. More Letters and other Personal Papers of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited by Sir Sidney Colvin. five yo magnet ron Send for a Prospectus for the coming months. rare $3.00 a year It will be another great Scribner year CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, NEW YORK 25c. a number FUNK comicbooks.com