Life, 1912-10-24 · page 44 of 48
Life — October 24, 1912 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or editorial cartooning. It contains four major commercial advertisements: 1. **Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires** — promoting tire quality across price points 2. **Schlitz Beer** — emphasizing brown bottle protection; argues light damages beer quality, citing German brewing practices 3. **Hartshorn Shade Rollers** — window shade hardware advertisement 4. **Patents Office Services** — legal/patent filing services The page also includes three brief **humorous anecdotes** (likely from *Harper's Weekly*): - A joke about college commencement and customs duties - A steel industry story where a worker requests time off to marry, implying he'll need "rolling" practice - A theater anecdote about actress Mrs. Siddons marrying an actor despite her father's objection These aren't cartoons but short comic prose pieces—typical filler content for early 20th-century magazines. The humor is gentle, domestic, and relies on wordplay rather than social criticism.
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-LIFE- susan. | Kelly-Springfield that they have just had their commence- ment up at your boy’s college. How did See atee) Wines be Automobile Tires “All right,” said Binks, “they didn’t are adapted to the requirements of every motor find anything dutiable.” 2 R cer—high priced or low priced. Their quality —Harper’s Weekly. ‘ and construction will make any car wear longer. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE CO., 20 Vesey Street, New York 72 i Branch omecs In New York, Chieazo, Philadetpla, Boston, St. Louls, Detroit, Ctncinnatl, San Fi ow let us join in the grand old ; 1s Angeles, Buftaio, Baltiiore, Washington, Sea tlanea and Akron. 0. | Es body Li bi ddy 1 Boss Rubber Co... Appel & Bur 7 mpany, Dallas, Te 7 werybody Lies ‘but ‘Teddy Mouston, Texas. Todd Rubber Co. a be —New York Sun Hearn Tire & Rubber Co., € What She Needed Ata banquet not long ago Mr. Charles M. Schwab made a speech on the de- velopment of the steel industry. In the course of his remarks he mentioned a few of the men who had assisted in rolling mill development. One of them, it seems, was on his vacation when he fell in love with a handsome German girl Upon his return to the works he went to Mr. Carnegie and announced that as he wanted to get married he would like a little further time off. Mr. Carnegie appeared much interested. “Tell me about her,” he said. “Is she short or is she tall, slender, willowy?” “Well, Mr. Carnegie,” was the an- “all Lean say is that if I'd had swer, the rolling of her I should have given al is °° el Le : her two or three more passes.” ) i 5 Ais Lippincott, ; fn ie A Dutiful Daughter . Md The father of Mrs. Siddons had always am are a. forbidden her to marry an actor, and, of course, she chose a member of the old gentleman's company, whom she secretly wedded. When Roger Kemble heard of it he was furious. “Have I not,” he exclaimed, “dared you to marry a player?” The lady replied, with down- sted : . ves, that she had not disobeyed. Schlitz is brewed in the dark. a eat ailtel What, madam! Have you not Schlitz is shipped to you in Brown Bottles. yourself to about the worst performer in my company?” ctly 0," mur- Beer exposed to light cannot remain pure. mured the timid bride; “ nobody can call . . . . . . . . jum an actor.” Beer is saccharine. The slightest taint of impurity ruins its healthfulness. ——— ———— In Germany fhe Brown Bottle is used almost exclusively. | TSHQ German brewers know the damaging effect of light on beer. SHADE Pig A. ROLLERS Order a case from your . ayia SS. dealer today. Sce that OX, Swen aZhwee eee «Deep crown or cork is branded eo Undergreved in Sian h e B ee r a En IN, Mfr., 46 Farrar St, Lyon, Mass EDOR 18-M E RETURNED +4 Send sketch for free search of Patent Office Records. How Odtaio a Patent and What to laveat with list of laventions wacttl and prizes offered for inventions seat free. Patents advertised free. VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., Washington, D. C. 2072 comicbooks.com