Life, 1912-11-14 · page 5 of 44
Life — November 14, 1912 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The right half features a large Victor-Victrola advertisement promoting phonographs at various price points ($15–$200) as Christmas gifts. The left side contains a "Rhymed Review" of a detective story called "The Red Button" by Will Irwin, praising it as an entertaining mystery with good plotting. Below that is a small advertisement for "Sexology," a book promising practical knowledge about marriage and relationships. The poem and advertisements reflect early 20th-century consumer culture and gender attitudes, but contain no political cartoon elements or social satire requiring historical context to decode.
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Rhymed Review The Red Button (By Will Irwin. The Bobbs-Mer- rill Co.) Detective yarns I'm loath to read Because, as Wister’s cowboy tells you, “You either guess who done the deed. Or else the Author fools an’ sells ae aene you.” Engrossed in tangling up a plot With clues and doings—mostly red ones, The writer seldom cares a lot If all his characters are dead ones. Victor-Victrola IV, $15 Yet here's a yarn in Monday's mail,— Oak Will Irwin had the wit to spin it, That's both a good detective tale And has some real live people in it! Of all the simple folk and strange Whose notions keep the book from tedium, The chief is Rosalie Le Grange Whom one might call “the Happy Medium,” Victor-Victrola IX, $50 Mahogany or oak Because for but a paltry sum i XVI, $200 She used to play with “psychic Mahogany or J quartered oak power” And blithely summon spirits from . 5 7 The waity dice, ihe ©. Glendower: Youcan search the whole world over and not find another gift that will bring so much When wicked Captain Hanska lay Completely dead and awful gory, : as Racy: dappened by ihat ws pleasure to every member of the family. ‘Twas Rosy happened by that way, And after that she runs the story. " ‘ % P F Any Victor dealer in any city in the world will They, at he eeteme ‘on! Lawrence gladly play any music you wish to hear and dem- onstrate to you the wonderful Victor-Victrola. A Happy Marriage Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., U.S. A. Depends largely on a knowl. edge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. bis knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordivary, =< — ‘every-day sources, SEXOLOGY “And shall he die? The Saints for- Though culprit there was really none, ieeaas bid it!” The facts so damned a guiltless valling, A.M.. 8f.D. imparts tn a clear, So honest Rosalie essayed stranger Fr pester ayes , To ascertain who really did it. That Rosy helped the man to run Away afar from legal danger. Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal Distributors, Where others failed she found the clue. But this was half a crime, you see, By dint of craft and lucky chances And Rose might need a strong pro- She traced the dark-eyed Girl That tector, volume. Illustrated, $2, postpaid. Knew And so she married M. McGee, Potten Pub Coy man Bldg. Phila, Pa. And learned the Truth by faking The chuckle-head Police Inspector! os y 7 +» Pa. trance, Arthur Guiterman, 2185 comicbooks.com