Life, 1912-11-21 · page 32 of 44
Life — November 21, 1912 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page is predominantly **advertising and literary content**, not political cartoons. The main elements are: 1. **Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co. advertisements** (left) promoting "Comfy" slippers in various colors and styles for women, men, and children—typical early-20th-century footwear marketing. 2. **"The Lost World" rhymed review** (center) by Arthur Guiterman reviewing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel. It humorously summarizes the book's plot: explorers discovering prehistoric creatures (dinosaurs, pterodactyls, armadillos) on an isolated plateau, then returning to London. Guiterman acknowledges Doyle's "scientific bluff" isn't realistic but defends the adventure as entertaining fiction. 3. **Tourism advertisements** (right) promoting Cuba, Jamaica, and Panama as winter destinations, emphasizing beaches, sugar mills, caves, and the Panama Canal. There is **no satire or political commentary** visible. This is a straightforward magazine page mixing consumer goods advertising with book review and travel promotion.
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a el DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOE CO.’S The De Luxe Women’s, Light Blue, Latender, Old Rose, Pink, Price | Fawn, Oxford Grey, Wine, Chinchilla Grey . . $2.00 Men's, sime as Women's, but without ribbor ford Grey * a: The Peerless Women's, Light Blue, Red, Chinchilla Grey, Lavender Price Fawn, Pink, Oxford Grey, Wine, Old Rose, Navy Blue, Brows, Purple, Wastaria, Black, Taupe. . $1.50 L Picture Comfys For Children Brown, Navy Blue nd Rabbit. tos ee eg” Red, Pink, Light Blue Misses’ $1.25, Children’s $1.10 At Your Dealer’s Insist on getting Daniel Green Comfys.”” If your dealer does not sell them, we will send direct on receipt of price, Express prepaid, if you give dealer's name. Seo that this Slippers with- Trade Mark out this Trade label is in the jark are not alipper. - romfys."" wo aes There are no" Comfys"* but Daniel Green * Comfys.” Send for our handsome illustrated Cata- logue, No. 32, showing many new styles Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co. 110-112 East 13th St., New York IL Sole manufacturers of ‘‘Comfy"’ Footwear Rhymed Review The Lost World (By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Geo. H. Doran Company.) Where Amazonian rivers flow Morass and gloomy jungle cleaving, There lifts a great basalt plateau— A land of wonders past conceiving. Twas in the dim Jurassic time That Nature set apart this fastness Where, born of Mesozoic slime, Huge monsters heave their horrid vastness. Four dauntless men with gun in hand Ascending dreadful precipices Achieved the haunted table-land— A harder task than even this is, For Devil-birds with leathern wings, And teeth, and talons flocked to greet them, And Leaping Dinosaurs and Things From rarebit nightmares tried to eat them. An azure lake they chanced upon Where mammoth reptiles cleft the billow. They saw the pig-faced Toxodon, Beheld the Giant Armadillo. Queer Saurians they also met With clutching claws and necks con- tractile, And caught a dainty little pet— A charming baby Pterodactyl. They chased the Stegosaurus, too, With armor-plate along his torso. A big Phororhacos they slew— (He's like an ostrich, only more so). Assailed by Missing Links who played At being folks in tree-top villas, They helped an Injun tribe to raid And massacre those Men-Gorillas. They found a diamond mine! (The same Might help to make another story Then back to London-town they came To sing a song of Dinosauri. Sir Conan’s scientific bluff Would drive my old professor fran- tie; But, after all, the tale’s the stuff, So don't let’s go and be pedantic. Arthur Guiterman, 255 Beautiful Cuba A Winter Paradise HAVANATMorro Castle, Cabafias Fortress, the Prado, the Malecon, Modern. Parks, Streets, Hotels, Shops, Theatres, Clubs. WARIANAO BEAGK” Sesto Ws Club's new 18-hole Golf Course, MATANZAS~ Sontine ‘Yutnurl Valley, nnd the Wondrously Beautiful Caves of Bellamar, PROVIDENCIA SUGAR MILO of the tare typical of Cuba’s great surar mills, visited by thousands of tourists annually. SANTIAGO DE CUBA—Famees for its mountain nery and its battle fields of the Spanish-American war. lovely little island Winter esor' the south shore of Cuba; easily reached from JAMAICATWith its luxuriant verdure and per. fect roads; only a few hours from Santiago de Cuba, PANAMA 204 the gigantic marvels of the Pan- ama Canal; twodays’ sail from Kings amship connection from Send four cents in stamps for beautiful illustrated bookie describing above and other interesting places in Cuba to United Railways of Havana FRANK ROBERTS, General Passenger Agent 52 Broadway, Room 211 - New York When you want a whiskey that is a little bet- ter than you can get at your club, I have it for you. Vv. O. S. GOLD ARMOR WHISKEY A blend of straight Bourbons, one selected for its aroma, another for its body and a third for its flavor, and all taken from my own family’s collec- tion of rare old Bourbons—so harmonized as to produce that exquisite bouquet, the eternal quest of the connoisseur. Undoubtedly an ideal in whiskey, but if you don’t find it so you can have your money returned, Sold only by mail, 4 quarts $6. Send check of use your business stationery. Express prepaid. RANDOLPH ROSE, Exclusively fine old whiskies. York Street, Newport, Kentucky. Clean Teeth Never Decay ,, The nearest approach to perfect cleanliness of the teeth is obtained by the daily use of Calo3 “THE OXYGEN DOES 1T* All Druggists, 23 vis Sample wil Booklet free on request McKESSON & ROBBINS - NEW YORK Ath for the Calor Tooth Rruth, Se. we: fa rive t Se comicbookMeam