Life, 1913-01-02 · page 5 of 44
Life — January 2, 1913 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The bulk consists of Franklin Simon & Co. department store ads for women's shoes, slippers, corsets, and brassieres during their January annual sale. The left column contains two brief opinion pieces under "High Politics" and "Another Wise Man"—satirical anecdotes about public indifference to serious political matters and Irish folk wisdom, respectively. These are light commentary rather than pointed political cartoons. At the bottom, a Hinds Honey and Almond Cream advertisement appears, with a small cartoon showing figures on a ship's deck (the caption references "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck"), but this is just product marketing imagery, not political satire. Overall, this is a vintage magazine page mixing light editorial humor with commercial advertisements.
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High Politics People who still talk about public and political concerns, discuss the finish of the war in the Balkans, the Franklin Simon & Co. Supreme Court decision in the case of the Union Pacific, the President's message if one has time, the reassem- Fifth Avenue bling of Congress, the flurry in stocks But it’s only the second month since dection and the public mind is some- | the concerns of high politics. People are not disposed to be excited Thursday, Jan. 2nd, to Jan. 14th about anything and incline to. skip the serious reading in the papers and notice the tattle. Interest in the WOMEN’S HIGH GRADE SHOES fortunes and expedients of the New Ss eeeeeeeeaeew—awawEeeuazcau Haven road continues because a lot of people hereabouts have to travel on that road every day, and its experi- | Our $4.00 Shoe.... 3.00 | Our $6.30 Shoe.... 5.50 ences concern them. The latest gos- sip at this writing is that the Grand Our $5.00 Shoe 4.00 | Our $8.00 Shoe.. 6.50 Trunk is going to resume track build- ing. The Evening Post tells a sad story of how the road did, indeed, fur- EVENING SLIPPERS nish excellent transportation to the Yale-Harvard football game, but at Of Satin, velvet, suede, white or bronze kid, patent or dull leather the cost of complete suspension of its freight service on that day and subse- Our $5.00 Slipper... 3.50 | Our $6.50 Stipper.. 5.50 quent delays of very serious extent to freight deliveries over its whole sys- tem, That makes one grieve a little for Mr. Mellen, whose zeal in an emer- ANNUAL SALE gency in one place is offset by un- ——____—_—— avoidable neglect of routine service in all the other places, with resulting Thursday, Jan. 2nd, to Jan. 14th shricks of execration all along the | . line. But that by no means weakens the general charge that he has under- “PARFAIT” CORSETS AND BRASSIERES taken far more than he can operate, and spends what strength and money Made exclusively for Franklin Simon & Co. he has mainly in adding to his under- takings. | ABOUT ONE-HALF FORMER PRICES Another Wise Man Le Fanu, in his “Seventy Years of Our $3.00 Corset.... 1.75 | Our $13.75 Corset... 6.75 Irish Life,” tells of a peasant who said | Our $5.00 Corset.... 2.75 | Our $15.75 Corset... 7.50 te a gentleman: Our $6.00 Corset.... 3.50 | Our $3.00 Brassiere.. 1.45 ly poor father died last night, your honor.” Our $10.75 Corset... 5.75 | Our $6.75 Brassiere.. 3.75 “I'm sorry for that, now,” answers the other, “ and what doctor attended him?" Ah! my poor father wouldn't have a doctor; he always said he'd like to die a FIFTH AVE., 37th and 38th Sts., New York natural death.”—Argonant. Made on perfect fitting lasts, hand sewed HINDS “Kizas* CREAM rae | war's ate potso? Relieves at once, quickly heals, makes clear, velvety skin. Complexions are greatly im- | “i's sgcirine ‘78. 20° stood’ of MF ia boules proved by its use. by refined women. Soothes infants’ skin troubles. Men who viieavuanienTeaenes 5 shave prefer it.—Is not greasy; cannot grow hair; is absolutely harmless. At all dealers. 0c Write for Free Sample Bettic and Tubs. A.S.HINDS, 63 West St., Portland, Maine comicbooks.com