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This page is primarily **automobile advertising** for the Waverley Limousine-Four electric car, with several unrelated humorous anecdotes in the margins. The main advertisement emphasizes the car's novel rear-seat driving position, allowing passengers to face each other in individual Pullman chairs rather than sit in traditional forward-facing rows. This represents a luxury feature—intimate social conversation while traveling. The surrounding content includes: - A story about Lord Macaulay (the 19th-century historian) encountering street ballad sellers who expected him to sing - A joke about someone buying an automobile after observing pedestrians being chased by cars—dark humor about automotive accidents - A tragic story about an unloved stray dog used for medical experimentation These pieces are disconnected from the advertisement. The Macaulay and automobile jokes appear designed as light entertainment, while the dog story is sentimental commentary on society's treatment of the powerless—typical of Life's mix of satire and social observation.

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Four Separate Pullman Chairs society: and comfortable, insured against crowding. The illustration shows this unique, delight- ful and practical seating arrangement—how three of the chairs face forward with the The Silent Waverley Limousine - Four Waverley drop sill construction permits a six inches lower than any other igh grade ‘electric, swung on the full elliptic springs that insure easy riding over any roads, graceful bod. hi on any tires. Speed and mileage are both ample for all And_no storm city and suburban nee that blows can put the Limousine-Four out of You Drive From the Left Hand Rear Seat In the New Full View Ahead Waverley Limousine-Four Sitting with, instead of in front of your companions, enjoying their conversation Vand veryone in a separate richly uphol- stered Pullman Chair, luxuriously spacious Full View Ahead From the Left Hand Rear Seat fourth a “cosy corner” in front at the right. Leaving the space in front of the driving seat free and clear—the pleasant and sociable full view ahead, Parcels and whatever else you want to carry go behind the two side chairs, completely out of the way. One of the small items that so greatly add to convenience. commission. It is always ready for service, no matter what the weather. 40 cells 11 plate Exide, Hycap or Philadel- phia, or 13 plate Gould or Waverley batteries, all M. V. size jar. Ironclad Exide or 60 cell Edison at extra price. We would like to send youa copy of theSilent Waverley Electric Year Book, a wonderfully beautiful production which illustrates and de- scribes the Limousine-Four, Limousine-Five and the complete Waverley pleasure car line. Free on request, as is our commercial car catalog, showing models ranging from a light delivery wagon to a five ton truck. Address The Waverley Company 178. East Street. ‘Indianapolis, Ind. New York Branch __1784 Broadway _ Chicago Branch 2425 Michigan Ave. He Who Sung “The Lays of Ancient Rome” Lord Macaulay, passing one day through the Seven Dials, bought a hand- ful of ballads from some street folks who were bawling out their contents to a gaping audience. Proceeding on his way home he was astonished to find himself followed by half a score of urchins, their faces beaming with ex- pectation. “Now then, my lads, what is it?” said he. “Oh, that’s a good ‘un,” replied one of the boys, “after we've come all this way.” “ But what are you waiting for?” said the historjan, astonished at the lad’s familiarity. “Waiting for! Why ain't you going to sing, guv’ner?” “T UNDERSTAND you have just bought an automobile?” “Yes. I saw seven of them chasing one pedestrian the other day, and I de- cided that T was on the wrong end of the sport."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Never Did Have a Friend This bricf stdéry is from the Chicago Record-Herald: He was just a little dog. His life had been spent dodging kicks, and pick- ing up bones from garbage boxes. He wasn't of any particular use in the world. No one loved him, and he, after many vain attempts to n a human friend, had given up in disgust and be- come sly and cynical. In fact, he was merely a dirty, un- long-haired derelict of a big city, n he finally fell a victim to the dog catcher it didn’t matter particularly to anyone. Last night he was called on to atone for his misdeeds by dying a martyr to science. There was no one to protest, so his life blood ebbed slowly away on an operating table, while a group of physicians crowded about, or even stood on chai the better to see the little heart palpitating in a living breast, and to watch the rise and fall of the un- protected lungs until they had stopped in one last convulsive quiver. Jack: Now that your engagement is broken are you going to make Blanche send back your letters? Hakey: You bet I am, I worked hard thinking out those letters. They're worth using again.” —Boston Transcript. Established 1788 New Yorkers have carried the fame of Carstairs Rye far afield. Wherever, therefore, discrimi- nating men gather, will be found this Whiskey of Perfect Quality. A master blend. Aged in wood, then bottled with serially num- bered labels. tot dan sati stic the comicbooks.com