Life, 1913-01-23 · page 5 of 40
Life — January 23, 1913 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The left side contains an "Ode to the Lactic Acid Bacillus"—a humorous poem praising beneficial bacteria, reflecting early-20th-century enthusiasm for microbiology and health science. Below that, an article titled "Information? Pooch!" discusses women's colleges, arguing that education shouldn't assume women are inherently ignorant, and that acquiring information is necessary. The right page features **Theodore B. Starr Inc.** advertisements showcasing luxury goods (clocks, bronzes, jewelry) and Kelly-Springfield automobile tires. The decorative images show an ornate Louis XVI clock and a classical bronze fountain sculpture. The page reflects period attitudes about education, consumerism, and scientific progress rather than political commentary.
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Ode to the Lactic Acid Bacillus Hail to thee, germ philanthropic! Greetings, O noble bacillus! Humbly thy help I petition, menaced by | carly senescence : Evil albuminoids threaten, while I af- frightedly harbor 7 Phenol ingredients! < | wt se aot vRiesvauuuTaacennac Happy the pure protozoan, limpid, in- ) ‘ | transitive, deathless! 6 1 feebly, and perish: j ) functionate with diversified tissues, Harmful intestinal flora, low, deleteri- ous indols Frustrate longevity. Come, thou acidulous atom, let me ab: sorb and possess thee; Give thee a dwelling eupeptic, feed thee with minimum toxins, HIS clock, of the period of Louis ‘And for thy chosen companions, colon- XVI, is from our exhibit of clocks ize mild and benignant and candelabra, representing the prin- Glycobacteria! cipal decorative periods. Many pieces are replicas of treas- ures now preserved in the museums of Europe, or of famous specimens belonging to the Wallace and Roths- child collections. Those who desire clocks and can- delabra in harmony with classic deco- rative treatment will find this exhibit notable both in variety and artistic importance. In addition we have given particu- kind Come in proliferate pow! Metchnikoffian microbe Stimulate sanative cultures ‘ auto-infections! Let us go forward, triumphant, joyous, immune, and aseptic, Unto Millennium! Corinne Rockwell Swain, in The Century. » banish these Information? Pooh! We are becoming woefully short lar attention to mahogany hall and of women's colleges. Barnard Col- mantel clocks; also to antique French ‘ lege, for example, which is only and English mantel clocks, and Eng- lish and Dutch hall clocks, the genu- ineness of which we guarantee. Inspection or correspondence in- adapted for five hundred women, has eight hundred upon its rolls. Other i“ prominent women’s colleges are in the same stress. The new women’s move- ment has furnished a stimulus to the young girl’s ambition to learn, hence B the crowded college. The pity of all this is that so many young women should suppose they are acquiring an education by going to college. It is probable, indeed. that the average woman's college has a more stultifying and narrowing’ ef- ib fect upon the mind of the average | girl (to say nothing of her senti- | JEWELRY BRONZES CLOCKS ments) than almost any other influ- ence that could be conceived. The T would be difficult to give happier expression to the play of running water than Miss Jeannette Scudder has given in her charming fountain pictured above. Our Bronze Collection of fountains and other subjects includes the work of the American sculptors, MacMon- nies, Partridge, McNeil, Hartley, Humphriss, Solon Borglum, Miss Eberle, Mrs. Potter-Vonnoh, Shrady, Isidor Konti and Russell—and of th foreign sculptors, Gerome, Mcisson- nier, Carpaux, Rodin and other well- known artists. For a number of these sculptors we are the sole representative. Selections of bronzes for Fountains, Sun-Dials, Trophies, or Interior Deco- ration, may be made in person or by correspondence and photograph. | WA B. STARR. ji Established 1862 DIAMONDS AND PEARLS OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY WATCHES STATIONERY 5TH AVENUE AND 47TH STREET SILVERWARE LEATHER GOODS & mistake lies in assuming that the ac- quisition of information is necessary og ’ > Kelly-Springfield | Automobile Tires I's Kelly-Springfield quality and wear—not price—that we like to emphasize, for when you get mileage a few thousand miles greater than 3 the average tire gives, the cost is just naturally reduced. | ELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY, 20 Vesey Street, New York Branch officesin gp tah Phi aicags, Ehtadet phi. Boston, St. Louls, Detroit, Cincinnatl, San Francisco, Ths Hearn Tire & Hubber Co. Columbus, OMe ee ae Mer Oe Mule Some Rubber Co., Denver, Colo. if " ee ae ae : Savell D oe Werke i for the acquirement of an education. On the contrary, there is too much in- formation. What is needed is more originality, more breaking away from accepted standards and inde- pendence. more Exceptions “The immensity of nature every one with the same awed feeling.” “No, it doesn’t. I took a girl to the cireus once, and she told me she thought the hippopotamus was cute.” —Baltimore American. strikes comicbooks.com idan a EA, iH