Life, 1913-02-13 · page 30 of 44
Life — February 13, 1913 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains: 1. **"Trilling"** — a brief humorous anecdote about Mrs. Lane's banking skills, published in Harper's Magazine style 2. **"She Wanted to Know"** — a short joke about an old maid guest at a restaurant asking a waiter to identify an orchestra piece, then becoming angry when he returns with the title 3. **Multiple advertisements** for commercial products: Steger pianos, Burpee seeds, corn plasters, and medical books The page reflects early 1900s magazine format, mixing light entertainment with product marketing. The humor is gentle domestic comedy rather than political commentary. The advertising emphasizes manufacturing quality and mail-order convenience—typical concerns of the era before mass retail distribution.
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The Man and the Factory Behind the Steger Piano ’ A Personal Word From “The Man Behind The Name” and intends to avoid exaggeration, but 4 “We are building for the future. By concentrating every effort to secure the has a strong tendency in that direction. | highest efliciency throueuoat our creacization, by constantly stad; ig the best meth. “It's perfectly wonderful,” she said to fi ods of piano-building and by using that knowledge, we give to the making of each a patient friend, “to see the way Mr Seger &Sors Piano and the Steger Natural Player-Piano the greatest care in workmanship, Lanc counts bills at the bank. 1 think ears of experience and the finest materials the world can supply, realizing that our ature growth and progress depend upon the artistic worth and durability of every in. they -ares.s Weirclechaxcanin! | Helh strument sent forth from our factories.” John V. Steger. take a great pile of five and ten and twenty dollar bills, and make his fingers * 5 fly just like lightning, and never make 4 er ons a mistake!” “Never?” asked the friend, who ° Wades Mik Uaae'e weakness, and, & Pianos and Natural Player-Pianos not forbear the question When you buy a Steger &Sexs Piano you pay for no “Well—no—at least,” stammered | commission or allowances or extras, You pay only the factory cost, plus asmall profit, and you get an instrument 5 Stffag Of excellent qualities, which will provide the highest type of pleasure for your home-circle. gee RSexs Pianos easily take rank with the finest pro- —Harper’s Magazine. ducts of Europe and America. They are made in the great Steger plano- factories at 8 , Illinois, the town founded by Mr. J. V. Bteger. « oe LANS FOR PAYMENT THAT MAKE BUYI CONVENIENT Is this Mr. Biggs’s office? The Steger Idea Approvat stan, Ste er ons The clerk looked up. Send tor our eatalog and other q ¢ —_— interesting literature, which ez PIANO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, “No, sir; Mr. Biggs’s office is on the plain it, Sent free on request. Steger Building, Chicago, Illinoi other side of the passage.” “Thank you,” said the other, and stepped outside, leaving the door wide Pais aie! you've left the door open,” A Bright New Book of 180 Pages for 1913 yelled the:elerk: after him: Telling the Plain Truth about BURPEE-QUALITY SEEDS, is mailed “Dear me, so I have. You sec, all Rares the doors at my home are fitted with Free of Cost to Gardeners everywhere upon Application to Blodger’s patent springs, Allow .me to W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia show you a specimen, Never wears out, Mrs. Lane, “why, perhaps he might get five or ten cents out of the way, but not any more, ever.” never cracks or jambs or needs oiling, = and-— "—Tit Bits. _ 7 G . a * THE SCIENCE OF A N Married ? By John Cowan. M.D. | 400 Caroni Bitters. Tones the stomach—stimulates appetite. Im- —_——— illustrations, This is the most Sh W, d K ves life and flavor of any cocktail. Try them and be satistied. | ‘on the marriage relation ever issued. ‘Circular ¢ Wanted to Know | i} hook Oct. C. Blache & Co... 78 Broad St.. New York, Gen'l Distrs. information free. Address J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING CO., 107 Rose St., New York A party of four just returnir a ee | a theatre called in at a fashionable res- taurant. The prim old maid who was the guest of the evening was charmed with everything, especially the music While the waiter was standing by the wo-Year Corns i ee ss of the picce the orchestra was playing. Can be Ended in Two Days The willing waiter promised, but other duties claimed him for a while, and ; . when he returned the lady had com two days it loosens and comes out. No pain, pletely forgotten her request. When he you can remember— no soreness, no inconvenience. You simply bec toward ‘hee and softly: whispered forever removed inthissim- forget the corn. something in her ear she recoiled with ple way. A million corns a month are removed in horror. Then, recovering from the shock, that way. she turned with cold, relentless fury plaster. It is done in a jiffy, And they never come back, (New corns upon the hapless man who waited “How dare you!" she cried. “ How and the pain stopsinstantly. may come if you conti i shoes, but th Pi Ps y fae " yoniee aatck ee hoes; e dare you!" It took the terrified waiter Then that wonderful old ones are gone completely. quite a time to explain why he had wax—theB & B wax—gently All this is due to a chemist’s invention, merely breathed the title of the piece undermines the cora. In which everyone should know. ] so softly: “What Can I Do to Make You Love Me?” A in the picture fs the soft B & B wax. It loosens the cora, —Buffalo Commercial. B protects the corn, stopping the pain at once C wraps around the toe. It is narrowed to be comfortable, — Dis rubber adhesive to fasten the plaster on. from Apply a little Blue-jay “So you got the opinions of two law- BI O yers on the case. Were their opinions ue-jay Corn Plasters ie mers ‘es, twenty-five dollars each. Sold by Druggists—15c and 25c per package erybody's Sample Mailed Free, Also Blue-jay Bunion Plasters. Wine Jelly when flavored with Abbott's Bitters is made ry ‘i Jeli vealth! s le of bitters by mail. 25 Bauer & Black, Chicago and New York, Makers of Surgical Dressings, ote. [I | ors (ast MC. We abbot Coe Baltimore, Me comicbooks.com