Life, 1913-02-13 · page 34 of 44
Life — February 13, 1913 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The page contains: **Main Content:** - Diamond Tire advertisement (top left) promoting "Vitalized Rubber" tires with extra air-room for comfort and durability - Book advertisement for *The Shadow* by Arthur Stringer (top right)—a detective story - Two brief humorous anecdotes in the middle: one about Murad the Third (a Ottoman Sultan) whose court wit cleverly smokes tobacco despite a death penalty by hiding in a pit, and another about naturalist Ernest Thompson-Seton telling a boy about bird eggs - Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey advertisement (bottom) **Historical Context:** The page reflects early 20th-century American consumer culture. The tire ad emphasizes technological innovation; the tobacco anecdote reflects pre-prohibition attitudes toward smoking; and the whiskey ad would soon become illegal (Prohibition era). The content is entertainment and product promotion rather than political satire.
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Diamond (NoClinch) Tires made of Vitalized Rubber are built with extra air-room It’s the extra air-room that doesthe work. The more air-room in your Keaibeorbing of A detect . a n absorbing stoi of a grea etective tires means more resili- aisd haw tee Gurecies BG tenn Seoued the ees THREE ; ii Strange adventure of the under-world, pow POINT ency, and a greater ability of the Perec amare of se ander woes RIM tire to absorb the shock of the Selling everypchere. Price $1.25 net, postage 11 cents, CONTACT road, insuring more comfort for Published by THE CENTURY CO. you and your passengers — more comfort for your tires. thou son of a bond-woman! Thy edicts This more air-room extend oter the earth, certainly; but tire does the work easily they do not extend under it.” ‘ ; Take thy life for thy jok and will not strain under rad, laughing and coughing—the first at toad usage. ‘The extra air-room is gained for you without lessening the jest and the second at the odor and the thickness of the tread or weakening the side walls. vapor, which he detested—" I only wish thy pipe were as enjoyable as thy wit.” Write today for our new book ‘How to Get More Mileage Out of Your —From Doran's Court Fools. Tires" —it explains all about the discovery of Vitalized Rubber, also Perfect 3-Point Rim Contact and the No-Pinch Safety Flap for inner tube protection, in- Wond. cluding the famous Diamond Safety (Squeegee) Tread. Address, The Diamond onders Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. Ernest Thompson-Seton was narrating cedotes about his beautiful residence, Wyndygoul, at Cos Cob, Conn., which 25,000 Diamond Dealers wien ne ia outs . little boy in one y camps to tell always at your Service me something wonderful about birds. “ Why,’ said the littl boy, ‘how they come out of the cues, that’s wonder- BOYS & GIRLS EVERYWHERE wn! ‘ Attending School a full Saved by His Tongue ting lo this tnteresting work abd “* Now, T went on, ‘tell me some- fiven.ecting, eomething z thing about them more wonderful. still Murad the Third, though savage by poetic “ Why,’ he answered, ‘it's more won- nature, could take a joke. There was attractive ” dettul how: theyever'got into the one thing, however, which he could not tolerate—tobacco; the use of which he punished with death. But among the members of his court was a man re- nowned for his wit, and for his power of raising the spirits of the Sultan, Now this court-wit loved smoking, and was resolved not only to have his pipe, but to escape the penalty of death attached to the enjoyment of it. Accordingly, he caused a deep pit to be dug in his tent, TS = and when he desired to give himself up to his dearest indulgence, he would de- scend into it, sitting there concealed by a sieve-like construction drawn over the top, and lightly covered with turf. One evening, Murad became sagacious of the hookah from afar, and, tracing the of- fender to the very pit in which he was THE RICHEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST quietly smoking, threatened him with OF MARYLAND'S FAMOUS DISTILLERIES instant death. The offender, however, ccolly thrusting his head upward, as he Sold at all first-class cafes and by jobbers. provokingly drew another mouthful of WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. the reeking luxury, exclaimed, “Go on, ‘aed leathers Address x —Tribune o spans nt Co., 1226 E, 63d Str: comicbooks.com