Life, 1913-03-20 · page 31 of 44
Life — March 20, 1913 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political satire. However, it contains one brief humorous anecdote: **"The Jarvey" Section**: This reprints an Irish joke about a Dublin cab driver (jarvey). An English visitor asks the driver about an unfamiliar public building. The driver admits ignorance, then cleverly explains he could have provided details "if you'd been a stranger!"—implying he fabricates colorful stories for tourists but maintains honesty with locals. The joke plays on the Irish stereotype of charming deception and highlights the commercialized tourist experience in early 1900s Ireland. **Main Content**: The bulk of the page advertises Motz Cushion Tires for electric automobiles, emphasizing their durability, smooth ride, and 10,000-mile guarantee. This reflects the era when electric vehicles competed with gasoline cars. Supporting ads include Irish tourism, Russian wolfhounds, and garbage services—typical of a general-interest magazine's revenue model. The page offers no political commentary, simply entertainment and commercial messaging typical of *Life* magazine's hybrid editorial-advertising format.
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ERE feature first, what is more expressive of the jarvey’s honesty, while at the same time it implies all the other traits we have mentioned, than the story of the Cork gentleman who, having an English friend on a visit to him, took the latter round the town on a car to show him the sights? Coming to a public building with which he was not acquainted, he asked the jarvey what it wa: Sure, I reply. “Don't kno} in surprise. don't know, sir,” was the cried the gentleman “Why, I thought there wasn’t a square foot in the whole town that a jarvey did not know the history of?” “Well, it’s this way, sir,” explained the jarvey, who knew his man. “TI could have told you all about that building if you'd been a stranger! "—From Harvey's “Irish Life and Humor.” Reprinted by permission of the pw hers, Messrs. J. B. Lippincott Company. Every little merger has a dissolution all its own.—Wall Street Journal. We have for Hire the Best Open and Closed Automobiles for British and Con- tinental Motoring at the most reasonable inclusive tariff in Europe. G. American Visitorste C. The fifth annual edi- ve toured The International Autotravel Society 56-60 Morning Post Buildings The Strand, London, England The Jarvey Like the Lakes of Killarney and the siant's Causeway, the Irish jarvey is one of the attractions of the Emerald Isle. The tourist who returns with pleasing memories of the “ Devil's Punch-Bowl” and the “ Wishing Stone,” also returns with happy recollections of the jaunting car and its witty driver. Of the wit and humor of his country the jarvey is typical, and in some ways this is lucky, for he, perhaps more than most others, comes in contact with those ¢ desirous of witnessing the char- ic traits of the Irish people. He is complimentary when he thinks it suits his purpose, is sarcastic when his “ fare” would make merry at his expense, can practise a little deception when it lies in the way of his. business, but is perfectly honest when he feels that the occasion demands him to be so. To take the last RUSSIAN “WOLFHOUNDS How Electric Car Owners Are Doubling Their Pleasure If your pleasure electric is equipped with pneumatic tires you are missing half the pleasure of motoring. And you are spending for tire up- keep far more than you should. Why not say goodbye to those aggravating punctures and blowouts and to those mountain- ous tire-repair bills? That's what the majority of electric car owners have done, and thus doubled their motor pleas- ures. They did it by equipping with Motz Cushion Tires. Tires That Ride Like Air Motz Cushion Tires are not hard-rubber tires —the kind that jolt and jar and injure the deli- cate mechanical parts of a car. They are lively, easy-riding, shock-ab- sorbing, resilient—as much so as any prop- erly inflated pneumatic. All due to the double, notched treads (A in picture), which prevent skidding and distribute the weight to the sides. The sides are undercut (see B), which allows free action of slantwise bridges (see C). These bridges are elastic. They give and yield like the air in a pneumatic tire. Note D in the picture, showing shock-absorbing qualities when tire runs over a stone. MOTZ Utmost Mileage—No Repairs Motz Cushion Tires end expensive repair bills and the need of extra tires. And each set carries the strongest guaranty ever put on a tire—a guaranty of 10,000 miles, two years. Think what you save, not only in trouble and time, but in actual CASH, with these long- mileage tires. The Leading Electric Tire More Motz Cushion Tires are now used than all other pleasure electric tires combined. Even though they cost more than other e’ec- tric tires, the leading electric car makers in Amer- ica now include them as standard equipment. They do it to make their cars trouble-proof and easy-riding. In two years the use of Motz Cushion Tires has increased 1,000% Get Our Latest Book 91 Nobody can read the facts set forth in our Tire Book without realizing that Motz Cushion Tires combine the utmost in economy, durability and re to read this Book continue to sacrifice time, comfort touey. oot paccmalic or sold tires: “Send ‘a postal and get the Book by return mail. Give specifications—name of car, model, size of rims, ete. Cushion Tires They fit any Standard Clincher, Universal Quick-Detachable or Demountable Rim Factories and Executive Offices AKRON, OHIO The Motz Tire and Rubber Co. Service Stations in All Principal Cities UNDERGROUND <— GARBAGE RECEIVER OFLIES, NOLITTER. NO pons. Qoems with the foot: closes itself. Clean and sanitary. Sold direct from tact nteed. Circular tree. CUSTEPMENSON, Mire 40 Farrar St..Lynn, Mass. | BRANCHES—Bosto: Woodward Av Pittsburgh, 300 4 Dundee St.z Chicago, 2023 Michigan Ave.; Cleveland, 1932 Euclid A . Louls, $187 Delmar Bivd.; Kansas City, 409 E. 15th St. New York, 1737 Broadway 3 Philadelphia, 1409 Race St.; Los Angeles, 336 W. Pico St. comicbooks.com