Life, 1913-03-20 · page 32 of 44
Life — March 20, 1913 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with a satirical poem as filler content**. The main visual element is a small cartoon showing a man examining something closely (likely illustrating the 3-in-One Oil ad below it). The "Rhymed Review" section presents Louis Joseph Vance's book "The Day of Days"—a satirical poem about Percy, a poor clerk who experiences one magical day when fortune favors him. He gambles, wins thousands, outwits villains, and marries a wealthy woman. The satire appears to mock both the coincidence-driven plots of popular fiction and perhaps the naive belief that luck alone can solve poverty. The page is dominated by **period advertisements**: 3-in-One Oil (emphasizing smooth, noiseless operation), Hotel Chamberlin (a luxury resort near Fortress Monroe, Virginia), Motor tours through Switzerland, and cosmetics. These ads reflect early 20th-century consumer culture targeting middle and upper-class readers. The cartoon itself is unremarkable—simply supporting the oil advertisement's claims about smooth mechanical function.
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Rhymed F Renee The Day of Days (By Louis Joseph Vance. Brown & Co.) A clerk was Perey Sybarite, Who drudged in smelly hides and leather To carn enough (his pay was slight) To keep the flesh and soul together, Little, Till heaven sent his Fated Day When Fortune seemed resolved to spoil him, When all things had to come his way, And naught could harm and naught could foil him: This Day of Days the gods bestow On each and all, for that is Kismet; But others, blindly, let theirs go, While Percy knew when he and his met. (So now you see how Mr. Vance Has all us captious critics mated. 3-in-One is the old orig- inal Anti-Squeak oil. It makes every hinge move as smoothly and! noiselessly as the Mills of the Gods| or the Wheels of Time. For longer wear and easier work use 3-in-One on typewriter, talking| machine, sewing machine, skates, | clocks, locks, scales, scissors and everything else around the home or! office that ever needs oiling. FREE OIL. Write today for generous free sample and the 3-in-One Dictionary. Sold everywhere in 3-size bottles: 1 oz. 10c., 3 oz. 25c., 8 oz. 14 pint S0c, Also in Handy Oil Can, 314 oz. 25c. If your dealer hasn’t this can, we'll send you one full of 3-in-One, by parcel post, for 30c. in stamps. THREE-IN-ONE OIL COMPANY replete with H From the luxurious Lounging-reoms of The Hotel, on of Hampton Roads, a brilliant and ever changing i Fortress Monroe, with the fascination of Military Life—Drills, Dress-parade, ete. is but a minute from The Cliamberlin. > Navy. 1 ial Function is brightengd by Life—Dance Programs always filled.— place, rs to enjoy to the full at this biz, Inxurions, yet intimately homelike Resort, ‘The Sea-poo! is the most magnificent indoor bathing Pool in America, radiant with Sunlight, and supplied with ever-changing, Pure. Fresh Sea-water. The Medical Bath Department is in charge of an expert in Hydropathy and is complete in every de The ¢ in is an ideal Place for Rest. for Reeuperation and for Pleasure. For further information and tuteresting tlinstrated booklets, apply at any Tourist Burcan or Transportation Office or address me, per sonaliy. GEO. F. ADAMS, Mer., Fortress Monroe, Va. New York Otfice, 1122 Broadway “This couldn't be by any chane Ie chuckles, “ Sur: fated!) ‘Motor through Switzerland The best way to see it. Nothing half so enjoyable. Roads, scenery and hotel accommodations the finest in the world. Send for ‘‘How to visit Swit- zerland,’’ toc. by mail. Since Percy owned but dollars five. Friend Kismet grabbed him by the collar, And dropped him in a gambling dive Where Percy cleaned up every dollar And when the gambler waved a gun Till Percival was near persuaded To yield the thousands he had won, The house was opportunely raided. Official Information Bureau of Switzerland, 241 Fifth Avenue] With ready wit and fist and knee, New York City. He balked the cops who tried to cop him; He bafiled villains one, two. three! Oh, nothing in the world could stop him! For on he danced with airy grace, Through palace, ballroom, dive and hovel— As though a moving-picture chase, Had suddenly become a novel— Queen Margherita, of Italy, motoring through’ Switzerland. Till, needing something extra rash To crown a day of wild adventures, He wed a girl with heaps of cash And stocks and bonds and gold debentures. Bring back the girtlah color to your cheeks. A touch of Veda Rose gives it. EI Perfecto Veda Rose Rouge Js nature's product. A wonderful beautifier. Guar- anteed harmles. "A ‘benefit to the skin. Sold by Grugelsta, department stores, and all dealers 1n tollet This book (Hush, hush, my con- science! I'm Averse, to-day, to seeming snub- @ EEF BROADWAY - - NEW YORK bish), For people bent on killing time, Is fairly entertaining rubbish. Arthur Guiterman, 388 articles. “Write today for free sample. Sole Agents—GEO. BORGFELDT & CO. 16th Street and Irving Place, New York Disrinaors of Worts-famows Telia Preparctions comicbooks.com