Life, 1913-03-27 · page 55 of 60
Life — March 27, 1913 — page 55: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **railroad advertising** for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, announcing four new express trains connecting New York City to Northern New England. The cartoon at top left is satirical: titled "A Forecast," it depicts storks delivering babies produced by chemicals, illustrating a German scientist's prediction about future reproduction. The joke mocks futuristic scientific speculation—the absurdity of replacing natural reproduction with chemical manufacturing. This reflects early-20th-century anxieties about rapid technological advancement and its potential to disrupt fundamental aspects of human life. Below is a brief philosophical piece titled "Love," offering a humorous definition of love as something filling idle time when we're not engaged in practical activities like traveling, fighting, buying, or selling. The remainder consists of railroad schedules for trains named "The Green Mountain Express," "The Keene Express," "The Vermonter," and "The State of Maine Express," along with advertisements for iron railings and fence designs.
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jor hasn't e'll seat idelphia —_ gl Lal ele A FORECAST A GERMAN SCIENTIST PREDICTS THAT BABIES WILL BE PRODUCED BY CHEMICALS IN THE NEAR FUTURE Love “What is love?” asks the enthusiast. And the seer replies: “Something which occupies us when sleeping, talking, traveling, fighting and buying and selling —in short, when we have nothing better Iron Railing Entrance Gates and Wire Fencing of all designs and for all purposes. Unclimbable Fences for Estate Boundaries and Industrial Properties. Tennis Court Enclosures a Specialty. Lawn Furniture and Stable Fittings. No order too large or too small for us to handle. Send for our Fence Catalog of origi- nal designs. It’s yours for the asking. F. E. CARPENTER CO. 862 Postel Building NEW YORK TTT civing full New York UNDERGROUND eee RECEIVER factor. Circular tree. CICSTEPHENSON: Mire ao. rrar St. Lynn, Mass, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad On February 10th, 1913 FourThrough Express Trains Joined together New York City AND Northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) “The Green Mountain Leare New York (G. C. Ter.) 8.03 A.M. Daily— ” Via Springfield for Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, White Express River Junction, Wells River and Newport, Vt., arriving 9.15 P.M. Returning leave Newport 9.40 A.M. Ar- rive New York, 10.35 P.M. Through Buffet Smoking Car, Parlor Car and Coaches. “cc 97 Leave New York (G. C. Ter.) 11.00 A.M. Daily ex- The Keene Express cept Sunday—via Springfield for Keene, N. H., ar- riving 5.40 P.M. Returning leave Keene 7.30 A.M. Arrive New York 2.05 P.M. Through Buffet Parlor Car and Coaches. “©The Vermonter ”’ Leave New York (G, C. Ter.) 11.50 A.M, Daily— via Springfield for White River Junction, arriving 7.20 P.M. Returning, leave White River Junction 9.00 A.M. Arrive New York 4.42 P.M. Through Buffet Smoker, Parlor Car, Dining Car and Coaches. “¢The State of Maine Leave New York (G. C. Ter.) 8.10 P.M. Daily— ” via Springfield and Worcester for Lowell, } y: Express mouth, N. H., Portland, Augusta and I arriving 11.45 A.M. Leave Bangor 3.45 F 1.15 P.M. $ ys. Portland 8.40 P.M., arrive New York 7 7.05 A. Through Sleeping Car to Plymouth, N. H., to Portland, Me. Through Coaches to Portland, Buffet Sleeping Car to Bangor, Me. Daily except Saturday to Bangor, and except Sunday from Bangor. Our ticket agents will give you full information. For Sleeping or Parlor Car space apply 171 Broadway or Grand Central Station, New York The New England Lines comicbooks.com