Life, 1913-04-03 · page 44 of 52
Life — April 3, 1913 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and promotional content**, not political satire. The three humorous cartoon illustrations are generic comic vignettes without specific political or social commentary. The cartoons depict: - "Creation": A figure at a desk, apparently depicting artistic or creative work - "Negotiation": Two men in conversation, suggesting a business discussion - "Appreciation": A man in formal attire, possibly showing gratitude or satisfaction The advertisements promote **Sturtevant ventilating fans** (targeting summer heat discomfort), **horse training courses by mail**, and **Mothersill's seasickness remedy**. The page also includes testimonial quotes praising *Life* magazine itself as "artistic and humorous" and "antagonist of the follies...of the drug-injecting and carving school of medicine"—referencing contemporary debates over medical practices. **Bottom line**: This is a typical early 20th-century magazine page mixing light humor with commercial advertisements rather than political cartooning.
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Pure Air Anywhere All Summer Yes,—even in that back room or basement so stifling last summer that you gave it up as unusable during the hot weather, (REO. U.8. PAT, OFF.) Ventilating Fans solve any ventilating problem no matter ion difficult. They force out all the bad air and blow in a cool, steady stream of fresh air from outdoors. The Propeller Type Fans are for use where large volumes of air are to be handled without piping. They are usually placed in top sash of window or in wall or partition, and force ¢ foul air outdoors or into another room. They ventilate kitchens, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, inundeies,yestaurants, lab rooms and work rooms. Booklet No. LP¢ describes these Fans Sturtevant Ready-to-Run Ventilating Sets are used when smaller volumes are re- quired, or when it is desirable to remove or supply air a distance through piping. They are usedin ventilating and cooling telephone booths, bank vaults, toilets, closets, show rooms, and for tal ing away odors and fumes in factories laboratories,etc. Booklet No. LR¢ describes these Sets Don’t wait until hot weather comes again, Act now. Write us about your ventilating troubles. Tell us whether want to drive the fan by belt or elece tricity. mh us what electric current you have— voltage, cycles, phase, ete. Give us the size and location of your room. Our nearest engineer will advise you without cost to you. We can provide you with the proper fan to fill your exact needs, B, F. STURTEVANT CO. HYDE PARK, BOSTON, MASS. Offices in all principal cizics Good Adjectives Lire is not only the most artistic and humorous publication in America; it is something more than that. Lire is a clever, consistent, persistent, antagonist of the follies and failures of the drug- ging, serum-injecting and carving school of medicine. Lire is not only clean and clever and virtuous; it is also rich. What a combination !—Brawn and Brain. To marry once is a duty; twice a folly; thrice is madness. —Dutch Proverb. CREATION APPRECIATION LEARN LEAR’ TO RIDE TO TRAIN HORSES I Will Teach You By Mail ‘Take any ordinary horse you have or your most lkety colt and train it yourself. You can do It, And ft re quires po special gift or “magnetism.” Easy, slmole, ‘A sclentife system, easily mastered.” 19 my wonderful saddle horse training course 1 will teach you how to Judge a horse—read his disposition—bew to teach Any horse the five standard gaits, and to waltz, bow, kneel, etc., how to change its galt by a simple movement, 1's all clearly explained by photos and diagrams. Big Profits For Riding Masters Let mo teach you how to earn $25.00 t0 350. saddle horses. Get up clubs, riding classes, ete, “Be an expert Judge of horses at & glance. Free 10 all «no request tt, a beautiful Drospectus on Gaiting and Training & saddle horse. Also a handsome colored picture of a Beery student and ber famous Standard bred borse “Satan.” | Sh trained him by the Beery method. Write today. Address PROF. JESSE BEERY Bor 450 Pleasant Hill, Ohio — [LRAINSICKNES Prevented—Stopped OTHERSILL'S, after thorough tests, is now officially adopted by practically all the Great Lakes and New York Steamship Companies running south, and mary ‘Transatlantic lines. Four years ago Mr. Mothersill gave a personal demonstn- tion of his remedy on’the English Channel, Irish Sea, and the Baltic, and received unqualified endorsement from leading papers and such people as Bishop Taylor Smith, Lord North cliff, and hosts of doctors, bankers and professional men. Lac ters from personages of international renown—peopie we all know—together with much valuable information, are contained in an attractive booklet, which will be sent free upon receipt of your name and address. Mothersill's is guaranteed not to contain cocaine, morphine. opium, chloral. or any coal-tar products. 50 cent box is sult cient for twenty-four hours. $1.00 box for a Transatlaste voyage. Your druggist keeps Mothersill’s, or will obtain it for you from his wholesaler. If you have any trouble getting the genuine. send direct to the Mothersill Remedy Co... 405 Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Also at 19 St. Bride Strcet, Londo, Montreal, New York, Paris, Milan, Hamburg. THE BOYS’ MAGAZINE--FREE seo addresses of 5 boys (from 8 to 18 years old) and we'll send you 8 ov of this splendid magazine free. Great stories— Beautiful iustrationt Handsome covers in colors. Edited by WALTER CAMP. De partments devoted to Electricity, Mechanics, Athletics, Pbotoers Boy Scouts. Carpentry. Stamps and Cotns. THE SCOTT F: REDFIELD CO., 210 Mata St.,Smethport, comicbooks.com