Life, 1913-05-08 · page 42 of 48
Life — May 8, 1913 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical advertisements and articles typical of *Life* magazine's social commentary. The **"Hands Wanted" advertisement** is sharp political satire mocking industrial employers. It advertises for workers described as obedient, unquestioning, and explicitly excludes those with "brains, ambitions, feelings or self-respect." The cruel irony—promising workers the "spectacle" of watching idle wealthy people as compensation—critiques both labor exploitation and class inequality. The final line, "Don't you love your country enough to want it to be prosperous?" uses patriotic language to mock the wealthy's self-serving justifications. The page also promotes articles about **Beulah Miller**, a child "mind reader" whose supposed psychic powers were attracting public attention. **Prof. Hugo Münsterberg** of Harvard promises a non-exposé explanation in *Metropolitan* magazine, suggesting skeptical examination of her claimed abilities—typical early-20th-century fascination with spiritualism and pseudoscience. A tourism ad for Maine canoeing rounds out the commercial content.
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THROUGH THE WILDS Down the Allagash (208 Miles by Canoe) It is one of the wonder va- cations of the world. Youcan go by train to Moosehead Lake away down in the WOODS OF MAINE There you get your camp supplies and guides, white or Indian. The next morning you're off for 200 miles through forest scenery of unimaginable beauty— across nine exquisite lonely lakes, and #0 into the Allagash River, into the St. John, to Fort Kent on the Canadian border. You camp in delightful places, sleep on hemlock boughs, eat camp ‘cooking, breathe pine-spruce- laden air, Sth, explore.» You come out brown and happy and made ov ly and nerves. Two weeks aro ample for the trip ‘and the cost is small. New Mt. Kineo House Annex is open May 9 to Oct. 15. Send for FREE Booklet Address Vacation Bunzav ‘THE NEW ENGLAND LINES Room 794 Pitan LEE: Hands Wanted ANTED—Hands. In great number. / i : y C, skillful and tireless. Must be hands in all that the word implies. Must ask no questions. Must be perfectly obedient. Must never join a union nor go on strike. Must be willing to conform to rules, without question as to pay, hours, accommodations or other material considerations. In return for the work, how- ever, we promise to regale them with the spectacle of the most useless class of idle spendthrifts ever known to history, Isn't this worth working for? Don’t you love your country enough to want it to be prosperous? Apply at once. Hands with brains, ambitions, feelings or self-respect attached will not be considered. All kinds: horny, strong, deft, nimble Address, without imposing. any conditions, Anytrust, Anywhere, U. S. A. Ir ignorance and passion are the focs of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes. The modern sepa- ration of enlightenment and virtue, of thought and conscience, of the intellec- tual aristocracy from the honest and vul- gar crowd, is the greatest danger that can threaten liberty—Henri Frederic Amiel. Cutton being asked what were the most difficult things replied, “To keep secrets, to make a good use of leisure, and to bear being wronged.” When you, Roves Look in the Hem If you find the words merely ask for your size and uy. The guarantee ticket in every pale protects you. Fe correct to a dot. Finger tips aire double. “ NIAGARA" process insures a pure silk fabric with wear that to to one that of any other mal Ask your Gatien, It he cary supply you, we will scnd you what you want through bim, Niagara Silk Mills ¥o-= eyes, Manufacturers of Silk Gloves, Uk Underwear, Hoatery. New York ee Chicago San Francisco Prof. Munsterberg explains Beulah Miller, mind reader The newspapers of the country have heralded the marvelous mystic powers of this ten-year old child who has set the scientific world agog. She will name a card you take from a pack; she will give you the date of any coin you have in your hand; she will tell you the particular word in a book at which you are looking. At school she can read words written on the blackboard with her back turned to it. Sworn affidavits re- port still more surprising feats. Prof. Hugo Miinsterberg, of Harvard College, who ex- posed Madame Palladino in the METRO- POLITAN, explains the wonderful powers of this little girl in the May METROPOLITAN. His new article is not an expose. Prof. Minsterberg is the only scientist who has examined this child prodigy. Since making his experiments, he has been deluged with appeals for his opinion. He gives it now for the first time, and exclusively In the May METROPOLITAN “The Livest Magazine in America” All News-stands 15 Cents If you send your subscription now for one year at the regular subscription price, $1.50, you will receive, without charge, Morris, Hillquit's latest book. " Socialism Summed Up.” bound in cloth and illustrated by W. J. Enright. The book regularly sells for one dolises You will get it free if you act at once. This coupon must be attached to your letter. John Kenneth Turner’s Story of Mexico You read in the newspapers a few weeks ago of John Kenneth Turner, newspaper man, who eeled his way into a secret confer- ence of the war lords of Mexico, was detected, seized and thrown into prison. The incident illustrates Mr. Turner’s method of getting first-hand information. Mr. Turner has just been liberated from the Mexican Government Prison. We got his story. In “What is the Matter with Mexico?” Turner explains the continued state of revo- lution over the border line. He shows why the Madero government failed. He throws new light on the Huerta administration and deals pointedly with the question of interven- tion. He says “It’s on the cards that the Northern part of Mexico will secede. If this happens, annexation of this section to the United States will be unavoidable.” This is the most illuminating, the most interesting and the most authentic story of Mexico that has yet been published. Don’t miss it. In the May METROPOLITAN “The Livest Magazine in America” All News-stands 15 Cents 45 cents worth of magazines for a quarter Tear off this Coupon, sign your name and address in the margin, enclose with a quarter and mail to the Metropolitan, 432 Fourth Ave., New York. You will receive the Metropolitan for three months, beginning May. ure mill See ~=— lez? on JIT” == comicbooks.com