Life, 1913-06-12 · page 33 of 44
Life — June 12, 1913 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page combines advertising with light social satire typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine. **Main Content:** The "Till We Meet Again" cartoon depicts a romantic farewell scene at a steamship or train station, advertising an "Au revoir" Box—a gift package containing books, pens, and other items for travelers. The joke relies on the woman guessing what her suitor offers: something to use constantly while apart, suggesting the box as a memory-keeping device during separation. **Secondary Pieces:** "Our Great Need" satirizes Republican Party pessimism, mockingly advertising for "General Gloom Distributors" to spread panic about tariffs—likely referencing contemporary political anxieties about trade policy. "After-Dinner Oratory" discusses American banquet speeches, citing James Russell Lowell on their ingredients: jokes, quotations, and platitudes. **Advertising:** The Detroit Electric Car advertisement dominates the page, emphasizing the vehicle's ease of operation ("Get In and Go!") with no hand-cranking required—a major selling point for early automobiles.
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Hottand ould be & Flushing, e channel apply to ad Flushe siters: one: I can oF us asure far. ryself you ou?” nal. Grape Frot ters by e. Md. “EEE (Scene—Steamship Pier or R. R. Station) She: L can’t guess He: Not sweets, for you are sweet—nor flowers, for you're a fower. It's something to use every moment you're away and then for keeping always. She: You'rea darling. I guess right first cime—it’s an “Au revoir” Box ~ Brings welcome memory when memory counts most” For anyone going away. Contains books, mag- wines, fountain pens, cameras, etc., gifts for per- manent use, in various assortments at prices to suit all tastes and purses. Atour store or delivered at steamship pier, R. R. station, home or summer residence. In handsome box—can be carried as hand-bag if desired. Fits in valise or trunk. Send for illustrated folder describing many attractive combinations from $3.50 up WILLIAM R. JENKINS COMPANY Publishers, Booksellers and Stationers Sixth Avenue at 48th Street New York After-Dinner Oratory After-dinner oratory, which a head- waiter has been criticising, is generally supposed to be at its best in the United s. Undoubtedly the Americans are able to stand more of it than we can, for the specches following their banquets are commonly prolonged until long past midnight, Their toast lists, too, are dif- ferent from ours—" The Press—right or wrong; when right to be kept right; when wrong to be set right,” or “ Truth and trade; those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.” James Russzll Lowell, one of the most success- ful of its exponents, once enumerated what he called “ the ingredients of after- dinner oratory.” “They are,” he said, “the joke, the quotation and the plati- tude; and the successful platitude, in my jvdgment, requires a very high order of genius."—London Chronicle. Houss: So you've struck it rich and are now able to keep several servants? Downs: Alas, no—only to hite them. sston Transcript. SHAVE WITHOUT SOAP Throw out cup, soap and keep your razor and Our Great Need NTED: General Gloom Dis- WV tributors for the Republican Party. If you happen to be of, a pessimistical temperament and are going about firmly believing in the ap- proach of a probable panic, apply at Republican headquarters. The pay is very slight, owing to an obvious short- age of funds, but the work is in the best cause in the world, viz., that of destroying the confidence of the people in any reduction in the tariff. Answer to Last Week's Rebus “No Real Lover Will Ever Believe in Eugenics Because It's Plain Com- mon Sense.” 0 Well, Smithy, how did you J like the show last night? Saitu: Oh, fair. Jones: What was the plot? Sait: Don’t know. Think it was between the author and the manager to get two dollars out of the audience. Pe That's all you have todo with a Detroit Elec- tric. Nocranking by hand or machinery, no levers to shift, no clutch to engage, no noise, no bother. Get inand go. Starting the car is no more of an effort than starting your own body into motion when you will to move about. ‘The Detroit Electric responds to your every esire as if it were almost a part of yourself. Forward or backward, fast or slow, right or left—stop or start—the car obeys instinctively. No distance is too short_to make it worth while to use your Detroit Electric. Few dis- tances that you will care to drive are too long to undertake on one charge with this sturdy, serviceable electric automobile. ROST. BUFPAL CLEVELAND Anderson Electric Car Company, Branches: GET IN AND GO! With a DETROIT ELECTRIC the neighbor- ing country as well as every part of your city is within casy reach. You have ample power for 60, 75 or even 100 miles’ driving, without recharging. And you necd have no fear of punctures or mechanical troubles. DETROIT ELECTRICS have been first to originate or adopt many of the most valuable features of electric cars. In no other electric car can you get the DETROIT ELECTRIC Clear Vision Body with curved glass rear nels, the Detroit Electric direct shaft drive “Chainless"; aluminum roof and body panels, “closed-in” aluminum fenders and Detroit Electric superb finish and upholstery. Please call and sce the cars at our dealers. Detroit, Mich., U.S. A. comicbooks.com