Life, 1913-06-12 · page 36 of 44
Life — June 12, 1913 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The main illustrated cartoon (bottom center, captioned "Never Darkens My Door Again, Sir!") shows a domestic scene—a woman confronting a man at a doorway while another figure watches—but appears to be a generic illustration accompanying serialized fiction rather than editorial commentary. The page's content is dominated by: 1. **Union Pacific railroad advertising** promoting Yellowstone National Park tourism 2. **"The Jinx"** — a poem by Kate Masterson about bad luck and fate, suggesting superstition was a popular theme 3. **Rowe's Hammock advertisement** emphasizing durability 4. **Book promotion** for J.C. Snaith's novel *An Affair of State*, described as political fiction The only potentially satirical element is the poem's meditation on superstition and inevitability, but this reads as entertainment rather than pointed social critique. This page reflects Life's mixed role as both humor magazine and lifestyle publication circa 1912.
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TERRE: Grand Cafion of the Yellowstone this summer You have not‘‘Seen America”’ until you have made a visit to Yellowstone National Park. It is a natural wonderland, un- equaled, comprised of geysers, cafions, waterfalls, mountains and many other sights that re- commend it to the summer tourist. It is easily accessible by way of the Western entrance, Yellowstone, Mon- tana, asa side trip from Salt Lake City, Ogden, or Pocatello, during the Park Season, June 16th to September 16th. Stage tours through the Park are ar- ranged to accommodate visitors who must see the most in the shortest time. See Denver, Estes Park and Salt Lake City enroute to the Park without addi- tional expense by traveling via Union Pacific Standard Road of the West The New and Direct Route to Yellowstone National Park. Protected by Automatic Electric Bloch Signals. Ask for beautifully illustrated Yellow. stone Park literature, giving information about our All-Expense Tours. Gerrit Fort, Passenger Traffic Manager Room 60, Omaha, Neb. The Jinx I’ = a Billikin here on my shelf, With talismans, amulets, charms ; T've squandered a good bit of pelf To discover the Future's alarms There's a horseshoe up over the door, And gods from the Orient stand, While volumes of mystical lore Are scattered in reach of my hand. It’s all very well till you knot Despite all these magical kinks, Or wierever you come or you go You can’t get away from your Jinx. You can stare in the crystal for days, And go in the Silence to dream, With visions that rise in the haze Till they living and actual seem. All you long for is coming to you, Love is waiting your welcome to win, The skies are a roseate hue And the ship of your luck’s coming in. Yes, we've all heard that story befor But remember the questioning sphinx, When you answer the knock at the door Who'll be there on the mat? Why —the Jinx. We may chase after butterfly Joy Through the blooming rose garden of years, And play with the arrow-armed boy, But the laughter soon drips into tears. The stars are just over the hill, We may try for a year and a day, Our arms with their glory to fill, But they glimmer and then get away. Fate keeps things just out of our reach, Good fortune eternally blinks, Some tiresome old lesson to teach From that good little, bad little Jinx. Kate Masterson. = The Standard Hammock 35 years of experience are back of Rowe's Glou cester Hammocks. They always look fresh under severest conditions of use—many are giving first. class service after 10 years’ constant use. Rowe's Hammocks are made by sail-makers from highest grade white or khaki duck (extra heavy) Our khaki is genuine; will not fade, rot nor stain garments. Complete satisfaction absolutely guaranteed Look for label Write for Rowe Booklet and mention LIFE As for fame, consider the intellect of the people that are to commend, how in- significant they are, and how little in their pursuits and aversions. Consider also that as one heap of sand thrown upon another covers the first, so it hap- pens in life—a new glory soon eclipses an old one-—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus The amount of intellect necessary to please us is a most accurate measure of the amount of intellect we have our- selves.” —Helvetius. An Affair of State By J. C. SNAITH “‘An Affair of State’ deserves to rank with the best fiction-production of the decade; it is balanced, ripe in judg- ment, and dramatic in the sense opposed to theatrical. A political crisis in an imagined near future furnishes the topic, but at bottom’the story is rot of political methods nearly as much as of a conflict of character ard purpose between two public men—a leader toward the promise A DEAF CHILD can be taught to speak and to understand when spoken to, and may enjoy in a small and select boarding and day school the same educational and social advantages that are supplied for hearing pupils in the most exclusive of New York’s private schools. Acultured home environment and the most skiliful instruction. The Wright Oral School, One, Two and Three Mount | Morris Park, West, N. ¥. Clty. Established 1804 ; | : Read: ~ J. C. Snaith’s New Novel Just Out. Net $1.25 of the future and a reactionary nobleman of the old school. The human interest clement soon comes to the front, and once developed is clear and passionate.” —The Outlook. “1 tear Wombat is a gentleman farmer now.” “Right up to the notch, too. Puts evening dress on all his scarecrows every day at dusk.” Louisville Courier-Journal. oF Doubleday, Page & Co. Garden City New York “NEVER DARKEN MY DOOR AGAIN, SIR!” comicbooks.com