Life, 1913-06-19 · page 6 of 52
Life — June 19, 1913 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The left side features a **Whitman's candy advertisement** promoting their "Vacation Sweets" sampler boxes for travelers. The text emphasizes these candies' convenience for campers and yacht travelers. The center contains **"Dinner with Wine,"** a romantic poem by Thomas R. Ybarra romanticizing French wine regions and expressing homesickness for California. The right side shows two **color photographs** available for purchase from Life Publishing Company—one depicting a long-distance couple and another showing two people in an intimate moment. The bottom cartoon depicts a man at what appears to be a lunch counter, claiming stomach troubles as an excuse, likely a mild social humor about digestive complaints. This is primarily a **commercial page with light entertainment**, not political commentary.
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Vacation Sweets NLY campers and yachtsmen need to carry along Whitman's. Other folks can nearly always find a store handy with the Whitman agency, wherever they may wander. Little drug stores in remote moun- tain hamlets or elegant shops at sea- shore resorts get our candies, during the summer months, direct from us. From them you can get that favorite, the Sampler (ten packages in one), of a hundred other Whitman sealed sweets in perfect condition and doubly guaranteed. Ask Whitman agents, at home or abroad, about the special Whitman summer sweets. Our guide to good candies, called" A List of Good Things,” will be mailed free on request. STEPHEN F, WHITMAN & SON, Inc. In New Zealand It is worthy of special attention that the use made both of telegraphic and telephone services in New Zealand very far exceeds that of any other country, while the charges made by the depart- ment are on a much lower scale than in any other civilized country, and are less than half those charged by the great corporations that control both services in America.—H. H. Lusk, in “ Social Welfare in New Zealand.” Sturgis & Dinner with Wine pt night I bought a flask of wine And lo! my fancy sought the hills Where Frenchmen cultivate the vine Which all the world with rapture thrills. The bottle had that Gallic tone Which makes you think of peasants gay Carcering up the slopes of Beaune Or down the ones of Beaujolais, Or back-and forth from quaint Bor- deaux With quaint apparel cov’ring them, Or in and out of Clos Vougeot, Or ‘round and ‘round Chateau Yquem— Ah, me!—the clustered cobwebs seemed. To tell of musty cellars where Some noble marquis drank and dreamed . Till forcibly hauled out of there To meet, with splendid pageantry, The great King Louis—who, when met, Most probabiy remarked: “ Mar-kee, Conduct me to your cellarette.” But, hark !—the waiter draws the cork! I gaze, enraptured, in a trance, While everything that was New York Becomes, inexplicably, France ; “Oh, wine!” I cry in ecstasy, Why did you ever westward roam, Abandoning fair Burgundy, Your ancient and historic home? Where trade flaunts not her busy mart, Where medieval castles thrive, Where even cabbages are Art, Where legends sell at two for five, Where— Says the wine: “Forget it, pal, Me home's in Sacramento, Cal.” Thomas R. Ybarra. Pictures In Color Cope. Lite Pub. Co, LONG DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER. Facsimile in color. After C. Coles Phillips, Mounted, 12x16, Price, soc. Cope, Life Pub, Co. LEND A HAND. . Facsimile in color. Mounted, 12x16. Price, soc. These prints are sent prepaid to any address in the world upon receipt of your remittance, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31 Street, New York Company. COME RIGHT OVER, DOCTOR, I'VE COT Six StoMACI ACHES!” comicbooks.com _