Life, 1913-07-03 · page 5 of 48
Life — July 3, 1913 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising rather than satire or political commentary**. The main content features: 1. **Waltham Watches advertisement** (center/right): Displays pocket watches and wristwatches, emphasizing their "supreme instrumental excellence" and reliability for railroad use. The ad notes that Waltham offers quality across all price points, from expensive "Vanguard" models to affordable ladies' watches. 2. **Product advertisements** (left/bottom): Including Eux-E-Sis shaving cream and Strong's Arnica Tooth Soap—typical early 20th-century patent medicines. 3. **"Counter-Irritants" column** (left): A brief satirical piece about marital discord, unrelated to the advertisements. The page reflects typical *Life* magazine formatting: mixing commercial ads with light social humor.
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All you need for a agick, {ean aad comforta th Ge Stcthe Rob in and shave at on been for years the shaving help of Eng! Try a Trial Tabe—Sent for 17¢ Largo eleo Eur-e-els sold by leading dealers, PARK & TILFORD, 225 Filth Aveaue, New York F.R. ARNOLD & CO.. 7 West 224 Street, New York Counter-Irritants HEY thought they were soul- mates, but found, with a shock, Their dearest domestic ideals didn’t mix: He bored her to death with the maxims of Bok; She strove to reform him with Dorothy Dix! Where the Danger Lies HE New York Times would ap- parently rather like to approve Mr. McAneny’s suggestion that New York City go into the ice business. But, it reflects cautiously, “if cheap ice in Summer, why not cheap coal in Winter and cheap meat all the year round? Exactly where should the line be drawn?” That, indeed, points an efficient moral at the ganglionic center of the whole difficulty. The people are so foolish. Their logic is so faulty. Coal at cost and meat at cost would be sure to seem to them to involve the same principle as ice at cost. And so, following out this loose reasoning, they would be sure to demand cheap coal and cheap meat, not realizing that such a course must be “bound in shallows and in miseries.” Let us then be wary or, to use the Times’ happy phrase, “it is better not to go too far before retracing un- fortunate footsteps.” STRONG'S | Shase: Beautifully WhiteTeeth and Clean, Healthy Gums and Mouth Il druggists—or sent direct. C. H. STRONG & CO. CHICAGO At both extremes of size and in between Waltham Watches have the supreme instrumental excellence The watch on the left is the ‘Waltham “Vanguard”, the most widely used railroad watch in the world. In every country you will find trains running, and running promptly on Vanguard time. But we do not consider this the height of Waltham achievement, for the reason that large size watches such as railroad men use are not partic- ularly difficult to manufacture. A more severe test of watch- making occurs in the thinner and smaller models such as the lady's watch pictured above, the move- ment having the same diameter as a nickel 5-cent piece. It is our sincere opinion that Waltham offers the first ladies’ watches which can really be considered as serious dependable timepieces. Most ladies’ watches are made to be worn in the bureau drawer; ‘Walthams are designed for actual use and accurate use at that. Ask your jeweler to show you a Waltham Riverside model. It is worth a hundred “toy watches.” Riverside Watches are de- scribed and illustrated in a book- let, sent free upon request. Please mention “The Riverside Family.” Waltham Watch Company Waltham, Mass. Mistress; MARY, 1 CAN WRITE MY NAME IN THE DUST ON THIS TABLE. “ YESSUM 5 THERE’S NOTHIN’ LIKE A EDUCATION, MA’AM,” comicbooks.com