Life, 1913-08-07 · page 37 of 40
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with a lead article on "Tubing" that uses an extended medical metaphor rather than satire. **Main Content:** The "Tubing" article presents a Boston doctor's theory that human longevity depends on inherited arterial quality—comparing blood vessels to house plumbing. The point: if you have naturally tough "tubing," you can live wildly (eat rich foods, gamble, smoke) and still reach 125. If your inherited plumbing is weak ("cast iron" rather than "copper"), no amount of healthy living helps. This explains competing health theories of the era. **Advertisements dominate:** - White Sulphur Springs resort (West Virginia) - The new "Greenbrier" luxury hotel opening - V-ALL-NO after-dinner mints - Chartreusse liqueur - Edwards fire-proof steel garages - Clark's Orient Cruise line - Underground garbage receivers The page reflects early 20th-century concerns with health, inheritance, and leisure—targeting affluent readers who could afford mountain resorts and Caribbean cruises. No political satire is evident; this is commercial publishing.
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-LIFE: 249 Tubing BOSTON doctor had an inter- esting article the other day in the Medical Record about the quality of your tubing. He said (in substance) that your arterial system might be likened to the plumbing in a house; and that if the quality of the pipes was a good quality—that is to say, if you had inherited a certain amount of toughness and endurance in this tub- ing from your ancestors—you could do almost anything with impunity and live to tell the tale. Most of the diseases which men die of are due to the fact that the tubing gives out—it breaks down in spots or begins to disintegrate. This fact is the basis of the buttermilk theory, and all of the other theories which go under the general head of auto-intoxi- cation. If your tubing is not good, you can avoid meat, live in the open air, accumulate hemoglobin in your blood, and drink all the buttermilk you please, and it-won't make any difference we \ The Ideal Spot for Rest, Health or Recreation! Two thousand feet high in the cool and invigorating air of the Alleghanics you can enjoy the varicd pleasures of Golf, Tennis, Swimming, Fishing, Hunt- ing, Riding or Motoring—all lend their charm to this glorious mountain retreat. The present delightful White Sulphur Hotel with its perfect service and delicious Southern Cooking and completely refurnished, remains open all summer. In the Autumn, the new million dollar *GREENBRIER” will be opened—this palatial hostelry, absolutely fireproof and most modern in WHIT : | “A European Cure without *. ”? going to Europe is made possible by the magnificent new Bath House with its wonderful swimming 1 and its complete system of Medical Ritksandother teeta Ournewillus- trated booklet that d bes these two great hotels and theircharming surround- ings is off the press—you should send fora copy today. Remember that White Sulphur is on the main line of the C.& O.—easily and quickly accessible from all points. Write now for full in- formation and rates to its every convenience, with its 300 rooms, each with bath, will be operated 2 on the European plan, SULPHUR SPRINGS For the most enjoyable of vacations come to etew West Virginia Million Dollar GREENBRIER % ~ opens abou i October 1& George F. Adams, Mgr. White Sulphur, W. Va. —you will die young. But if your tubing is tough, you can be a sport up to about your one hundred and twenty- fifth year. You can sit up late at SES ms Underground Garbage Receiver wwe NO FLIES. NO LITTER. NO ODORS. with the foot; cloves ftiell Clean and sanitary, Sok direct iced Circular free. SON, Mfr. “4a Farrar 8 EDWARDS FIRE- PROSE ~GARAGES I \ + For Automobiles and Motorcycle $30'and Up Easy to put up. Portable. All sizes. Postal brings trated catalog. THE EDWARDS MFG. CO., 336-386 Eggleston Ave., Civinnati, O. CLARK’S ORIENT C night and eat Welsh rabbits and lobster Newburg; you can gamble and smoke yourself dizzy fourteen hours a day, and, in fact, indulge in all of the wickedness going. The difference in individual tubings may be as great as the difference be- tween cast iron and copper pipes in a plumbing system. You can run almost anything through copper pipes without affecting them; but cast iron piping is susceptible to every influence. It is interesting to know this simple little fact, because it accounts for so much in the different theories advanced about the prolongation of life, which has hitherto been obscure. Lynn, Mass. | U-ALL-NO AFTER DINNER MINT Adelicious. creamy candy with a flavor all its own. CALL-NO* SD arTER DINNER MINT LYM Sold in tin Be ee aT boxes only iy —never | FACTURING CO 1 MANE AMERICA in bulk. PHILADELPHIA.USA Feb. 2,°14, by Ww *Rotterdan glorious days. cursions, ete. 72S 2=e2=2=2=s===e HAS STOOD THE TEST OF AGES AND IS STILL THE FINEST CORDIAL EXTANT At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafes. Batier & Co., 45 Broadway, jew York, N.Y. Sole Agents for United States. Je ef a comicbooks.com