Life, 1913-09-11 · page 36 of 44
Life — September 11, 1913 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains three main advertisements and one brief humorous anecdote. **Top section**: Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires ad with a list of "Amatoty Practices" (embracing opportunities, wooing fortune, etc.) by Geo. B. Morewood—a lighthearted, non-political poem about human behavior used to promote tires. **Center**: A Budweiser beer advertisement emphasizing quality barley, with an illustration of workers in what appears to be a brewery or grain facility. **Right side**: Two smaller ads—one for a book on "Sexology" about marriage and sexual health, and a humorous anecdote about Herbert and Helen on a beach (a mild romantic joke about proper kissing technique). The page reflects early 20th-century advertising approaches: combining consumer products with poetry, health advice, and sentimental humor to appeal to readers.
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