Life, 1913-09-18 · page 42 of 44
Life — September 18, 1913 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertising with editorial content. The **"Justice" section** satirizes a hobo convention in Cincinnati that voted to request better freight-car conditions through the Interstate Commerce Commission. The satire is gentle: the author notes that hoboes hanging underneath freight cars are nearly as uncomfortable as sleeping-car passengers, and therefore deserve railroad company care. The piece treats the hoboes' request as surprisingly *reasonable*—a humorous inversion of typical attitudes toward vagrants as nuisances rather than people deserving basic dignity. The bulk of the page consists of advertising (White Rose Glycerine Soap) and a promotional offer for O. Henry stories, plus a "Books Received" section listing new publications. There is no political cartoon visible—rather, the satire operates through the editorial commentary on the hobo convention.
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Mulhens & Kropf, New York Books Received Auburn and Freckles, by Mar Browne & Co., Chie: Browne & Co., Chi The Drifting of the Cavashaus, by R Norman Grisewood. . F, Fenno & Co.) - Woman Thou Gavest Me, by Hall ‘aine. (Lippincott’s, $1.35 Measure and Wor A. Cantrell (R. FL Fenno & Co. ) The Ked Colonel, by George Edgar. (D. Appleton & Co., $1.30.) Prescott of Saskatchewan, by Harold Bindloss. (I. A. Stokes Co., $1.30.) Anna Borden's Career, by Margarete Munsterberg. (D. Appleton & Co., $1.30.) The Iron Trail, by Rex Beach, (Har per & Bros., $1.35.) Tiger, by Witter Bynner. (Mitchell Kennerley, $0.60.) The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton by E.Phillips Oppenheim. (Little Brown & Co., 2 York, :882-1912. Press dept. N.Y. Edison Co.) The Morning's War, by C. E. Mon- tague. (Henry Holt & Co., $1., Aladdin from Bro y Frederic S. Isham, (Bobbs-Merrill, $1.25.) Round the Corner, by Gilbert Cannan, (D. Appleton & Co.. $1.47.) Happy-Go-Lue by Ian Hay. (Houghton Miflin Co., $1.25.) Justice T a meeting of hoboes recently held in Cincinnati it was voted that railroads A throughout the country should be requested, through the Inter-State Commerce Commission, to make modern improvements in their freight cars, so that tramps coul take more comfortable rides. This seems a reasonable request. Hoboes who ride on freight cars frequently have to hang on underneath the car. They are jolted and jarred in this way. In fact, they ly almost as uncomfortable as if they had engaged a berth in a sleeping car. ‘essary for tramps to travel about the country in order to get food and variety. They ought to be well taken care of by the railroad companies. They ought not to be subjected to the inconveniences which regular passengers have to endure. % Finish This Story for ' Yourself— The girl got $6 a week and was lonely. “Piggy”—you can imagine his kind—was waiting downstairs. He knew where _-;) champagne and music could be had. But that night she didn’t si) go. That was Lord Kitchener's doing. But another night? O. HENRY tells about it in this story, with that full knowledge of women, with that frank facing of sex, and that clean mind that has endeared him to the men and women of the land. From the few who snapped up the first edition at $125 a set before it was off the press, to the 50,000 who have cagerly sought the beautiful volumes offered you here—from the stylist who sits among his books to the man on the street—this whole nation bows to O. Henry—and hails him with love and pride as our greatest writer of stories. This is but one of the 274 stories, in 12 big volumes, you get for 25 cents a week, if you send the coupon. To Those Who Are Quick KIPLING ="; Given Away. Never was there an offer like this. Not only do you get your 274 0. Henry stories in 12 volumes at less than others paid for one volume of the first edition, but you get Kipling’s best 179 short stories and ron poems and his long novel— without paying a cent. You get 18 oR OTLING, ay Volumes, packed with love and hate and laughter—a big shelf Rosia full of handsome books. Sg 008 BY red Send the Coupon Send the Coupon and you will under- and you will up- sland as never before why. other derstand why ©. nations are going wild over him. Henry is hailed as = Why memorials to him are being ‘The American Kg perdi why universities me pinion ial Hog: ‘The Y. M. C. ts to his memory; why text books of faster Reali [iteromure ere: tnctodiog (is teovices why cobeges arc discussing 7 > place in literature; why theatrical New York's Streets;" “The American firms are vying for rights to drama- it; “The Homer of the tize his stories; why newspapers all over the country are contin- ually offering big sums, for the right to reprint his ie stories. bela aes Send the Coupon Without Money You get both sets free on approval. If you don’t laugh and cry over them—if you don’t read and re- read and love them—send them back. Otherwise 25 cents a week pays for them all. Don't wait— send the coupon today. This offer is too good to last. It’s only the avalanche of disappointed letters that made us extend it this long. Send the coupon today—and be glad. proved s laverhieLinding. Forasetol wise Review of Reviews Co., 30 Irving Place, New York fous Hidingresange Isao steve to ibe PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER, NEW YORK comicbooks.com