Life, 1913-09-25 · page 36 of 43
Life — September 25, 1913 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page combines advertisements with editorial content promoting *The Century* magazine. The main content is a short story excerpt titled "Two Interviews," showing a young businessman's awkward visit to propose marriage to a woman he barely knows—the humor deriving from his elaborate explanation of the logistical effort required (tubes, trains, vehicles) to reach her suburban home, treating courtship like a business transaction. The editorial section argues that *The Century* magazine is "as good to read as Life" by highlighting quality literary content: an anonymous novel and Theodore Roosevelt's article on the Progressive Party. The pitch targets *Life* readers, offering a three-month subscription to *The Century* for fifty cents. The advertisements include Kelly-Springfield automobile tires and Evans' Ale, typical of the era's consumer marketing. The cartoon labeled "Slang Expression: Pulling Off a Big One" appears in the upper right but is not clearly visible enough to interpret definitively.
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ee ave Kelly- Springfield Automobile Tires You can experiment and find good tires just as you can experiment and find e candy. But tire experimenting is more expensive —and it has already been done for you by many who have now settled on Kelly-Springheld Automobile Tires. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY Cor. B’way & S7th St. N. Y. Franch offices ia New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louls, Detroit, Cinciaaatl, San Franctico. Liew Angeles, Cleveland, Maltgaore, Seattle, Atlanta, Akroa, O., Bafalo The Hew Tire & Rubber Co, Columbus, Obto Reving T Noss Kuler Co., Denver, Co South'n'iidwe &Woadatrk Co. Ld ears, La. : : Geatral Rotter & Suosty Co, Tditapotin Tod. c Charleston, SC SLANG EXPRESSION PULLING OFF A BIG ONE Two Interviews THE FIRST INTERVIEW R. CONNELLTON?" The young man who had entered the office so hurriedly shook hands and sank into a seat, in which he sat with that air of briskness and uneasi- ness that always accompanies the met- ropolitan. “You may not remember me, sir,” he said, “ but I will explain my errand in an instant. Last summer I met your daughter, and during the brief inter- val that we were together I was much attracted by her charm. Returning to ,” “As good to read as Life! town, it occurred to me that she was precisely the person that I desired to curry out a project which with me has long been cherished; namely, to. be- come a benedict. You sce | am at the head of a very large business, and my time is so occupied that I cannot give much attention to these matters. The other day, however, I looked you up and found that you lived in the sub- urbs. Very well. I telephoned out and made an engagement to visit your daughter; I left the city at half-past six; I went through tubes and changed cars at various stations; I traveled in trains and eventually arrived at the suburb where you lived. I engaged a vehicle and sent up my card at quarter after nine. At quarter of ten I had ‘All the tonic properties and vir- tues which malt extracts are known to contain are found in the highest perfection and most pleasing form in Evans’ Ale It is a natural product of high nutritive value, affording both pleas- ure as a beverage and benefits as a tonic. Appetizing, Nourishing,De- liclous end rejuvenating. Now before you—who are serving a Life sentence—become speechless with fury at the suggestion that anything can be as good to read as Life, just admit that 1. A long story is not necessarily dull. The first quarter of a full-length anonymous novel, “Home,” by a brilliant writer appears in the October Century. 2. Politics need not be tiresome. Theodore Roosevelt never wrote anything more readable than “The Progressive Party,” in which he tells, in the October Century, of the first year's history of the newest Party and its future intentions. These are but two features of a gen- erous Century crowded with fiction, art, essays, poetry, and humor. This October numeber i typacal of the'slert and forward policy of the magazine. In its long and glorious history, The Century has never been more acceptable to the readers of Life. It is “as good to read as Life” itself. In fact, the two magazines make a blend that appeals strongly to the adult American. To demonstrate this fact, The Century Co., Union Square, New York, will send The Century for three months for fifty cents—in stamps, for instance,--to Life readers who act promptly. comicbooks.com