Life, 1913-10-23 · page 39 of 40
Life — October 23, 1913 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and literary review page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon page. The main content consists of: 1. **"Books Received"** section listing recent publications with publishers and prices 2. **"Club Cocktails"** advertisement promoting pre-mixed cocktails as superior to bar-made versions 3. **Southern Pacific Railway advertisement** promoting the "Sunset Limited" train to California, departing Nov. 16, emphasizing comfort and modern amenities for travelers 4. **"Servants" essay** — a satirical piece about domestic servants, arguing they perform aesthetic/spiritual roles beyond physical labor. It suggests good servants are "artists" who suppress personality to create perfect home environments, comparing them to poets as born talents rather than made professionals The page reflects early 1910s leisure culture: wealthy Americans taking train vacations, cocktail consumption, and servant-keeping households. The servants piece offers gentle social satire about class dynamics and the invisible emotional labor expected of domestic workers.
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le lly yer en Books Received Millionaire, by Edwin Bateman orris. (Penn Publishing Co., Phila., ° Girl's Diary, by Sara Dawson, (Houghton, po.) june, Actress, by Julict G. Sager (P. \. Stokes Co. $1.25.) hen Fools Rush In, by William R. Hicreford. (Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indiana polis, Ind, $1.00.) Dust of the Road, by Marjoric terson. (Henry Holt & Co. $1.30.) ie Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. Co. ! from Cathay, by William Renét. (Century Co. $1.20.) Iron Trail, by Rex Beach, (Har- ny Boy's Day at the Zoo, by Ella niley Arthur. (Century Co. 75 cents.) Brownies Many More Nights, by Palmer Cox. (Century Co. $1.50.) The White Linen Nurse, by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (Century Co. $1.00.) The Thirteenth Juror, by Frederick Trevor Hill, (Century Co. The Townsend Twins, (Century Co, atrice of Denewood, by Emile Ben- son Knipe and Alden Arthur Knipe. ry Co. $1.25.) A Modern Eve, by May Edginton. (F. A. Stokes Co. $ Joseph and His Brethren, by Louis N. Parker. (John Lane Co, $1.00.) A i at Her Mirror, by Marcelle hn Lane Co, $1.25. by David Hennessey. $1.25) aw-Bringers, by G. B. Lancaster. Doran Co. ($1.35.) Cocktails "THERE'S many a man who has built a rare reputation asa mixologist who lets us do his mixing for him and keeps his sideboard stocked with Club Cocktails. Made from better materials than a bar cocktail is apt to be. Mixed to measure;—not to guess work—as a bar cocktail always is. Softened by aging before botting-as no bar cock- tail can be. AtAlt sat, Yom 3, To California to enjoy its matchless climate and the pleasure of summer sports in a land of ‘‘out-of-doors’’ And the trip: so easily, comfort- ably and safely made by the Southern Pacific Sunset Route “The Exposition Line—1915" “Sunset Limited” (No extra fare) Daily commencing Nov. 16 New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisoo Through that marvelous country, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, California. Rock ballasted road-bed, oil burning loco- motives, automatic clectric block signals— latest. Pullman) equipment, superior dining car service. No dust--no cinders—with speed, safety, comfort. Choice of water or rail routes to New Orleans. Luxurious steamships from New York Wednesday and Saturday. Round trip tickets at reduced rates; choice of return routes, Write for information Southern Pacific Service is the Standard L. H. NUTTING, General Eastern Passenger Agent Room 34 Broadway, at Franklin St. YORK CITY 39 Broadway, near Rector St. Servants S ERVANTS are employed to wear out furniture, eat up fox und make neces- sary more servants. It has been generally thought that servants perform exclusively physical acts. In reality their office is also a spiritual and an aesthetic one, A good servant is a good artist. You and your friends are his sole audience. You sit still while he arranges your home scenery for you. He is property man, business manager and chief actor, The maxim of a good servant is the word inhibit When he enters your house he leaves behind him his soul, his personality and his prejudices, Your best friend may sympathize with your weakness; a good servant gocs 1 this—he ignores them. Oftentimes, indeed, he conceals his own superiori Good servants, like poets, are born, not made. And lew much more important yond they are! PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER, NEW YORK comicbooks.com