Life, 1913-11-06 · page 11 of 56
Life — November 6, 1913 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire or comics. The main elements are: 1. **"You ought to be well!"** - A health booklet advertisement from Hotel Chamberlain in Fortress Monroe, Virginia 2. **"New England"** - An essay by Joseph Smith celebrating New England's cultural and historical significance, describing its role in American development 3. **Borland Electric automobile ad** - A 5-passenger coupe priced at $2,900, emphasizing its practical design and foot-brake technology 4. **Diamond and Busch jewelry advertisements** - Promoting direct-from-importer pricing 5. **"Envious"** - A brief anecdote about a church sermon on marriage duties The page reflects early 20th-century commercial and social values—promoting health resorts, automobiles, luxury goods, and traditional marriage—without satirical intent.
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a P. O. Box 203 You ought to be well!) Don’t let present conditions persuade you otherwise. I tell you How, When and Where to get well in my new and attrac- tive booklet, “The Way to Get Well” Write for it at once, address GEO. F. ADAMS, Mgr. HOTEL CHAMBERLIN FORTRESS MONROE, VA. New England EW ENGLAND stands in her super- visory capacity about midway be- tween the belligerent edge of Europe and the Pacific edge of America, dominating and directing the earth. Designed origi- nally as a reservation for the shouting saints of England, it has developed into a retreat for the silent sons of Erin; and while the sons of the saints have a mo- nopoly of the tales, traditions and twaddle of a post-mortem Puritanism, the sons of the Island of Saints have a modicum of the taxes and temporalitics of a political present. While the mother country is sometimes called Merrie England, no historian, traveler or sociologist has ever been hardy enough to stigmatize New England as a home of mirth, or a lair of frivolity ; and epicurcan centuries of salt cod, hard cider and doughnuts, seasoned with prayers and flavored by east winds, have failed to develop a taste for per- siflage or a passion for gayety and abandon. New England, which is merely a suburb of Boston, once specialized in mortgages and missionaries, sweating the wakening West and saving the drowsing East; to-day the West comes east to mortgage its soul for Yankee shore-lots, ancestors and Attleboro’s antiques, while the East comes west with its missionary Swamis and Mahatmas, to swap the bunkum of Brahma and Buddha for the souls and specie of spinsters and others. The New Eng- land of fancy is passing to the museums and libraries, while the New England of fact is passing to Ireland, Isracl and New France. Selah! Joseph Smith, " 312 East Huron Street S-passenger coupe. Horizontal lever control from either the front or rear seat. $2,900. Tefrorlant Electric HIS is the roomy, trim-appearing, 5-passenger coupe that you see serving countless uses everywhere; in the suburbs as well as the city. For, the many exclusive Borland Electric advantages are de- signed particularly to meet the everyday needs of everyone. Especially well suited to the exacting service required at this time of year. Plenty of room to seat five persons com- A specially designed, exclusively Borland fortably—all facing forward. Upholstered in Electric arangement of the foot brake levers rich imported fabrics, Appointments include climinates the floor opening where cold at the left hand side—in thefrontseatorthe draughts enter in most electrics. one rear—power always under instant control— one ideal car for any and every member of and with unobstructed view of road ahead. the family—for every occasion. S-passenger coupe body; left side drive with horizontal lever control from either the front or the rear seat; six speeds forvard and three reverse. Regular equipment: ‘* Exide’’ batteries; standard makes of cushion or special pneumatic electric tires. Price, $2,900. May we send you the beautiful Borland Electric Poster Book? Let us know. The Borland-Grannis Company Chicago, Ilinoi: DIRECT t ‘ “DIAMONDS :972 IMPORTER CARAT THE archbishop had preached a fine sermon on Married Life and Its Save % and More at These WORLD'S LOWEST PRICES: Duties, Two old Irish women were % Carat Diamond, $8.25 % Carat Diamond, $17.50 % Carat Diamond, $31.25 EATON ALLOWED WITHOUT OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE! Ww. Guarantee in writing to REFUND THE FULL PRICE IN CAS: 10 ith ANY TIME WITHIN 2 VEAWS oid to allow the fall release ae oa Site low 20 Py Sone 25 Quality and Value 4 Carat Diamond, $45.00 % Carat Diamond, $67.50 1 Carat Diamond, $97.50 heard coming out of church comment- ing on the address. “It's a fine sermon his Reverence would be after giving us,” said one to the other. 128 PAGE DE LUXE BASCH DIAMOND BOOK, FREE! c thousands of “Tt is indeed,” was the quick re- sraphed art co art cover. This This big beautiful book willenable to Diamonds and int se any Diamond Expert! Weite today mente ber se cetely ant teemeretl, & BASCH & CO. DEPT. H 220 STATE AND QUINCY STREETS, CHICAGO, U.S.A Dramecallnsration, 9 colar like ply, “and I wish I knew as little about the matter as he does.” comicbooks:com