Life, 1913-11-06 · page 8 of 56
Life — November 6, 1913 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content**, not political satire. The left side features dessert confections (Nabisco Sugar Wafers, Adora, Festino, Chocolate Tokens) and a billiards table advertisement. The right side contains "The Ants' Chant of Faith"—a poem using ants as metaphors for social acceptance and complacency. It appears to satirize those who passively accept injustice: people who "shun the women that a wage inadequate has driven forth / To take the street as heritage," or those who avoid thinking about uncomfortable realities. The poem mocks apathy and social complicity rather than celebrating ant virtues, suggesting resignation to exploitation is unworthy of praise. Below is an advertisement for a novel, *The White Linen Nurse*.
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NABISCO Sugar Wafers A tempting dessert con- fection, loved by all who have ever tasted them. Suitable for every occa- sion where a dessertsweet is desired. In ten-cent tins; also in twenty-five- cent tins, ADORA Another charming confec- tion—a filled sugar wafer with a bountiful center of Tich, smooth cream. FESTINO An ever-popular delight. An almond-shaped dessert confection with a kernel of almond-flavored cream. CHOCOLATE TOKENS Still another example of the erfect dessert confection. mchanting wafers with a most delightful creamy fill- ing—entirely covered by the richest of sweet choc- olate. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY The Antis’ Chant of Faith . Praise be, there still are some of us Who grant a man his ancient rights, To be a devil when he likes, And live a lot of lurid nights, Praise be, there still are some of us Who find eugenics shocking things, And will not agitate ourselves With plagues each generation brings. Praise be, there still are some of us Who shun the women that a wage Inadequate has driven forth To take the street as heritage. Praise be, there still are some of us Who are content to smirk and bow, Nor heed what coming years will bring To others—if we're happy now. Praise be, there still are some of us To whom it’s habit still to blink Realities—who never dare To think, what others do not think. Praise be, there still are some of us Who, even while we scrap, can claim Our pretty object is to please, Our cause but gives another name. Praise be, there still are some of us That kiss the chains wherewith we're bound— Oh, men, look kindly on our charms— Oh, Antis, Antis, rally round! LLE. “We are more easily persuaded, in gencral, by the reasons we ourselves dis- cover, than by those which have been suggested to us by others.”—Pascal, Home No special room needed. For $1 oF more down (depend- Play Billiards fro ' at oe. Cu fen 2} amount monthly, you can have your own Table. Balls, cute, ote free. Sizes range up to 4% x9 U Prices $15 Up OD ft. (standard). . BURROWES Billiard and Pool Table FREE TRIAL-NO RED TAPE. On receipt of first installment we will ship table. Play on it one week. If unsatisfactory return it, and on its receipt we will re- fund your deposit. This insures you a free trial. Write today for illustrated catalog giving prices, terms, ete. B. T. BURROWES CO,, 753 Center St., Portiand, Me- What Father Needs The proposal in Congress to make a “Father's Day” national holiday seems only fair if they make such a holiday for the mothers, as has been urged.—Hartford Courant. HE great difficulty with letting father off for a day is the doubt- ful value of an experiment which would give him no mental rest. What father really needs, is not so much a physical change as a mental one. He needs his bills paid, and mother and the children kept quiet, and three square meals with- out any mental complications. If every- body—butchers, grocers, landlords, mil- liners, etc.—would let up on father for one day, that would be the right kind of a “Father’s Day”. THE WHITE | LINEN NURSE How Rae Malgregor Undertook General Heart- work for a Family of Two The new novel by the author of “Molly Make-Believe” Clever illustrations by Pfeifer At all booksellers, $1.00 net, postage 7 cents. The Century Co. comicbooks.com