Life, 1913-11-13 · page 37 of 40
Life — November 13, 1913 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content**, not political satire. The main elements are: **"Dame Partlet, the Advertiser"** — A brief humorous piece referencing Andrew Lang's anecdote comparing geese and hens. A hen loudly advertises when laying eggs (natural self-promotion), while a goose hides the fact shamefully. The moral: successful business requires bold advertising, not modesty. This introduces the advertising section below. **The advertisements** include Hamilton Watches ("The Railroad Timekeeper of America"), Whiting-Adams Brushes, and other products—each using the "Pride of Accuracy" or quality-assurance angle to appeal to consumers. **A brief anecdote** at page bottom depicts a soldier named Atkins questioned about not shaving—minor military humor with no political significance. The page demonstrates **early 20th-century advertising strategy**: using clever editorial content and humor to frame product pitches as lifestyle advice rather than pure sales copy.
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A wave o’ the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that.” Shakespeare,“ The Winter's Tale.” “Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.” Milton, “ Comus.” “A very merry, dancing, drinking, Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time. Dryden, “The Seculer Masque.” “Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.” Milton, “ L’Allegro.” “You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone?” Byron, “Don Juan.” “Unthinking, idle, wild, and young, I laugh’d and danc’d and talk’d and sung.” Princess: Amelia. Dame Partlet, the Advertiser The following paragraph from an ar- ticle by Andrew Lang may prove profit- ably suggestive to those who have wares to sell and are shy about advertising The Pride of Accuracy There is a fine sense of pride and comfort—a feeling of safety —that is derived from the own- ership of a Hamilton Watch. Where accuracy and durability are matters of serious and vital importance, the Ramilton Watch “*The Railroad Timekeeper of America’® is sure to be found a favored choice. Over one-half (56% American Railroa Time Inspection %) of the men on where Official intained carry Hamilton Watches, Hamilton Watches are made in correct sizes for men_and women. Movements only are $12.25 and upward. Comnicte watches, certain sizes, are $38.50 to $150.00, Ark your jewcler about them; also about them: “When a goose lays an egg,” said Mr. Lang, “she just waddles off as if she was ashamed of it—because she is a goose. When a hen lays an egg—ah, she calls heaven and carth to witness it! The hen is a natural-born advertiser. Hence the demand for hens’ eggs exceeds the demand for goose eggs, and the hen has all the business she can attend to.” —Youth’s Companion, WHITING-ADAMS CELEBRATED BRUSHES Always Suit — Never Fail Over 10,000 Kinds and Sizes of WHITING-ADAMS Paint, Varnish, Artist, Toilet, Hair, Shaving, Household, and other Brushes made For Sale Everywhere OHN L. WuiTine-J. J. ADams Co. ONE WHOLE CITY BLOCK 90 to 710 HARRISON AVE., Boston, U.S.A. RUSH MANUFACTURERS FOR OVER 100 YEARS 23. AGARS “MADE AT KEY WESTJ= fitting your present watch case with a Hamilton movement. Write for “The Timekeeper” It illustrates and describes the various Hamilton modcls and is a book well worth reading if you are thinking of buying a watch, Ges oted:"iea eseacs Roy Hamilton Watch Company Eroricteiumios tren is Dept, K, Lancaster, Pennsylvania All of Us Are “ “Material for Expeni- ment”—"Beasts for Research” It is significant that whenever one physician announces @ favorite nostrum of his own discovery, a dozen others in- variably start up to proclaim that they have made similar experiments along the same lines. Upon whom are these tests made? Where is all this multitudi- nous work being conducted, for most of it has admittedly been accomplished out- side the walls of experimental labora- tories? We advise the Federal and State authorities to look into this phase of the question, This, in our opinion, is a question of the gravest consequence. How can even family physicians any longer be trusted? Many patients quite rightly fear that they are being used, without their knowl- edge, as subjects for dangerous experi- ments, even as dogs and guinea pigs are utilized by laboratory vivisectors. —The Open Door. “ Atkins,” said the sergeant angrily, “why haven't you shaved this morning?” “Ain't I shaved?” asked Atkins, in apparent surprise. “No, you're not,” insisted the ser- geant; “and I want to know why.” “Well, you see, sergeant,” replied the soldicr, “there was a dozen of us using the same mirror, and I must have shaved some other ma.”—New York Mail. TRANSFER PATTERNS, Premium Catalog and BIGSTORY MAGAZINE Three Months All f AROM ATIQUES ) hain “The Queen” says:— aorronvdi the woman whore Bathe jad is ministered ‘the famous house ef ‘The Original MORNY BATH SALTS urtous lath of sclentifcally “'softened”* wat comicbooks.com