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Life — December 4, 1913 — page 105: Life, 1913-12-04

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This is primarily a **book advertisement page** from *Life* magazine, not a satirical cartoon page. The main content promotes new Macmillan publications as Christmas gifts. The notable editorial content is a humorous essay titled "A Kiss" that defines kisses between opposite-sex and same-sex pairs, observing their variations in size, duration, and frequency—including the sardonic note that married couples "contract for" kisses "by the piece" after years together. This is gentle domestic satire about marital affection cooling over time. The page also advertises Theodore Roosevelt's autobiography prominently, reflecting his significant cultural prominence in this era. Several travel and adventure books are promoted, some with Roosevelt's endorsement, indicating his influence as a public figure. The remaining advertisements (umbrellas, belt buckles, tooth soap) are standard commercial notices. There are **no political cartoons** on this page—it's essentially a holiday shopping guide masquerading as editorial content.

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BVM LIFE FE 1045 — IDEAL XMAS GIFT) Sent Postpaid e nveopt f Y Price, $5.00, ‘$4.00, $3.50. ried in small bag, suit-case or pocket. Can be cat Docs away with fadispensable when traveling. the umbrella-carrying nuisance. ‘AN UMBRELLA FOR EVERYBODY ‘eiTE TOOAY FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG | ING’S FOLDING UMBRELLA ifinter Street Boston, Mass. A Kiss | W MACMILLAN BOOKS. THE BEST HOLIDAY GIFTS } “ The most important book of the year” THE LIFE OF COL. ROOSEVELT THEODORE ROOSEVELT ausiciasty In this stirring autobiography, replete with the most varied and interesting experience Col. Roosevelt writes intimately of his life, his philosophy and the achievements which have helped to mould his remarkable career. During many years no other single personality of the present-day has attracted such gen- eral attention in national and world-wide policies, and no more vivid picture of contemporaneous history probably will ever be written than Col. Roosevelt’s own story of his life. In its interpretation of Col. Roosevelt's striking personality, this work is not only of national but of international importance. The book is handsomely bound and is unusually attractive, with illustrations of portraits, facsimiles of various documents, pictures of buildings, localities and other interesting and ap- priate matter. Decorated cover. Gilt top. Richly illustrated. Octavo. $2.50 net; sent postpaid, $2.75. New Books of Travel and Adventure KISS is a spontaneous arrange- ment made between two people of opposite sex to show that there aren't any hard feclings between them. MY LIFE WITH THE ESKIMO By VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON A great explorer’s story of life, ad- venture and peril in the Arctic regions. HUNTING THE ELEPHANT IN AFRICA By CAPTAIN H. STIGAND._ Intro- duction by COLONEL ROOSEVELT A graphic recital of dramatic hunt ing incidents. THE BARBARY COAST By ALBERT EDWARDS Interesting experiences in Northern Africa by the author of “Panama,” “Comrade Yetta,” ete. When made between two people of the same sex, it usually simulates the same motive. Kisses are large, medium and small. They are also short and long. They vary in number according to the age and weight of the contestants. Some- times kisses are manufactured with lightning-like rapidity. At other times they are contracted for by the piece: for instance, after some years of mar- ried life. As a rule, kisses are not If You Wish To Please Some Man This Christmas give him **A Man's Buckle*’ and belt. It is an admirable gift — smart, exclusive, practical. The New Kerr Adjustable Belt Buckle Of Silver or Gold No eyelets, no tongue. A pat- ented device instantly adjusts belt to any size—and holds fast. A snap permits quick change from black to tan or colored belts. Sterling Silver Buckle $5, 14 K Solid Gold Buckle $25, including belt. Atall good jewelers. Write for booklet of artistic designs The Wm. B. Kerr Co. High and Orange Sts. Newark, NJ. Mlastrated. $4.00 net Mlastrated. $2.50 net New Books for Boys and Girls DEERING AT PRINCETON By LATTA GRISWOLD The lively college experiences of the author's hero, “Deering of Deal.” Mastrated. $1.35 net New Novels of Realistic Interest VAN CLEVE TIDE MARKS By MARY S. WATTS By MARGARET WESTRUP A modern American story, inviting “A literary find. A Cornish novel in the intensity of its realism. of unusual interest.” Cloth, $1.35 net Cloth. $1.35 net Mastrated. $2.00 net ROBIN HOOD'S BARN By ALICE BROWN A delightful story of quaint humor and happy characters Mlastrated. $1.25 net WHEN I WAS ALITTLE GIRL By ZONA GALE An exquisite and charming fantasy romance of childhood. Mastrated. $1.50 net THE VALLEY OF THE MOON By JACK LONDON One of this author's best love stories, the hero again an unforget- table big man. Mastrated. $1.35 net “The Most Profoundly Interesting Novel of the Times” CHURCHILL'S THE INSIDE OF THE CUP CHURCHILL’S By the author of “Richard Carvel,” “Coniston,” “A Modern Chronicle,” ete. “Abounds in thoughtful delineation of character, presents certain salient aspects of city life with fidelity and restraint, while the interwoven love-story offers, in its refined and spiritual intensity, a refreshing contrast to much that is overheated in the fiction of the day.” London Times. Mlastrated. Cloth. $1.50 net “A book that will live."—New York Times. MACMILLAN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS MAILED FREE TO ANY ADDRESS THE MACMILLAN COMPANY On Wherever Books Are Sold public. The parties wishing to enter into a partnership whereby their manu- facture may be facilitated, usually go into executive session and, as in the case of California and other blissful states, proceed to exclude all aliens. They then move to the regular order of business, which may be adjourned from time to time according to the constitution of the two deponents. Among the many other varieties of kisses besides those mentioned are the back parlor, or domestic; the railroad station, or compulsory; the relative; the prolonged serial-to-be-continued-in- our-next, and the honeymoon. Beautifully WhiteTeeth and Clean, Healthy Gums and Mouth for months, C. H. STRONG & CO.