Life, 1913-12-04 · page 21 of 112
Life — December 4, 1913 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with one brief satirical piece. The main content consists of period product ads (EUX-E-SIS shaving cream, Carstairs Rye whiskey, and Angelus player-pianos). The only satirical element is the short "Rubber" essay at bottom—a humorous commentary on rubber's practical failures in everyday life. The piece mocks rubber's unreliability: tires deflate at crucial moments, rubber bands disappear when needed, and rubber matting gets ignored by boys entering on rainy days. The final jab—comparing rubber garters to "ladies' dispositions" and suggesting they hide physical flaws ("cover a multitude of shins")—reflects period attitudes toward women as objects of appearance management. The reference to "fat women and some ex-presidents" using rubber for "banting" (dieting) adds crude period humor about weight loss. This is lighthearted consumer satire rather than political commentary.
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For a Silky Feel to the Face wie Sak LU | Robi ==) Sample Tube Sent for 17¢ PARK & TILFORD | F.R.ARNOLD & CO, 37 225 Filth Ave.,New York | 7 lew York THE DOG STAR - (Carstai rs , Rye was a favorite whiskey when Scott, Dickens and Thackeray were “popular modern authors.” These authors by reason of age and merit are to-day classics among English writers. For the same reason‘*Carstairs” is a classic among American whiskies, A blend of the finest ryes, Agedin wood, The numbered ff label shows our bottling. Established 1788 The same firmness, delicacy and resiliency of touch that character- izes the human fingers is found in The ANGELUS The Pioneer Player-Piano That is why playing with the An- gelus is different; why it sounds hke real piano playing. This “human fin- ger” touch is found only in the Angelus because of its exclusive possession of the DIAPHRAGM PNEUMATICS which perform in the Angelus the same function as the fingers of the hand performer, and are made with the same attributes of firmness and resiliency. With this exquisite touch and aided by the Phrasing Lever, the Melodant, Graduated Accompaniment Lever and Melody Buttons you can play any piece of music with all the beauty of a skilled pianist. t Angelus-Piano—An upright built expressly for the Angelus. In Canaéa—The Gourlay-Angelus and gelus Piano, Any of these inseraments can be played by band io the usual manner. The WILCOX & WHITE CO. MERIDEN, CONN. Business Entablished 1877 233 REGENT STREET. LONDON Accacies all orer the world. Rubber UBBER comes in tires, bands and necks. When made in tires it is filled with air, R which leaves the tire when you have the most important engagement of the year and are trying to make up lost time. Even when rubber is not tired it frequently stretches itself. Rubber in bands comes in all sizes, which are sometimes seen on your desk, but never when you want them. Rubber in necks is seen at weddings, and on Fifth Avenue and wagons. Sometimes when it overdoes itself it turns into salt. Rubber also comes in mats, which are carefully stepped over by small boys when they enter the house on a rainy day. Like ladies’ dispositions and many bank accounts, rubber is elastic, and in the form of garters covers a multitude of shins. It is also used for banting purposes by fat women and some ex-presidents.