Life, 1913-12-11 · page 34 of 40
Life — December 11, 1913 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire. It announces the Christmas Annual of *Country Life in America* magazine, listing literary contributions by established authors like Walter Prichard Eaton and Luke Vincent Lockwood. The only cartoon element is the small illustration captioned "Sailor: MAN OVERBOARD! / Suffragette: RECOGNIZED AT LAST!" This appears to be **early suffrage-era satire**—the joke plays on a woman's rights activist (suffragette) being so focused on her cause that even a drowning man means nothing to her except as proof her movement is finally getting noticed. It's mocking suffragettes as single-mindedly obsessed. Below is an anecdote about Mark Twain arriving in a town where he's scheduled to lecture, only to discover all tickets are sold out—ironic given his fame. The page emphasizes *Country Life*'s subscription offer: five issues for one dollar.
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Conntry Life Prev: Garden City, NV, The Christmas Annual of Country Life in Ar Is full of color and beauty, alive with holiday spirit and fun. This luxuriant annual will be as good as Country Life in America’s best. In England the great annuals fill a definite place in the holiday celebration; no other publication comes so near to meeting the same need on this side of the water. Where “Country Life in America” ly Made Among the contents are the following: WALTER PRICHARD EATON’S exquisite new serial, ‘‘ The Idyl of Twin Fires’? is commenced. JULIAN A. DIMOCK writes of ‘‘ The Dog Teams of the Northern Woods”? and shows remarkable photographs. LUCIUS C. PARDEE in ‘‘The Story of Nyctea, the Great White Owl,”’ has written a brand new sort of a nature story. Exquisite color illustra- tions by Charles Livingston Bull. ELLA M. BOULT tells the story of ‘‘The Na- tivity, a Miracle Play in New England”’; strik- ing color illustrations. HENRY W. LANIER has caught the true spirit of winter sport in his charming paper “‘Snow Fun in Maine.”’ LUKE VINCENT LOCKWOOD, the great au- thority, begins his unique series on ‘‘Old Ameri- can Silver’’ with an article on “‘Spoons.”’ We would call your attention to the coupon on this page. It entitles you to this issue and the next four for a dollar bill. The regular price of the Christmas Annual alone is fifty cents. January will be the Motor Number and it and succeeding issues will contain these serials and series: “The Idyl of Twin Fires,” “Country Life Goes West,” “True Stories of the Northern Frontier,” “What the Neighbors Did,” “Old American Silverware,” “Little Stories of Big Farmers”; these departments— “Dogs,” “Better Stock,” “Poultry,” “The Automo- bile,” “From a Country Window,” “Experiment ¢ merica f Station News.” And there will always be new ping sits the Decerm: articles, including many on house building Der este: and gardening, with numerous illustrations. PERSONAL SERVICE FOR EVERY READER IERICA will gladty belp solvetbem. There is no charge to any subscriber. This is a coupon of service; clip DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. it today. Mf Garden City New York Sailor: MAN oveRBOARD! Suffragette: RECOGNIZED AT Last! Mark Twain's Hard Luck The number of anecdotes that foreign papers print about Mark Twain shows how world-wide is the famous humorist’s popularity. In the course of one of his lecture trips, Mark Twain arrived at a small town. Before dinner he went to a barber shop to be shaved. “You are a stranger?" asked the barber. “Yes,” Mark Twain replied. “ This is the first time I've been here.” “You chose a good time to come,” the barber continued. “ Mark Twain is go- ing to read and lecture to-night. You'll go, I suppose?” “Oh, I guess so.” “Have you bought your ticket?” “Not yet.” “But everything is sold out. You'll have to stand.” “How very annoying!" Mark Twain said with a sigh. “I never saw such luck! I always have to stand when that fellow lectures!"—Youth's Companion. comicbooks.com