Life, 1914-01-29 · page 31 of 40
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## Left Side: "Anthologitis" Poem This is satirical verse mocking the excessive use of literary quotations. The title suggests an affliction from "promiscuous verse reading." The poem strings together famous lines from canonical poets (Romantic and Victorian era literature) to absurd effect, creating non-sequiturs about a woman. References appear to include Byron ("She walks in beauty"), Gilbert & Sullivan ("Willow, titwillow"), and Coleridge ("Where Alph the sacred river ran"). The humor targets intellectuals who compulsively quote famous poetry, often inappropriately, and the pretentiousness of literary culture circa 1914. ## Right Side: Advertisement Primarily an advertisement for the Jones Speedometer, featuring a map showing Johns-Manville Service Branches in 49 U.S. cities. The ad emphasizes the reliability of the speedometer using "centrifugal principle" and claims endorsement from universities and military organizations. **Bottom illustration**: A barber-shop scene depicting generational tension—a young man without a car contrasts with an older man who owned one ("all 1914 models"), highlighting early automotive adoption divides.
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9 Lae, Anthologitis Or The Perils of Promiscuous Verso Reading SHE walks in beauty like the night, Like twilights, too, her dusky hair; Me miserable! Here’s one that’s white Unfurled her standard to the air. She can both false and friendly be— Sned back my long-strayed eyes to me, Then sit thou safely on my knee, Singing “ Willow, titwillow, titwil- low.” Who ran to help me when I fell One foot in sea and one on shore? The reason why I cannot tell, I think she thought the game a bore. The moving moon went up the sky From its firm base as soon as I; What can an old man do but die? If I darst; but I darse n't! Improve each moment as it flies, I hear a voice you cannot hear; Who says that when the poet dies A beehive’s hum shall soothe my ear. I recollect a nurse call'd Ann, xa Where Alph the sacred river ran; ate see RS The child is father of the man— pred Where are the girls of yesterday? a {229 Peurth Street Areas DENVER, COU But Oh, she dances such a way! ‘Desvor Oan and Tectrie Oh love, that hours were thine and mine! A little rule, a little sway, The viol, the violet, and the vine. At sultry noon my dearie O She has a bosom white as snow, Man wants but little here below, Even as you and I. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, A mother’s pride, a father’s joy; I tell each bead unto the end, Come to my arms, my beamish boy ! “Try not the pass!” the old man said When I was sick and lay abed; “Come, girl,” said he, “hold up ycur MILWAUKEE, Wis, {20 Cylons hervet. MINE WOU MIN NEW ORLEANS Lt Magattns eo Grav street SEW YORK, X. ¥ Mesiee Aieone en Cn Bt Johns-Manville Service Branches in 49 Cities Assure Satisfactory Service to Jones Speedometer Owners Circles on Map ine dicate J-M Service Branches. Dots indi- cate location of direct representatives. Right in Principle and Backed by the Right Kind of Service and Guarantee HE H. W. Johns-Manville Company stands back of the Jones Speed- ometer with forty-nine established Service Branches, equipped to make repairs and replacements as efficiently as the factory, and with 589 direct representatives located all over the country. ‘Such unrivalled service is coly made possible by the advantage which the H. W. Johns-Manville Company enjoys in bent able to distribute the great cost of maintain- ing this service over the entire line of accessories. No single article could sustain the enormous expense of a tervice of ka character. Jones Speedometer Centrifugal Principle head!” And the barber kept on shaving. Her Father: YouNG MAN, ALL 1914 MODELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH SELF-START- ks, WHERE IS youRS? BW Graton omatta, xen 1003 areas treet PuULgpEipiia, PA. ‘Na, Recond Barnet Bi Xoo ined bere PITTSRURGR, PAL Fe Wad ToUNaRTOWS, 8. sssteags Boing This Kit is being steadily increased Centrifugal force, applied to the Jones Speedometer, is as unalterable as the law of gravitation. The official charts of on ative tests conducted by the Colum- za University to determine the effects of tages in temperature on different speed- ometers show the Jones o be consistently re- liable, while instruments of the magnetic type show 088 — of from 20% to 35% car speeds. Similar tests by the al Automobile Club of Great Britain Rey Ireland, the Army and Navy Journal and the Armour Institute positively establish the superiority of the Jones Speedometer: To the y of the Jones Speed. ometer is now added the surety of Johns- Manwule Service. Should your car meet with an accident or should a change in the size of your tires make adjustment necessary, you will always find Johns. Manville Serv- we conveniently at hand. Note the Guarantee Toe, that accom. panies each Jones Speedometer. It guar antees the instrument against defects in m: terial and workmanship indefinitely, texth- out time lim:t, ie bate the many J-M ice Branches. ‘ means that the Jones ‘owner mittst be satished. Specify the fence Speedometer on the car you buy. rite nearest Branch for booklet. H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO. Madison Ave. and 41st St., New York Manufacturers and Marketers of Brake Linings, Spark Jouns- Plugs, Electric Lamps, Speedometers, Horns, Fire Ex tingnishers, Carburetors, Dry Batteries, Vaporizers, Auto ANVILLE Locks, Fuses, Tepes, Packings, etc. The Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co. Ltd. MONTREAL.QUE.. 430-4528 James St. TORONTO. ONT..19 Promt St.. East VANCOUVER, B. G), $11 Wiech Bidg. WINNIPEG, MAN., 92 Arthur St 2278