Life, 1914-03-12 · page 41 of 44
Life — March 12, 1914 — page 41: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than satirical content. It contains three distinct ads: 1. **Whitman's Sampler** (candy) - Standard product advertisement emphasizing 70 years of candy-making expertise. 2. **"Time Wanted"** - A humorous classified ad (not satire, but social commentary) seeking someone to find "lost time" for a wealthy woman juggling dressmaker appointments, theater evenings, and domestic duties. The joke critiques upper-class women's overscheduled lives and their disconnect from family/household responsibilities—she wants to know her children and manage her home but has no time. 3. **Hampshire Bond Paper** - Business stationery advertisement claiming the paper reflects a businessman's character and professionalism. The page also includes a brief publisher's ledger anecdote about a book condemned by Anthony Comstock (a famous censor) that subsequently sold 100,000 copies—illustrating how censorship paradoxically boosted sales. This is primarily a **commercial publication**, not a political cartoon or satirical commentary page.
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HAT we have leamed in seventy years’ leadership in catering to the keenest candy taste in America is summed up in » Sampler Ten minutes with a Sampler Package will make you familiar with our best in many kinds of sweets. Can be bought in the thousands of stores that are sales agents for Whitman’s—conven- et to almost everybody in the If you don’t know your Whitman agent, send a dollar for a Sampler. Seventeen ounces net, $1.00. Large Package, $2.00. (More in the extreme west and Canada.) Write for “List of Good Things.”” STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, Inc. Philadelphia Makers of Hfit22 Instantaneous Chocolate and Marshmallow Whip Time Wanted Lady who spends her mornings at the dressmaker's, her after- her evenings at the theatre would like to get into communi- ciency expert who will he able to tell her how she can get more time, She requires time to get acquainted with her children, familiarize herself with a few of the most essential details of housekeeping, improve her mind by a little calm and serious reflection and develop an interest in an occasional subject of importance. Must he time heretofore not employed, and positively must not interfere with present activities, Money is no object whatsoever, and the highest price will gladly be paid for the req- uisite information, Address Exclusive, corner Rambler and Climber Streets, Manhattan. From a Publisher's Private Ledger Oct. 1, First printing, 5,000 copies— advance sales very poor. Nov. 1. Anthony Comstock condemns book. Dec. 1. Sixth reprinting, 100,000 copies—The Masses. “I nave a splendid idea for a maga- zine poem!” “You don't need it, for a magazine poem."—Houston Post. Old Hampshire#iond THE STANDARD PAPER FOR BUSINESS STATIONERY LD HAMPSHIRE BOND, USED for your letterheads and envelopes, reveals your business and its methods to all who read—for the man who is not proud of his business and am- i] bitious for it feels no incentive to i] put his letters on such paper as Old Hampshire Bond. You can prove this at your printer's. Just ask him to name over a few firms who always specify Old Hamp- shire Bond. The names of firms usin’, Old Hampshire Bond are the names of business and professional top- notchers—no other class can quite see the economy of buying, such a 300d paper. Old Hampshire Bond, like 300d clothes, looks well at your journey's end, and will add influence to your argument. Write on your present letterhead and have us send you samples of modern letterheads on this stock. If you care to include 10c. in ‘your letter and get a liberal package of our Semi-Business stationery it will come in handy some time when you want to write a note not on business. HAMPSHIRE PAPER COMPANY SOUTH HADLEY FALLS, MASS. THE ONLY PAPER MAKERS IN THE WORLD MAKING BOND PAPER EXCLUSIVELY comicbooks.com