Life, 1914-04-23 · page 38 of 44
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This page combines advertising with satirical social commentary from early 20th-century America. **"A Mere Suggestion"** sarcastically proposes that John D. Rockefeller address victims of the failed Siegel department stores—thousands of employees who lost jobs and depositors who lost savings. The bitter irony: having the wealthy industrialist lecture the dispossessed about "thrift" and "success" while they suffer financial ruin from the bank collapse. The satire targets the disconnect between wealthy philanthropists' sermons on self-improvement and the economic realities facing ordinary workers. **"Where to Dine This Evening"** offers humorous dining suggestions with a cynical undertone about social anxiety and class distinctions. **Book Advertisement**: Rupert Hughes's novel "What Will People Say?" depicts New York's wealthy elite pursuing pleasure through hotels, cabarets, and yachts, constrained only by social reputation. The concluding line—"the piper waits to be paid"—suggests inevitable consequences for such excess. The page reflects 1910s-20s anxieties about wealth inequality, financial instability, and upper-class excess.
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A Mere Suggestion WO large classes were disastrously affected by the defunctification of the Siegel department stores: the thousands of employees who lost their jobs, and the thousands of depositors who lost their money by having it in the bank which was run as an adjunct to those institutions. In view of all this, why wouldn't it be a good idea to gather all these = - depositors and employees together in one large mass-meeting, and then have ie EGYPTIAN_CIGARETTE of. Mr. John D. Rockefeller talk to them a upon the great advantages of thrift and the unqualified success that is in store for anyone who always zealously looks If you prefer Plain’ Ends ask : g “ork Tips iin the Milo out for his employer's interests? It for the Flat Milo Red Box . : Yellow Label Box is an unparalleled opportunity to drive these lessons home. Where to Dine This Evening A’ a popular restaurant where you will be distracted by the noise of music. . At your uncle's: Roast beef and | at ] bromides. Ata tango tea-house: Sans nourish- ; s People Say Ata road-house: Mosquitoes, mus- catelle and malari At home: Cook it yourself. BY Giens: I believe in early rising, don't veal Rupert HuGHes Disns: Well, there's no abstract ex- cellence in early rising; it all depends on what you do after you rise. It would be i better for the world if some people never ; got up.—Boston Transcript. “An American Vanity Fair’’ BRILLIANT story of New York’s mad dance after pleasure and wealth. Through hotels and cabarets, ballrooms and country houses, by motor and on yachts, on the backs of blooded horses, eat- ing, drinking, making love, we see young girls, women who still try to be young, and the men of their gay set, follow each other in feverish haste, with no brake to hold them back except the fear of ‘‘ what will people say?’’ But the piper waits to be paid. Illustrated. Past 8vo, Cloth, $1.35 net. HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK EOMIGHOOKS=cOM