Life, 1914-05-07 · page 48 of 52
Life — May 7, 1914 — page 48: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. It contains: 1. **Havoline Oil advertisement** (left): Standard early-20th-century motor oil marketing emphasizing uniform base, manufacturing process, and durability benefits. 2. **"Alphabet of Wise Sayings About Fools"** (center): A collection of literary quotations about foolishness, drawn from classical and contemporary authors (Shakespeare, Pope, Tennyson, etc.). This appears to be humorous filler content—a common magazine feature of the era. 3. **Heisey Glassware advertisement** (right): Promoting elegant glassware for serving iced tea, positioned as a luxury product for summer entertaining. 4. **Small cartoon** (bottom left): Shows an angry pedestrian threatening a careless driver—a light social commentary on reckless driving, a contemporary concern as automobiles became commonplace. The page reflects Life's dual nature as both satirical publication and commercial vehicle, mixing advertisements with literary humor and mild social observation.
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HAVOLINE OIL Makes \a Difference” EFFICIENCY, EXPENSE and ENDURANCE in your car because: THE BASE It is made only from one uniform base, crude oil of tested quality and sameness. THE PROCESS It is manufactured in a manner which leaves the molecules of the oil entirely whole, thereby preserving its life and in- creasing its Iubricating value. It is entirely freed from floating carbon and impurities. THE RESULT A uniform oil, that forms an even lubri- cating “ cushion” around the metal surfaces and prevents wear and tear upon them. Retains its vitality yet is free from foreign substances. Leaves minimum carbon de- posits, Reduces repair bills, prolongs life of motor and increases its efficiency. Buy the oil in the Blue Can Tell us your make and 2FiveGal.CanstotheCase we'lltell youyour grade At your Dealers or direct from us! Ask your garageman or write us direct for testi- monials of liavoline users, owning your make of car INDIAN REFINING CO. NEW YORK Pedestrian: SAY, WATCH WHERE |, FER TWO CENTS I'D CLIMB SPOIL YER LooKs! er sE: An Alphabet of Wise Sayings About Fools A FOOL must now and then be right by chance. —Cowper, “ Conversation”. BE wise with speed. A fool at forty is a fool indeed! —Young, “ Love of Fame”. COXCOMB! What should such a fool do with so good a woman? —Shakespeare, “ Othello”. DIE and endow a college or a cat. Pope, “ Moral Essays”. EVERY fool will be meddling. —Proverbs 20: 3. FOOLS rush in where angels fear to tread. —Pope, “Essay on Criticism”. GROSSEST fools exist not all in vain, because once in their lives they are made to serve some wise man’s exigence. —John Davidson, “ Godfrida”. HE is a fool who only sees the mis- chiefs that are past. —Hower, “ Iliad”. [| HAVE lighted on a fool, Raw, yet so stale! —Tennyson, “ Idylls”. Just as a blockhead rubs his thought- less skull, and thanks his stars he was not born a fool. —Pope, “ Epilogue of Jane Shore”. KING of fools is he who seeks what, being found, will do him no good—namely, nothing. —John Davidson, “ Unhistorical Pastoral”. LET the doors he shut upon him that he may play the fool nowhere but in’s own house. —Shakespeare, “ Hamlet” MEN have outgrown the shame of being fools. —Browning, “ Men and Women”. NO creature smarts so little as a fool. —Pope, “ The Arbuthnot”. QUT into the road I started, and spoke I scarce knew how; Ah, there’s no fool like the old one,—it makes me angry now! —Tennyson, “The Grandmother”. When you serve iced tea this summer— —you can make it look as deli- cious as it tastes if you serve it [js in Heisey’s Q Glassware. cpanel havetheset shown above, with as many glasses as you wish, and other equally attractive See ‘signs at a cost so moderate that it will surprise you. ‘See that this @ mark is on all the glass- ware you ¥ buy. i means hi ph guality *rithout whee illustrated booklet, able Glass and How to Use It.” See how widea choice you have in beautiful designs for sum- mer table service. A. H. HEISEY & CO. Dept. €2 Newark, Ohio enoleey 1 Utustated) ’» | | specia You App corres; ”. Da, imparts in a clear yy. in one volume: Keottene a Yeung stan Should Haves Koostedie a Youne Jeshand Should Have. Should Have. Krowiedge 8 Young Woman Should Has Roowledge a Young Wile Should Have. { Knowledge a Mother Should Have, } Knosledge a Mother Should Ipatt to Her Daughter. Medical Kaowledge a Wile Shoutd Mi ig ewe vetoes IMlecirateds 82.00" pestnaté. Write for “Other People’s Opinicas” and Table of Coatents. Puritan Pub. Co. Phila... | aa me aE EE NS THE NEXT STORM MAY DO THIS TO YOUR FINEST TREES ‘Your trees may appear strong and healthy—and yet be so unsound that the next storm will ‘snap them off like the one shown here. If your trees need no attention you want to know it, If they do, you ought to know it. If you want real Tree Surgery, it must be Davey Tree Surgery. iapertesaminations without ce able everywhere, ‘Write today for beautital tree boo mM our examinations have Representatives with credentials avail- k and letters from estate owners to en a revelation. Write today. ‘THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO., Inc. su Em S.. Kent 0. Branches, with teeshone 1 New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Montreal, San Francisco. comicbooks.com