Life, 1914-05-14 · page 5 of 44
Life — May 14, 1914 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and light entertainment** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"A Rule"** - A humorous fable about worms debating whether to work on silk stockings for a New York girl, satirizing pointless philosophical arguments among workers. 2. **Advertisements** for: - Holland tourism ("Land Below the Sea") - Victrola phonographs (emphasizing dancing) - Herbert Tareyton/Gordon smoking mixture - Victor Records 3. **"Unappreciated"** - A brief domestic anecdote about a girl's uncle visiting and calling her "good" in a dismissive way. The page reflects early-20th-century consumer culture and light social humor rather than sharp political commentary. The worm fable may gently mock labor disputes of the era, but it's primarily whimsical rather than pointed satire.
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Do you wish to know which are the most interesting, the most picturesque and the quaintest places in Holland ? There are places you absolutety must see in order to appreciate fully the serene beauty, the peace- 8 atmosphere, the magnificent architecture, the costumes and the quaint customs of this “Land Below the Sea” Aonly f a jatar eo in ed a Tee prs Slat he = AES AR Krense Nee York. : Rule COUPLE of worms (among many others) were working upon a pair of silk stockings for a New York girl. “Brother,” said the first worm, “I sometimes wonder if we are much use. Take this stocking, the material for which we are making. It will be worn perhaps half a dozen times. It will develop a hole and be thrown aside. It furnishes practically no warmth. Almost any other material would be better.” “But it gives several honest people work in its shaping,” said the second worm, “Merely to keep alive a feeble flame in an impoverished body.” “That's true. I have, alas! not thought so deeply as you. Let us . . . strike.” Dancing is delightful They acquainted the other worms with, Wels decidboae -A (word, waste to the music of the Victrola ert ait oe ” seid the head Every one enjoys dancing to music of such splendid volume, sre,“ tefove we will warrenden” such clearness and perfect rhythm—and the Victrola plays as long as any one wants to dance. he Victrola brings to you all kinds of professor of natural history was sent music and entertainment, superbly rendered for. He examined them minutely. | by the world’s greatest artists who make “Tt is a new disease,” he announced records exclusively for the Victor. triumphantly, “they refuse to eat or Any Victor dealer will gladly play the latest dance music erform their fons. S | or any other music you wish to hear. There are Victors re aeutoy caning aaa |]| and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $500. “Is that the only remedy?” asked wee see Merino Coe Coren Ne de US: Ae the silk manufacturer. “Yes,” replied the naturalist, “as I * 8 @ At the end of the third day a noted am a true scientist, that is the only remedy for a disease which no one is yet able to define. The rule is, ‘Always kill the patient ’.” Unappreciated Katherine's uncle had come to pay them a visit. After the first greetings were over and he was comfortably seated with little Katherine on his knee, he asked, as uncles often do, if she were “a good little girl”. “Yes, but nobody knows