Life, 1914-05-21 · page 50 of 52
Life — May 21, 1914 — page 50: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book listings**, not political satire or cartoons. The main content includes: 1. **Automobile advertisements** for the Lexington Four ($1,335) and Howard Six ($2,375)—mid-range cars from the Lexington-Howard Company in Connersville, Indiana. The ads appeal to middle-class buyers by emphasizing quality manufacturing and reliability. 2. **"Books Received" section**—a standard literary review listing contemporary novels and their prices (typically $1-2), including works by Baroness Orczy, George Moore, and others. 3. **Service advertisements**: portrait photography by Francesca Bostwick, an "eye sleep mask," and an Adirondack camp rental. 4. **Bottom image**: A historical photograph labeled "Cars Stair Rye 1788-1914" with text "Almost as old as the nation"—likely an advertisement emphasizing a business's long history. There are **no political cartoons or satirical content** on this page. It's a straightforward magazine spread combining classified advertising, book notices, and commercial announcements typical of early-20th-century publications.
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No matter what car you are thinking of buying, you'll at least be fair enough to yourself to learn something about more than just one car. When you begin to learn about the LEXINGTON FOUR and the HOWARD SIX $1335 you'll wonder at the way in which the really good points have been entirely covered in these two cars ‘When you learn about the class of men that are back of the manufacture of these cars you'll feel very safe in buying one of their cars. Investigate. THE LEXINGTON-HOWARD COMPANY 121 MAIN STREET Books Received In the College Days, by Lindsay Barbee. (T. S. Denison & Co. Chi- cago, I.) A Child of the Orient, by Demetra Vaka. (Houghton, Mifflin Co. $1.25.) The Blindness of Virtue, by Cosmo Hamilton, (Geo. H. Doran Co, $1.25.) Regulation, by W. G. Barnard. (Regu- lation Publishing Co., Seattle, Wash. $1.00.) “Unto Caesar,” by Baroness Orczy. (Geo. H Doran Co. $1.35.) Hail and Farewell, by George Moore. (D. Appleton & Co. $1.75.) Ade's Fables, by Geo. Ade (Double- Page & Co. $1.0 The Deaf (Their Position in Society), by Harry Bes: (T. Y. Crowell Co. $2.00.) Keeping Up Appearances, by Maxi- milian Foster. (D Appleton & Co. $1.25.) Florence on a Certam Night, by Con- Dawson, (Henry Holt & Co. da: The Mexican People: Their Struggle for Freedom, by: 1. Gutierrez De Lara and Edgcumb Pinchon. — (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.50.) E, a novel by Julian Hinckley. (Dut ficld & Co $1.35.) Drum’s House, by Wa Wild. (E. P. CTutton & Co $1 ) he Romance of Fraud, by Tighe Hop- kins. (EP Dutton & Co. $2.50.) What Will People Say? by Rupert Hughes. (Harper & Bros. $1.35.) The Marryers, by Irving Bacheller. (Harper & Bros. $1.00.) Letters from a Living Dead Man, by Elsa Barker. (Mitchell Kennerley 5.) The Cost of Wings, by Richard Dehan. (F. A Stokes Co. $1.25.) The Forest Maiden, by Lee Robinet. (F. G. Browne & Co., Browne & Howell “Four” $1335 $2375 The more the berter, CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, U. S. A. Portfolio Photography * What would you not give fora picture of your son or daughter or some one equally dear to you? De- ferred intentions often cause regrets. Photographic likenesses in the latest art portfolio mountings insuring permanent preservation are the specialty of Francesca Bostwick. Your time and convenience not intruded upon. Appointments for studio or home sittings by || correspondence. Highest references. | Francesca Bostwick 19 West 31st Street, New York YOU CAN SLEEP after sunrise, on your sleeping porch, or camping, if you we Kk t fite comfortably over she eyes, will not fall off, and induces as well as prolongs sleep. Sent postpaid for 25 cents. a NIGHT MFG. CO., 6 Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass. ADIRONDACK CAMP TO LET Completely Furnished On island of 7 acres on Oseetah Lake, near Lake Placid. 10 rooms, 3 baths, fireplaces, fuel and ice, . Best boating, fishing, and hunting. Superb mountain Never before | rentec For information address | THE BANKERS GUARANTEE TITLE & TRUST COMPANY, Akron, Obio ' r = Beating Back, by Al Jennings and Will (D Appleton & Co. . $1.50 Vandover and the Brute, by Frank Norris (Doubleday, Page & Co $1.35.) The Milky Way, by F. Tennyson Jesse (Geo H. Doran Co. $1.25.) Prisons and Prisoners, by Constance Lytton and Jane Wharton, Spinster (Geo. H Doran Co, $1.00.) The Heart's Country, by Mary Heaton Vorse. (Houghton, Mifflin Co. $1.35.) A Lady and Her Husband, by Amber Reeves. (G P. Putnam's Sons. $1.35.) The Desert and Mrs. Ajax, by Edward Moffat. (Moffatt, Yard & Co. $1.25.) The Home of the Seven Devils, by Horace W. C. Newte. (John Lane Co. $1.35.) The Secret Book, by Edmund Lester Pearson, (The Macmillan Co. $1.25.) Joseph Pulitzer, by Alleyne Ireland. (Mitchell Kennerley. $1.25.) Sweetapple Cove, by George Van Schaick. (Small, Maynard & Co., Bos- ton, Mass. $1.35.) Sardonics, by Harris Merton Lyon. (Metropolitan Syndicate.) Tolstoy, by Edward Garnett. (Hough- ten, Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass. 75 cents.) Peter Piper, by Doris Egerton Jones. (Geo. W. Jacobs & Co., Phila. Pa $1.25.) Poems, by Walter Conrad Arensberg. (Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass $1.00.) Elizabeth and Mary Stuart, by Frank A. Mumby. (Houghton, Mifflin Co, Boston, Mass. $3.00.) The Book of my Life, by John Rom- papas. (The Rabelais Press, New York.) Bedtime Stories, Charlie and Arabella Chick. (R. Fenno & Co.) Memories of my Youth, by George Haven Putnam. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) Through Other Eyes, by Amy: Mc- Laren, (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.25.) The Last Shot, by Frederick Palmer. (Chas. Scribner's Sons. $1.35.) Hellas and the Batkan Wars, by D. J. Cassavetti. (Dodd, Mead & Co.) The Dream Doctor, by Arthur B. Keeve. (Hearst's International Library Co. $1.35.) Cordelia Blossom, by George Randolph Chester, (Hearst's International Library Co, $1.35.) Mirandy, by Dorothy Dix. (Hearst's International Library Co. $1.00.) Ir