Life, 1914-06-11 · page 2 of 44
Life — June 11, 1914 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **mostly advertising and feature content** rather than political satire. The main article "How a Small Thing Has Grown Large" celebrates the **Paris Garters** brand—a sock supporter (garter) product—through before-and-after imagery showing a factory's expansion from a small room to a large industrial building over 27 years. The text emphasizes quality improvement and market success, a straightforward commercial narrative typical of early 20th-century magazine advertising. The bottom cartoon labeled "Collaboration" appears to show a domestic scene of two people together, likely illustrating companionship or intimacy, though its specific satirical point is unclear from the image alone. The right column contains unrelated articles on marriage law and a whiskey advertisement. Overall, this represents standard magazine content blending commerce with light editorial material.
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Eatered at the Post Office a Yo a8 Second Class Mall Blatter. Copytight in Englasd and the British Possessions, How a small thing has grown large Twenty-seven years ago, in one small room, with two helpers, a man began a business enterprise—the making of men’s garters Ce <= sec how this room looked; about ten by twelve feet in area; with the bottom of a packing box for a desk. In the opposite corner of the page you see the factory building as it is now; a fireproof structure, mostly windows, with daylight on all four sides; clean and sanitary. The number of operatives is now more than 1,000. ‘These illustrations show how a small thing has grown large. The secret of it is quite simple; the qual- ity of the goods explains it. [ the left hand corner of this page you ee: A garter to hold up a man's socks is a small article, at a small price. Most men spend 25 or 50 cents without a second thought. Our idea was, at the beginning, and is now, to give the best possible value for 25 and 50 cents. ‘The quality now is better than it was then; the shape is better; the garter fits better. PARIS GARTERS, the first shicld-garters, were originated by us; they satisfied a real need of well-dressed men; and they have been constantly improved ever since. ‘The PARIS GARTER trade mark has now become, all over the world, a sure sign of best quality. For that reason, when you buy garters, be sure you get PARIS GARTERS metal can touch you A. Stein & Company, Makers, Chicago and New York HA AL [eat COLLABORATION An Unreasonable Process After an cight months’ trial, Chief Clerk Ferguson, of the local marriage license bureau, virtually admits that the marriage license law officially based on eugenics is a failure. —Philadet Bulletin, took Wisconsin a very much shorter time to find this out. Other legislatures who have attempted to change the marriage license laws have been disappointed in their efforts. In fact, the eugenic idea is even now slipping away from ns, leaving behind it _no trace of additional knowledge bearing upon a world-old subject. There never was, or never will be, any system about geting married. It always has been, and always will be, an unreasonable and illogical proceed- ing. Nobody will ever be able to produce a proper, rational explanation for uniting his fortune and his hap- piness with another person of whose faults and failings he has only the most superficial knowledge. The fact that the great proportion of all mar- riages is successful would be a splendid satire upon reason—if anybody in these days cared anything about satire. Still Ruling I Na recent article on the canal tolls question, Secretary Bryan reminds us that “ the God who ruled over Baby- lon is the God who is ruling yet.” In celestial politics, in other words, rotation in office does not obtain. What an unbearable existence it would have heen if we had had to elect a new God every few years. soft.rich whiskey CA with the flavor ofan old vintage. Bottled Old fashioned dis in Bond lation ripen by age only. O PEBBLEFORD Old Fafhioned Quality Kentucky Bourbon CLEAR SPRING DISTILLING CO. BOUASON, NILSON COUNTY, KY. mig inst