Life, 1914-06-11 · page 3 of 44
Life — June 11, 1914 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page is primarily **advertising and light content** rather than political satire. The main cartoon depicts an Egyptian figure offering cigarettes to a Western man in a hat, playing on Orientalist stereotypes ("Egyptian Deities"). It's a product advertisement for cigarettes, using exotic imagery to appeal to consumers. The article "Do Not Misunderstand" discusses **John D. Rockefeller's philanthropy**, defending his charitable giving against criticism that he was a "Utopian Socialist." The author argues Rockefeller's millions in reserves represent legitimate wealth management, not radical politics. The remaining content includes advertisements (Cortez Cigars, Evette perfume, Hudson River Day Line steamship service) and a poem "Concerning Bugs" about disease prevention and vaccines. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and public relations messaging.
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| L EGYPTIAN DEITIES Do Not Misunderstand E must not look upon Mr. Rocke- feller as an impractical dreamer or a Utopian Socialist when he de- clares that his family and associates would rather lose all their millions than that “American workingmen should be deprived of their right under the Constitution to work for whom they please”. Mr. Rockefeller may be thoroughly sincere about the mat- ter, but not recklessly sincere. This sacrificial scattering of millions will, of course, be held in reserve as a last resort, not hauled out ruth! first resort. Before they bid their millions a fond, final adieu, there are many things to be tried, such as hiring gunmen and detectives to break up unions, such as calling out the militia, such as giving good advice about sav- ing pennies, If measures like these are properly applied, Mr. Rockefeller might even find his millions increased instead of diminished. Utmost in Cigarettes are Plain or Cork Tip ve \ ee Cotes AGAR “MADE AT KEY WEST— EVETTE— nousicant p A perfume of tropical luxuriance, avec Ue chic et Veaprit du Boulevard. ‘A Send for Small Sample Bottle, 20¢ PARK & TILFORD, dren, NEW YORK Concerning Bugs Doctor Chapman has treated his family with typhoid antitoxin so that it will be safe for them to eat all the oysters they want. ‘ews Item, OW let the merry microbes dance In oysters, milk and butter, For they can crawl all over us, And never cause a flutter ; Away with ptomaine aches and chills, And bacillary terrors, For vaccine will deliver us From dietary errors. When alcoholic serum comes, A drink won't be so risky From little headache bugs which dance In ev'ry glass of whiskey; But we will drain the bumper dry, With antitoxic laughter, Immune from care and vain regrets Which wreck the morning after. y habit on the list should be invented, And thus the consequences dire Of misdeeds be prevented. For debt, for taxes—all the ills That pocketbook is heir to— Inoculation is the thing That nothing can compare to. No limits of achievement can Dismay the men of science, When with their friendly germs they make An anti-death alliance. Thus when X-rays and liquid air, With radium allying, A serum make, by using it + We'll put a “josh” on dying. H. S. Haskins. by Daylight The swiftest, cleanest river steamers in America. Daily except Sunday. Good music; a perfect restaurant. “Washington Irving" ‘‘Hendrick Hadsoa”” “Robert Falton” “Albany” Through rail tickets be- tween New York and Albany accepted. Send four cents for illus- tra:cd Summer literature. Hudson River Day Line Desbrosses St. Pier New York