Life, 1914-06-25 · page 3 of 45
Life — June 25, 1914 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content** from an early 20th-century Life magazine, not political satire. The main cartoon, "A Table-Spoon," depicts a humorous domestic scene of a man and woman at a table—likely a joke about dining etiquette or marital dynamics, though the specific humor is unclear without additional context. The article "How to Use a Life Preserver" offers practical (and satirical) advice for ship travel, humorously treating life preservers as comedy material rather than serious safety equipment—typical of Life's irreverent tone. The remainder consists entirely of **period advertisements**: Jolley perfume, Deities cigarettes, Evans' Ale, and the Biltmore Hotel. These ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture and luxury goods marketing.
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A TABLE-SPOON How to Use a Life Preserver OW that travel has become so extensive, a few hints are neces- sary in order to secure ease and com- fort. In case you travel by steamer, you should, for example, always know how to save your own life. On entering your stateroom read carefully the directions for the use of life preservers, in order that you may know, at the start, just what to avoid. Then proceed as follows: First, locate the preserver. If, as occasionally happens, it is wedged firmly underneath your berth, do not be discouraged if at first your efforts vest Volley canter eZ ALATE DepurAaNTe: —-- SocitTY> ACHIEVED INSTANTANEOUS FAME to dislodge it are unsuccessful. Steam- ship companies have to guard their property. If life preservers could be pried loose from their moorings by the idle and curious stranger and in- advertently carried away, the yearly dividends might have to be further strengthened by resort to the sinking fund, By persistence, and with the possible help of the steward, you will succced eventually in pulling the preserver out of its lair. Now comes the important part. You must learn to strap it on right. Many an honest and well-intentioned person, by hurrying wrongly into a life pre- server, has been subjected to the in- tense mortification a little later of floating off on some wave with his fect in the air. This not only spoils one’s view of the sinking steamer, but almost invariably gives one a rush of Dlood to the head. Lay the main part of your life preserver carefully over your chest. By carefully dislocating your arms, you can place them back of you far enough to strap on the preserver. The bottom can be permitted to trail grace- fully on the floor in front of you. Do not attempt to disturb the life preserver in any other way. For in- stance, if you cut open one of its secret chambers, you might find it filled with iron filings instead of de- funct cork. This would make you so uneasy that you wouldn't enjoy your- self as you recline gracefully on your stomach and slide to the bottom. Never borrow trouble beforehand. = Have You Ever Stopped to Think How Appropriate Evans’ Ale Is for the Summer Home, Camp or Yacht? THE ALWAYS READY ENTERTAINER In Bottles and Splits, Dealers, NEW YORK America’s Latestand Most Refined and New York’s Centermost Hotel Only hoteloccupyinganentirecity block, Vanderbiltand Madison Avs. A3dand th Sts., adjoining Grand Central Terminal 1000 rooms; 950 with bat! from $2.50 per day, Sult rooms for permanent occupsncy. Large ‘and small ball, anguet and dining salons and sultes specially arranged, for public or private functions, Gustav Baumann, Pres, John McE. Bowm: Vice-Pres. comicbooks.com