Life, 1914-07-02 · page 42 of 44
Life — July 2, 1914 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct items: **Left side:** Advertisement for a Sturtevant telephone booth ventilator—a practical cooling device for the uncomfortable small booths common in early 20th-century offices and public spaces. **Center:** A satirical essay on debt, arguing that borrowing money is hypocritically judged. The author notes the poor are condemned for borrowing while the wealthy freely do so with inherited money. Debt is personified as an unwelcome, intrusive houseguest that grows larger if unpaid. This reflects pre-Depression anxieties about personal and national debt. **Bottom center:** A humorous Irish dialect joke about a man who "died of a Tuesday"—absurdist wordplay typical of period ethnic humor. **Right side:** Advertisement for Heisey glassware and a darkly cynical "help wanted" ad sarcastically seeking "unfortunate" workers willing to accept starvation wages, locked fire-trap conditions, and dangerous conditions—likely satirizing exploitative labor practices of the era.
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(Tox) 6 3 The hot weather is coming and your telephone booth will be hot, stuy, and uncomfortable. The (AEC. U.8. PAT. OFF) TELEPHONE BOOTH VENTILATOR floods the booth with pure fresh air. It gives comfort and coolness even in the warmest weather, This ventilator is in use in many of the best clubs, hotels, brokers” offices, banks, and business houses. It consists of a motor-driven fan that is easily installed by a workman or janitor, It can be in operation shortly after it arrives at your door. If you are desirous of a cooler booth, SII in the coupon below or write to B. F. Sturtevant Company Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts and all principal cities of the world B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, Boston, Mass. Kindly send Bulletin No. 906. Name Debt EBT is the one thing which goes contrary to the laws of nature, lecause you can contract and expand it at the same time. Nothing exceeds like debt. Everyone is always in. debt to some one else. Every debtor is a creditor, every creditor is a debtor There he- ing no clearing-house of humanity, the thing goes on from day to day getting more complicated. When you borrow money from a man who is willing to lend it to you, you are his creditor to the extent that you have favored him with an oppor- tunity, Everybody starts by owing the gov- ernment his part of the interest on the national debt. As this is increas- ing all the time, the fatal habit some people have of putting off the day of their birth counts against them. It is declared to be immoral for poor people to borrow money. Rich people, who have inherited money which really doesn’t belong to them, can, however, borrow all the money they can get, a practice considered highly proper. Debt is a poor sleeping-companion. He won't stay hitched. If you put him off in a room by himself and draw down the blinds, he always breaks loose and interrupts you just when you are beginning to enjoy yourself. If you fail to pay his board and lodg- ing, he grows larger and eats more. And what a witless companion he is! Address_ State Escaped from Irish Pastures Gextieman (riding on jaunting car, which is just passing a large mansion, to driver): Who lives there, Pat? “Och! shure, it's Mr. O'Flaherty—but he’s dade.” “And what did he die of, Pat?” “Faith, thin, he died of a Tuesday.” “And how long has he been dead? “Shure, yer honor, if he'd lived till to-morrow he'd have been dade a fort- night."”—London Evening Standard. THE POET WRITES HIS “ODE TO A WATERFALL" DETER J. CAREY, PRINTER ——— ee When you serve iced tea this summer— —you can make it look as deli- cious as it tastes if you serve it in Heisey's Q Glassware. is so artistic in design, so clear and rkling, that it adds an unusual charm to the serving of even the simp- lest refr ts. Dealers everywhere havetheset shown above, with as many glasses as you wish, and other equally attractive de- signs at a cost so moderate that it will surprise See that this ¢) mark is on all the glass- rare Boat och It_means high uality wi igh price. Send for Slustratea booklet, *-Pable Glass and How to Use It.” See how widea choice you have in beautiful designs for sum- mer table service, A. H. HEISEY & CO. Dept. 62 Newark, Ohio ON evcar Piece Male and Female Help Wanted ANTED—Unfortunate males ana females to work for us. Must be unorganized and willing to put up with almost anything. Must accept extremely meager wages. Must not object to being locked in fire traps during business hours. In case of death, must agree that it is a small matter and not worth going to law about. Must be at all times thoughtful and considerate of your employers’ interests. Address, Sweatshop, New York.