Life, 1914-09-03 · page 46 of 48
Life — September 3, 1914 — page 46: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than satirical commentary. The left side features a **Heisey & Co. glassware advertisement** promoting ashtrays as gifts for smokers, with pricing and mail-order information for different regions. The main content area contains a **short essay on Business** that offers cynical, satirical observations typical of *Life*'s tone: Business is described as mercurial, sometimes "rotten," controlled by "a few primitive souls," and dependent on "hot air and luck." The piece uses humor to critique how business operates—noting that what's yours is actually everyone's, but profits belong to "a few." Below that is a **book advertisement** promoting Mary Roberts Rinehart's latest story in *October McClure's* magazine (15 cents). The cartoon at bottom left, captioned "Going in for Sports," appears to show people in water but is too small to interpret clearly. Overall, this is a typical magazine page mixing editorial content, satire, and paid advertising.
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If you want to please some smoker— surprise him with an ash tray of Heisey’s ) Glassware § He'll appreciate their beauty and you'll both appreciate their “useableness” — they are so easily cleaned and too substantial to be carelessly upset. If your dealer cannot supply the attractive designs shown here we will deliver them by Parcel Post, prepaid, at the following prices: To points east of the Mississippi River— No. 356. No. 436 No. 1184 To points west of the i River, add SOc to cover delivery. Write for illustrated booklet. Learn how many beautiful things for the home you can get in Heisey’s @ Glassware. A. H. HEISEY & | CO. si Dept. 6: “GOING IN FOR SPORTS” Business HAT is Business? Some of it is said to be large in size and is called “big”. Much of it is just plain business. Business is, in reality, of two kinds—yours and other people's. It represents the raw material of making a living. Business is mercurial, It booms, it is good and bad, it is splendid, or it is depressed. It has a way of looking up. Then, again, it is said to be “ rotten”, Business was at one time controlled by a few primitive souls. Now it is everybody's. What is your business is mine; what is mine is yours; only the laws and the profits belong to a few—esp ly the profits. Successful business is due oftentimes to a combination of hot air and luck. Unsuc- cessful business is often psychological. The Best Story MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Ever Wrote Begins in the OCTOBER McCLURE’S FIFTEEN CENTS ALL NEWSSTANDS