Life, 1914-12-03 · page 6 of 92
Life — December 3, 1914 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than editorial content. The main features are: 1. **Western Electric "Chau-Phone"** advertisement promoting telephone installation in luxury automobiles—positioned as a status symbol for 1915. 2. **Chartreuse liqueur advertisement** showing two bottles (green and yellow varieties), marketed as "the monks' famous cordial." 3. **A short story titled "A Tale Sans Meaning or Moral"** about a second-class man attempting to live a second-class life—likely satirizing social pretension or class consciousness of the era. 4. A poem **"The Star in the East"** by Kate Masterson, appearing to reference Christmas and wartime sacrifice (trenches, cannons, soldiers). The page reflects **1915 American consumer culture** and wartime sentiment.
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The Star in the East CHRISTMAS dawn through the sleet on the hill And the men that we left behind, With eyes upturned to the morning chill, Smiling and brave and blind! Oh, Holy Night! dead In the trenches where they fell, Comrades that laughed in the sunset red, Without shroud or book or bell? Have we left them, We march away where the cannon hurled In the breath of a foeman’s fear, The sword is sheathed and the flag is furled At the grave of a blood-red year. Will the palms of plenty o'er them surge Or crown the shield they bore? Will the drums’ quick beat give them welcome urge To the homes they'll know no more? There's a star in the East and the dawn of day, The light of that other morn, When the Christmas Child in manger lay And the promise of peace was born! Kate Masterson. the HE absence of flattery would leave women unhappy and tombstones bare. Install a Telephone in Your Closed WESTERN ELE! Western Electric Chau-Phone A new convenience that makes the luxury of the limousine complete. The transmitter into which you speak is as neat as a lorgnette. the chauffeur’s ear carries the message clear and distinct above the noises of traffic. ‘The Chau-Phone is regular equipment on leading cars for 1915. installed in any car—old or new. Price, $25.00. Write us for booklet No. 163-AK. 463 West Street, New Yorks Hens ia all prado Sen” “Apeas evecare The receiver at It can easily be CAUTION Lure employs no direct travelling representatives; it does not offer prizes, college courses or other in- ducements for agents to canvass for subscriptions. Anyone soliciting sub- scriptions on any such basis should be turned over to the authorities as a swindler, Be sure to place your order with a reliable bookseller, news agent or so- licitor, if you do not mail it to Lire direct. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, | 17 West 31st Street, New York CHARTREUSE THE SUPERB LIQUEUR OF THE AGES UNVARYING IN CHARACTER UNSURPASSED IN EXCELLENCE THE MONKS’ FAMOUS CORDIAL At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotel, Cafes BATJER & CO. 45 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Sole Agents for United States. A Tale Sans Meaning or Moral SECOND-CLASS baby once grew up to be a second-class man, who managed, after a number of second- class attempts, to earn a second-class living. He married a second-class wife, lived in a second-class street, in a second-class house, moved in second- class society, was finally attacked by a second-class disease, and died a sec- ond-class death, At the funeral the minister sai Our beloved brother was a first-class citizen.” But, then, he was a second-class minister. Otherwise he would have kept his mouth shut.