Life, 1915-05-13 · page 50 of 52
Life — May 13, 1915 — page 50: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **advertising and book-review page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon page. The main content advertises baggage insurance and promotes Vogue's "American Travel Number." The illustrated central image shows a stylish woman with fashionable luggage, promoting travel within America—likely during World War I era when European travel was disrupted. The surrounding text encourages Americans to vacation domestically instead of abroad, mentioning stops at "Havana, New Orleans, Jamaica, the Panama Canal, California, and the Grand Canon [sic]." **Minor elements**: Small ads appear at bottom (Cortez cigars, Magic Shop, Fresh Eggs), along with a lengthy "Books Received" section listing recent publications. There is **no political satire or cartoon content** visible on this page—it's fundamentally commercial, promoting domestic tourism and travel products to an American audience.
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882 | Costs but a few cents a day |Baggage Insurance You need it if you— —are going to the Expositions at Califor- nia where baggage risks are multiplied. —travel for business or pleasure. —are going on a vacation anywhere. —keep any personal effects outside of your residence—at the office, golf or country club, —are sending your son or daughter to boarding school or college. Hiram Martin Chittenden. Kidd Co., Cincinnati, 0.) per & Bros. (Harper & Bros. (Houghton Miffiin Co. EDESE The Yellowstone National Park, by (Stewart & The Conscience of Sarah Plott. (A. C. ) McClurg & Co. $1.2 The Ladder, by Philip Curtiss. (Har- $1.30.) The American Girl, by Anne Morgan 50 cents.) Katy Gaumer, by Elsie Singmaster. $1.35.) The Theatre of Ideas, by Henry Arthur A Reluctant Adam, by Sidney Williams. (Houghton Miffiin Co. $1.35.) Wor Brides, by Marion Craig Went- worth. (Century Co. 50 cents.) The Truth About Twilight Sleep, by Hanna Rion (Mrs. Frank VerBeck.) (McBride, Nast. $1.50.) Angela's Business, by Henry Sydnor Harrison, (Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.35.) Marriage by Conquest, by Warwick Deeping. (McBride, Nast. $1.25.) The Mysticism of Music, by R. Heber Our Baggage Policy indemnifies you against loss due Jones. to fire, theft, transportation, etc. while the baggoge is in the custody of uny railroad, express company, steam- ship, hotel or clubhouse. A yearly policy relieves you of all worry, costs less in the end and automatically protects you and your family even though travelling in different places. The hazards and contingencies of travel are many, and you need this protection. The value of your bag: gage Is more than you realize. Remember the liability assumed by railroads, ete. is considerably less than the actual value of your baggage! It may save you hundreds of dollars ‘Write today for information. Insurance Co. of North America Phila., Pa, Founded 1792 (Geo, H. Doran Co. $1.00.) Newton, D.D. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) Books Received King Albert's Book, (A tribute to Belgian King and people from rep- resentative men and women throughout the world.) (Hearst's International Library Co, Cloth, $1.50; full leather, $ ) A Boy's Will, by Robert Frost. (fenry Holt & Co. 75 cents.) of the most attractive and North of Boston, by Robert Frost. newest luggage now to (ilenry Holt & Co, $1.25.) ; be had by the wayfarer. Songs of Love and Rebellion, by Cov- ington Hall, 520 Poydras St, New Orleans, La. The Curse of Castle Eagle, by Kath- arine Tynan, (Duffield & Co. $1.25.) The Man Who Forgot, by James Ha Jr. (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.25.) Grocer Greatheart, by Arthur Adams. (John Lane Co, $1.25.) The Snare, by George Vane. (John Lane Co. $1.25.) For the American Travel Number of Vogue, Robert McQuinn has drawn some AMERICAN TRAVEL NUMBER Now on Sale The Rim of the Desert, by Ada Wood- ruff Anderson, (Little, Brown & Co., Roston, Mass. $1.35.) A Girl of the Blue Ridge 'y Erskine. (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass. $1.35.) Even though you have always been accustomed to go abroad in May or June, nil desperandum! Prepare your- self now for an equally pleasant and profitable summer in America. Read Vogue’s American Travel Number. Whether you are a traveler-in-fact, or_a traveler-in-fancy, this Vogue will There are, of course, many notes and pictures of appropriate travel ward- robes, and the new luggage. Buenos Ayres has a special article; its society has long been conspicuous abroad, and this summer many Americans will for the first time make a tour of the great country south of the equator. bring you both the entertaining and the practical side of all the most in- teresting places in this country. Their name is legi ion! Therefore Vogue pre- but a very short time. Secure your sents a verand tour” of our own copy of the American Travel number hemisphere—stopping at Havana, New today. And, wherever you go_ this Orleans, naica, the Panama Canal, summer, arrange now that Vogue may California, and the Grand Cafion. surely go with you. If you do not. subscribe, remember that Vogue remains on the newsstands ‘We will send you two card tricks, very perplexing to onlookers, yet anyone can do them, Also booklets showing over 100 10c. different Magic Tricks and Jokes, Allfor THE MAGIC SHOP, 44 North 13th Street, Phila. FOR _g MEN OF BRAINS IGARS VOGUE 443 Fourth Avenue, New York Condé Nast, Publisher cents a number ice @ month $4 @ year 24 numbers Guaranteed .not_ over -MADE AT KEY WEST— three daye old, Deliv: FRESH EGGS ferred pei prices, Orders accepted, large or emall Write, phone or call, SPRINGSIDE FARMS, 639 Madison Ave., N.Y. Plaza SQ. comicbooks.com