Life, 1915-07-01 · page 39 of 44
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This page features satirical commentary on famous authors of the early 1900s. The "Literary Notes" section mocks well-known writers through exaggerated descriptions of their work habits: - **R.E. Phillips** completed only one novel due to "indisposition" - **Frank Munsey** changed character names—a trivial editorial choice presented as major news - **Rudyard Kipling** is "extending his far-flung battle line" (military metaphor for his prolific output) - **Henry James** has written only "the thirty-third clause of the first sentence"—mocking his notoriously long, complex prose style - **Bernard Shaw** plans to "dramatize himself"—poking fun at his self-promotion - **Theodore Roosevelt** plans supplementary studies to "The Winning of the West"—suggesting his endless productivity The humor relies on readers' familiarity with these authors' actual writing styles and public personas. Henry James's joke is the sharpest, directly referencing his reputation for baroque, sentence-length paragraphs. The rest of the page is advertising (fire extinguishers, bottled water, books).
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Literary Notes R. E. PHILLIPS OPP owing to a slight indisposition, s completed but one novel within the er PL Mr, Frank A, Munsey has changed fe names of only two or three of his als within the past month, thus : startling change of policy urt of this well-known pub- Mr. Kudyard Kipling is engaged in ing and extending his far-flung ttle line to meet the exigencies of present season, Mr. Henry James has made excel- nt progress in the past month with is new novel, having completed the irty-third clause of the first sentence. Mr, Bernard Shaw, it is understood, F roposes to dramatize himself. Mr. . : thony Comstock will be asked to. . ‘ : Sy, DISASTERS some particular word or » used as a catch phrase EAE eam: . bi SUCH AS THIS It is reported on good authority at some one has discovered in the library at Petrograd the f an early Russian novel tad a.happy ending: SIF your home is protected by PYRENE—“THE MOST linediiant the! Nero: Of Jack |[] EFFICIENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER KNOWN"—you new, Hovel (Gf the; clashung 3 have a confident fecling of security from the blaze that springs i primal passions is to he an educated j up in the night and ‘takes its toll from your precious, pos- corilla sessions before outside help arrives. Harold Bell Wright has regis- ther hrilliant success with his THE PYRENE EXTINGUISHER can be used effectively by those who find themselves in peril—by you, or your wife, or your servant—at that crucial moment, WHEN THE FIRE IS DISCOVERED. Recognized by fire engineers as superior on every kind of incipient fire—gasoline, grease or electric, as well as the ordi- hock nary blaze. Ind spensable in the city home, at the sequestered new novel upon which he expects to summer cottage, in the boarding school and hotel. if Table Water” ie, e Sce Pyrene display in Palace of Machinery at Panama-Pacific Exposition. ied by the National Ben by, and bear the lal PYRENE MANUFACTURING CO., 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, N. Y. Officos in all Principal Cit Distribators for Great Britain and Continent: The Pyrese Co., Ltd., 19-21 Great Queen St., Londen, W. C. ARE BOOKS AND FIRST EDITIONS PUR- |EN CHASED for people who are too busy to ar y the advertising form libraries. Address Dept. 3, E. V., BOSTON copy being marked with the same ex m™ ANSCRIPT, Boston, Mess, quisite finish as that for the preceding volumes. |e Bath House 23” “ Keep. Out” Mr. T. Roosevelt is understood to Our Latest Novelty be contemplating studies supplemen- | Bath house in wood veneer w Sen diney apni » West” door and brass fasten tary to “The Winning of the West", eed bree femenert tes, and which will have application to the sce a beautiful hand-colored picture ; : of an Ostend bathing girl. Comes bored, cast, the North and the South, prepaid for 2S¢, to introduce our new 0) rashowany Galsbed express . 5. ea) D i for The Den, racine wees : . Sins srying complete line 2 and 4 work on a dramatic version of Gray's . EBRITY . MOTOR COWSintray nar te, Seah he Anatomy. 33A Comece Ave. agen begin work in the fall, the advertising 1104 cylinders. 349 50 TL