Life, 1915-07-15 · page 46 of 48
Life — July 15, 1915 — page 46: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertising with editorial content. The main cartoon appears to be **"Mogul"** (top right), depicting two figures in Egyptian/colonial dress against a Cairo backdrop—likely satirizing British imperial pretensions in Egypt, though the specific political moment is unclear from the image alone. The left side features a **Sturtevant Company advertisement** disguised as editorial advice: a mill owner "looking ahead" installs ventilation before regulations require it, saving money when laws eventually pass. This is corporate puffery presenting foresight as wisdom. The **"Anathema" section** critiques anti-vaccination activists as religiously dogmatic rather than scientific, dismissing their arguments despite documented vaccine side effects the author acknowledges. The **"Books Received"** section lists newly published works, mostly on psychology, dreams, and social topics typical of early 20th-century intellectual interests. The **Chateau Laurier advertisement** promotes an Ottawa luxury hotel. Overall, this is primarily a vehicle for advertising and book notices, with light satirical editorial content.
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Install Ventilation When You Build How One Manufacturer by Looking Ahead Saved a Lot of Money “Looking ahead" was this mill owner's strong point. Ie clearly saw beyond to-day into to-morrow. When business outgrew the old plans were proposed for a new factory, It was to be a model plant in every respect, in- cluding an expensive heating system. “But the cautious manufacturer noticed the fail- ure to provide in the plans for a modern stem of ventilation, with these remarks je law to-day requiri ctory ventilation, But there surely will be ina year or two. If IO. K. these plans now, just as soon as the law is I'll’ have to rip things up in my factory just to install a ventilating system. I'm going to do it right when I'm Building. I'm going to save money. Change these plans and specify the Sturtevant S tem of combined Heating and Ventilatin Two years later (when the law twas passed) ctory met all the requirentents of the Other factories failed to pass the ‘The result? New ven- tilating systems which cost their crs almost as much as the wise manufacturer paid for his complete ~ REG, U. 8. PAT. OFF) Combined System of Heating and Ventilation Save such useless expense? Now—whea you are building or al your industrial —provide for approved s of ventilating, dust collecting and nditioning. states now demand ventilation 1 industrial buildings repare for these fr your factor way for other manufacturers to ye Tt will tell you facts you oug B. F. STURTEVANT COMPANY Hyde Park, Boston, M: And all principal cities im the world Largest Manufactarers in the World of Fans, Heating and Ventilating Apparatus Anathema Smallpox visits the unvaccinated and the vaccinated alike. Vaccination kills many, as the daily press shows, and per- manently injures many others. The vaccinated contract smallpox, as we all know from the experience of our own navy and army. But in spite of these facts many men who claim to be scien- tific physicians cling to it, which leads to the conclusion that it cannot but be a species of old religion that has been made a text of medical orthodoxy with anathema for those who disbelieve. —Homocopathic Envoy. Books Received Accidentals, by Helen Mackay. (Duf- field & Co. $1.25.) Five Fridays, by Frank R, Adams. Small, Maynard & Co., Boston, Mass. $1.25. The Note-book of an Attaché, (Cen- tury Co. $1.60.) Human Motives, by James Jackson Putnam, M.D. (Little, Brown & Co. $1.00.) The Meaning of Dreams, by Isador H. Ceriat, M.D, (Little, Brown & Co., Bos- ton, M $1.00.) Sleep and Sleeplessness, vy We Ade dington Bruce, A.M. (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass, $1.00.) Peace and War in Europe, by Gilbert Slater, M.A, DSc. (E. P. Dutton & Co.) Fewer aud Better Babies, or the Limitation of Offspring, by William J. Robinson, M.D. (Critic and Guide Co.) Love in Danger, by Mrs. Havelock (Houghton Miflin Co., Boston, 75. cents.) The Girl at Central, by Geraldir Bonner. (D. Appleton & Co. $1.30.) The Game of Empires, by E. $. Van Zile. (Motiat, Yard & Co, $1.25.) War and the Ideal of Peace, by Henry R. Marshall. (Dufield & Co. $1.25.) The Emerald Story Book, by Ada awl Eleanor Skinner. (Duffield & Co. $1.50. Balla, and Other Virginia Stories, \ James Poyntz Nelson, (Bell Book and Stationery Co., Richmond, Va.) = : : i ; “ ei > Cher 1 Chafeau faurier Offawa-G@nada E de luxe Hotel of the Dominion. Situ- jed in the heart of the Capital of Canada, Jsoneofthe finest hotelson the Continent. Accommodations, three hundred and filty rooms, Rates, $2.00 and upwards, European plan. Ottawa in summer fea delightful place to so- fourn, Full of interest for the tourist and Sightseer, Handsomely illustrated booklet eau Laurier sent free tion to Desk C, comicbooks.com