Life, 1915-11-04 · page 46 of 56
Life — November 4, 1915 — page 46: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and serialized fiction**, not political satire. **Left side**: Two product advertisements—Anola Sugar Wafers and Festino candies by National Biscuit Company, with decorative borders featuring illustrated hands and confections. **Top right**: Raymond-Whitcomb Cruises advertisement promoting luxury voyages to the West Indies, Panama, Central America, and South America for January-March 1916. **Center**: "His Journey's End," a continued serialized story. A widower reads a letter from another man whose wife has died—the letter describes placing flowers on her coffin and the "five bright months" of marriage she gave him. The tone is sentimental Victorian melodrama. **Bottom**: Standard magazine ownership and management statement (legally required publication information). There is no political cartoon or satire on this page. It represents typical *Life* magazine content from 1915: luxury advertising targeting affluent readers and serialized domestic fiction.
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Here are Anola Sugar Wafers- exquisite toserve with ices or beverages. Take these delectable wa- fered confections inter- spread with cream of chocolate sweetness. With them delight your guests at dessert-time. In ten-cent tins FESTINO— Almond-shaped shells enclosing a delicious almond-flavored NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY RAYMOND- WHITCOMB CRUISES} TO THE West Indies, Panama, the Central Ameri- can Wonderland and the Spanish Main Tropical Cruises de Luxe of twenty-four days’ duration sailing from New York Jan. 29, Feb. 12 and March 11, by the beautiful American sisterships “ PASTORES and TENADORES” under the American Flag Remarkable and comprehensive tours to SOUTH AMERICA January 15th, February 2nd, Sth, 16th and 2fth, 1916 Tours to California on the Highest Plane of Travel November 3rd, 17th and December 14th Send for Booklet desired RAYMOND & WHITCOMB COMPANY Dept. 4 17 Temple Place, Boston New York Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco His Journey’s End (Continued from page 863) sun. At the windows of the Palace Hotel little rays of sunlight struck aslant the glass as though merrily demanding admission. They poured through the windows of John Marble’s room and illumined his face as he, with trembling fingers, opened a note a mes- senger had brought. A single sunbeam fell on the paper, blurring the lines so that he shifted it to read: “600 Pacific Avenue, Wednesday afternoon. Mr. JouN Marste, Dear Sir: We put your flowers on her coffin to-day. She was like the spring blos- soms which she loved. They hold your letter to her buried in the depths of their bloom. She had made my life a heaven for five bright months. I am trying to bear God’s will Her husband, Morrison Grey.” Statement of the ownership, management. irculation, etc., of Lire, published weekly at New York. New York, for October 1 required by the Act of August 24. 1 r. J. A. Mitchell. 17 West Thirty s New York. Managing Editor, none. Nusiness Managers, Andrew Miller, S. Metcalfe, 17 West Thi eet, New Y drew Miller, 1 Thirty-first Stree! York. Known bondholders, mortgagees, other security holders: Trust © y. Fifth Avenue Forty-third Street ates Trust Company of reet, New York. . subscribed before this rath |. of September, rors. (Seal) Wm. Krone, ry Public, Aalst As Birmie ‘Otto Loe Ai Attanta Tobin Macon, Rtone White Crannt dames Lovtsvit Ween! James New ¢ Tr Jnters Batting Mere comicbooks.com