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Life — December 2, 1915 — page 19: Life, 1915-12-02

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This page contains primarily **advertisements and editorial content**, not political cartoons. The main editorial piece is titled "News" and critiques newspaper gatekeeping. It argues that newspapers—not society—decide what constitutes "news." The author satirizes how papers ignore ordinary people's activities unless they occur on Wall Street or involve wealthy/connected individuals. Papers also allegedly suppress stories unfavorable to advertisers while promoting advertisers' viewpoints. The piece attacks newspaper bias and economic influence on coverage, suggesting that the press's claim to print "all the news...that's fit to print" is disingenuous. **Visual content** includes an art reproduction ("Touch" by J. Wills Champney) and period automobile advertisements (Apperson Chummy Roadster, Evans' Ale/Stout). These are straightforward product promotions with no satirical intent.

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“CHRISTMAS LIFE= For Twenty Years a Hall-Mark of Good Taste in Pictures Also Two New Series of the Highest Distinction Klie- Copley Gotor-Printg Fe Coley Ctahings | STOUCH.—By J. Walls Chaopacy | Roth for gifts and for framing for your own walls, these pic- | sare unsurpassed. "Fine in quality.” —Augustus Saint- “'T could not wish better."”—Edwin A. Abbey. stores, oF sent on approval. $1.00 to $100.00. and Complete [Mestrated Catalogee (practically a hand- book of American Art) sent for 25 cents (stamps); this cost deducted from a subsequent purchase of the Prints, Your old Family Portraits reprodoced privately in the Copley Prists: daguerreotypes, old faded photographs, tintypes, etc. Particulars on request. Copyright by CURTIS & CAMERON: Offices, 129 Harcourt St., BOSTON SALESROOM: Pierce Building opposite Public Litrary SERRE ae eRe ee ARERR AN | News M¥81Ads of things happen every day, but only a comparatively few of them are “news,” and the newspa- pers take upon themselves the grave re- sponsibility of deciding. In a great city like New York, many divorces are granted every day, but only one or two of them rise to the importance of “news.” So, also, there are many mar- riages, but unless the contracting par- ties have money or “connections” or bizarre peculiarities, these marriages can not hope to be “news.” Count- less quantities of sapient observations upon public and private questions are made every day, but these are not “news” unless the owner of the news- paper has a good and sufficient reason, well known to himself, for exploit- ing those particular ideas. On the For the Man of Good Taste E there’s no finer gift than a supply of ; 10 doz. hotties In barrel our Dealer or C. 1. EVANS & SONS, Hudson, N. Y. other hand, if the owner of the paper desires to keep on the right side of a certain advertiser, the most platitudi- nously commonplace utterances may readily find a place in the “news” columns. Millions of men daily go about their business, but their activ- ities are not “news” unless they take place in Wall Street or in one or two other districts. Thus it is clear that news is not made by human society in its daily effort to get the necessities of life with a few luxuries on the side, but it is made by the newspapers, who merely ladle from the illimitable and inex- haustible cauldron of human events those particular happenings which tra- dition or habit or inclination or ex- perience or expediency has O. K'd. Only on this basis can a newspaper begin to make good its claim to print “all the news” or even “all the news that’s fit to print.” Apperson Chummy’ Roadster for four Eight $1850 Six*1550 EE EE eB eee ee ee | | The new Apperson Chummy Car is a real four- | passenger Roadster. A\ll four passengers occupy j one compartment, all face forward. The front seats are individual, divided by an aisle-way giving access to the rear seats. This model is absolutely new, It is exclusive. Itis proving one of the favorites of the 1916 season, Designed to accommodate four people with comfort, it retains at the same time all the attrac- tiveness of a two- passenger roadster, The top when up protects all four passengers and wher folded es not interfere with those occupying the rear seats, When rear seats are not used the top may be extended as a deck over them, protecting from dust and giving & appearance of a two- passenger car. Graceful in line, long and low, the Chummy Roadster has fa rakish swing and an aggres- sive air. It seems alive with pent-up” eagerness to go. It is a type of car to delight the sportsman who de- mands power and ot above alleen For the man to whom a roadster is a business asset, the Chummy Car offers the advantages of a roadster and a touring car at the cost of one. And the added room for the occasional extra pas- sengers will often prove useful. Six-cylinde Chummy Roadster, $1550: Eight, $1850. Other 1916 Models include: 7-passen- ger “Eight,” “se” § Six,” $1485; 7-passenger sixty,” $2350. See the Apper- son dealer or write for booklet. Apperson Bros. Automobile Company Kokomo, Indiana 3,