Life, 1915-12-30 · page 3 of 41
Life — December 30, 1915 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main elements include: 1. **Atwood Grapefruit ad** (top): A straightforward product advertisement. 2. **Dioxogen ad** (left): A antiseptic product marketed for cuts and bruises, with minimal satirical content. 3. **Scribner's Magazine section** (right): Announces 1916 editorial content, including fiction by established and new writers, war coverage, and travel pieces. Features a portrait of **Edward H. Southern**, likely an actor/contributor. 4. **Political content** (top right): A brief dialogue between a "Pacifist" and "German-American" discussing war orders and bomb manufacturing—this reflects WWI tensions and American debate over neutrality, but it's brief commentary rather than developed satire. The page primarily serves as **magazine promotion and product advertising** rather than satirical cartooning.
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1263 Alwaysin ' this wrapper Different A wood Grapefruit ; ACIFIST: I didn't think your As to Flavor, in a Class by Itself. Price about the same as the common variety. principles would allow you to-ac- cept a war order. German-American: You see, I'm manufacturing bombs to blow up the factories that are turning out stuff for Your dealer will supply it. the allies. The Way It Came About 'HE managers of Everybody’s Rail- road had a meeting to decide about the proper lighting system for their passenger cars. “What we want,” said the first man- ager, “is a light which will permit our conductors and brakemen to grope their way through the cars without injury. As for the passengers, they have too much done for them already. They are a spoiled lot.” “I don’t quite agree with you,” said the second manager. “In my opinion, our passenger cars ought to be well lighted. Passengers ought to be able to read their papers at night without ruining their eyes.” The president of the road, who had the deciding vote, now spoke. “In my opinion,” said he, “there should be a happy compromise between your divergent views. I suggest that our cars be lighted well enough to keep the passengers from grumbling, but not so well lighted that they can read continuously without injuring their ey That is how it was (and is) done. ‘When a cut, a scratch or a bruise comes, think first of Dioxogen, the pure peroxide of hydro- gen that needs no questionable acetanilid to Preserve it. Dioxogen prevents infection. Its use is the best health insurance, Don't take chances with cheap bleaching peroxides. To enable you to judge, we will gladly send you a trial bottle, this size, on request. Write today. Ask for DIOXOGEN by name—st ony drag store The Oukland Chemical Co, 10 Astor Place, New York SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE 1916 It will have the Best Fiction of the Year, Short Stories by famous authors, many by new wnters. Three Short Serials in widely different veins— Katharine Fullerton Gerould will contribute her first serial to SCRIBNER’S. “Bunner Sisters,” by Mrs. Wharton. A story of plain people in old Stuyvesant Square, New York, pathetic and touched with tragedy. Jesse Lynch Williams's three phases of marriage and divorce, which he calls “Remating Time"—a story of the very present day, amusing and gayly pictured. And beginning in March, by a new writer, the fascinating story of “Bonnie May,” a new character in fiction. One of the most sympathetic, amusing and human stories this magazine has ever published. ? Edward H. Sothern’s Remembrances He has writen in a charming wey about his life, ranging from the fantasies of his youth to the successes is later career, a ‘Vivid, picturesque, and amasing narrative. Rich in anecdote and impression of other famous players. Travel in America ELMENDORF'S pictures have been widely acclaimed as “superb,” “capital,” “unique.” There will be several more groups this year, made especially for SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE. Ernest Peixoto has made a sketching trip along the Mexican border, and he will contribute short articles, with his own draw. ings, dealing with the border country as it looks today. I—Along the Mexican Border Il—The Old Texan Capital I—The Charm of New Orleans IV—The City of the Holy Faith The Great War SCRIBNER'S will picture the great war on its various fronts by the best writers available. permanent value of the arti- cles published is shown by the remarkable volumes which have grown out of them, by Mrs. Wharton, Richard Harding Davis and E. Alexander Powell. Mr. Davis, now at the front, will again write for SCRIBNER'S, Travel, Adventure, Natural History, Sport “The Real Hawaii,” by Mrs. Gerould: three articles on this important part of the United States. THEODORE ROOSEVELT will write of the great Bird Refuges of Louisiana, Leo E. Miller, of the American Museum of Natural History, has been through strange Andean passes in South America, on the trail of an elusive bird, the cock-of-the-rock. Anticles on amateur and college athletics. A. B. Frost's sporting pictures will appear in another article. The Field of Art Historical Froatiricees, and other features in cols by Wreth, Wills Searaat Ken: dul. Artwesd, ley, Mrs. Abbott, and TA rematksble scree, of War pictures ia eclor by a Romian arts, Illustrations by A. B. Frost, Reginald Birch, ‘Walter Bu seorge Wright, Everett Shinn, May Wisoa Preaoa and other, " Begin Your Subscription NOW $3.00 A YEAR CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS “> NEW YORK 7/1 more convenient, fill out name and address and bill will be rendered the first of the month. comicbooks.com