Life, 1916-04-13 · page 46 of 46
Life — April 13, 1916 — page 46: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews**, not political satire. The main content features: **Hodgson Portable Houses**: An advertisement for prefabricated, sectional homes marketed as affordable, quick-to-assemble cottages for summer homes or children's playhouses. The appeal was practicality and speed of construction by unskilled workers. **The cartoon** (upper right) shows "The Snail" telling "Old Max" he's "not accustomed to sprinting"—a mild joke about a snail's naturally slow pace, unrelated to the advertisements. **Books Received section**: Lists recently published books including adventure fiction (*The Beasts of Tarzan*), mystery (*The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu*), and literary works—typical of Life's book review feature. Other ads include a hair-loss treatment and employment opportunity. This is **not a satirical or political cartoon page**—it's a standard magazine layout mixing consumer advertising with cultural content.
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ae Wiad Sal ole “HODGSON2RS Ifyou want a cottage at the shore or in the mountains this summer, ta Hodgson Portable House. Erect one on your own grounds, foo, as a playhouse for the children or a lounging place at your tennis-court. If you need any adjunct to your regular home, buy one of the many styles of Hodgson Portable Houses. Made in sections that interlock for rigidity and constructed so simply they can be quickly bolted together by unskilled workmen, they represent the quickest and least expensive method of erect- ing a small house. Thoroughly practical for any season or climat2. Our catalog shows you the great variety of purposes that Hodgson Portable Houses are made for. Address E. F. HODGSON CO., fe Ry uewsterya saben tem : The Snail: Not so Fast, ob Max VM NOT ACCUSTOMED To SPrupiNe, CQttage Books Received The Blind Man's Eyes, by Williams MacHarg and Edwin B; Brown & Co. $1.3 1 Book of Bel Lane Company (Little, teurs, by Emerson Taylor. (E. P. Dut- ron & Co. The Return of Dr. FueManchu, by Sax Rohmer. (Robert M. McBride & Co. $1.35.) Apperson. Invites you to an Exhibition and Sale of Original Draw- ings, April 2+ to May 6, Radiant nes. (The Radiant Life $1.00.) cin the Army, by George homas O'T« (John Lane Co, $1.00.) Idols, by Walter Conrad Arensberg. (Houghton, Mifitin Co.) Our Miss York z Morris, (Penn Publis Co. $1.25.) Just David. by Eleanor H. Porter. (Houghton, Mifflin Co. $1.25.) Practical Stage Direc for Ame Howard, M.D. (Edward J. Clode. $1.00.) inclusive, The Beasts of Tarzan. by Edgar Rice Rurroughs. (A. C. McClurg & Co., Chi- open daily, 9 A. M. cago, Hl. $1.30.) The Making of Modern Germany, by to 5.30 P. M., at of The Detroit Publishing Co., Fifteen West Thirty- eighth Street, New York. - (Harper & Bros , Love at Large The Top ner & Dros 1. by Olive Huggins jokes Co. $1.50.) Bridge for All, by of Your ah Head R. F. Foster A. Stokes Co. $1.00.) ea Poems and nslations, by James Hervey Hyslop, Ph.D, LL.D. (Small Maynard & Co., Boston, Mass.) Captain Gardiner, by Robert Allen. (Dodd, Mead & Co. $1. Green Mansions, by W. H (Alfred A. Knopf. Camp Fires in the ikon, by Harry A. Auer. (Stewart Kidd Co. $ The Beloved Traitor, by Packard. (Geo. H. Doran Co. $1.25.) The S. S. Glory, by Frederick Niven. (Geo. H. Doran Co. $1.25.) Destiny, by Charles Neville Buck. (W. J. Watt & Co. $1.35.) The Ocean, by A. Hyatt Verill. (Duf- field & Co. $1.25.) Young America, by Fred Ballard. (Duffield & Co. $1.25.) should be covered with a natural growth of hair, and it canbe —if roots are not Hudson. — dead. Dandruff | | can beremoved and grey hair arrested through our Physical Culture Exer- 3 cises and local treatment for the scalp. Write for information Grace-Mildred Culture Course Dept. 33, 624 S, Michigan Blvd., Chicago The prices of alt drawings will be marked in plain and pay straight weekly salary of $18.00 10 man or woman with cae n and good references. No canvassing. Staple ed firm. Pepper Batiding, Philadelphia,” Pa, PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER Comicbooks.com