Life, 1916-06-01 · page 36 of 44
Life — June 1, 1916 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page contains mostly **period advertisements** mixed with brief humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. ## Main Content: The top cartoon shows an Early Dutch settler lost on Manhattan, commenting that modern Broadway must be where he is—a light joke about urban development. The "Fate" piece satirizes **early feminist aspirations**: an eight-year-old girl declares ambitious career goals (painter, poet, suffragist lecturer) for herself and friends, while dismissing motherhood as having "not much ambition" for the friend "poor Mary." This reflects **contemporary anxieties about women's education and changing roles**—the joke mocks the girl's youthful dismissal of traditional domesticity, which would have resonated with readers debating women's suffrage and education. ## Advertisements: Wells Fargo Travelers Checks, Egyptian Deities cigarettes, Carstairs Rye whiskey, Havoline Oil, and Indian Refining Company ads fill the page—typical of Life's revenue model. The brief humor snippets at bottom mock mud-slinging politics and religious inconsistency, standard satirical fare.
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Early Dutch Settler (lost on Manhattan Island): Gouty! THIS MUST DE ABOUT BROADWAY AND FORTY-SECOND STREET. CONVENIENCE Ge will buy things anywhere. But it’s neither as safe nor as easy to carry as Wells Fargo Travelers Checks. And the carrying of neither gold, silver nor paper mon- ey will insure you the atten- tion of Wells Fargo & Company, wide-spread, and with a reputation for personal service. Wells Fargo Express Ser- vice is immediate, personal and safe. Try it for your baggage as well as your packages. WELLS FARGO Travelers Checks EGYPTIAN DEITIES The Utmost in Ss Plain End or Cork Tip PREFER Deities io sohrs of he Highest Grade Tarkish on he Merit N cight-year-old product of the modern methods of primary school education in New England, tripping home by her mother’s side from an art exhibition, said, “I have decided I shall be a great painter, and sister can be a poet.” “What about Frances, Elizabeth and Mary, your playmates?” the mother replied. “ What will they be?” “Frances,” the tot replied, “is going to write books, Elizabeth is going to be a suffrage lecturer, and Mary, poor Mary, she hasn't much ambition. I guess she'll have to be just a mother.” arstairs y Est-1788 The nation’s “a good “mghtcap” In the protective bottle— bottle to keep good whiskey for 128 years. SINCE 1788. -\IT MUST HAVE MERIT” | Havoline Oil Goes To College | ‘The long disputed question of supremacy | among lubricants has at last been settled! AVOLINE OIL went to Purdue University and it eradzated frd among the twelve leading Iabricants cf Se world, It earned the bighest petcectace in every quali wbich fuel efficiency 18 measured. It led In wearing geaices in minimizing frictional loss and tn heat resisting powers. Ia wsilecs quality in all temperatures, Haroline Oil was conceded frit glace. veavwaees The verdict fs enchuive: Science places ‘arvean eee Havoline Oil 6rst and foremost among J the leading lubricants as the World's seandatd of quality. “It Makes A Difference” Despite its preven eapertority, Haroline Ollcoxts no more than the next best If the lubricant you are ming fs not the bet, you ate not prot your car investment. Indian Refining Company New York No Waste of Energy “ You never encourage mud-slinging in n?” replied Senator Sorghum; “if you're going to throw something, throw a rock.”—Washington Star, Hence the Heathen “ Father is no longer an Episcopalian.” “Why not?” “ He said the 7th inning came too often in the service."—Harvard Lampoon, SG Ral Do usual t eons, | are so charlo make Th bouqu well a tegard aid w comicbooks.com