Life, 1916-08-03 · page 4 of 38
Life — August 3, 1916 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The main items are: 1. **Blotter advertisement** (top left): A practical piece promoting ink blotters from Life magazine's office. 2. **Autowline tire rope ad** (center): Marketing automotive safety equipment with illustrations of cars and mechanics. 3. **"In All Candor, New York"** (center-right): A satirical poem mocking New York City's various shortcomings—dirty restaurants, commercial theaters, overcharging shops, and poor hospitality. It's social criticism of urban life rather than political commentary. 4. **"Needed a Bracer"** (right): A brief humorous anecdote about horse racing and betting habits. The remaining space contains product advertisements (Dioxogen, Pompeian Olive Oil, Cortez Cigars) and Scribner's Magazine promotion. No significant political figures or major satirical cartoons appear on this page.
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That Blotter of Yours BLOTTER is a piece of paper Makes Fast Friends purposely made so porous that it purposely P ‘When a tow home is needed the fellow with a Basline Autowline makes some life-tong, thankful Needed a Bracer “What is there about betting on horse races that is so bad for the health?” In All Candor, New York— OUR politics are chameleon, will absorb ink and so nomadic by tem- * friends A Basline Autowline should be carried by every motorist, beneath a cushion in thecar. It's emergency substitute for tire chains can find it when you need it most. The BASLIN roaming habits of staid and sensible ( TOW Q N ble. After you have signed a million- eck y ca your hand BASLINE AUTOWLINE is made of the famous —_aandsparetiresfromtheft.Someinsurancecompanies dollar check you reach out you Yellow Strand Wire Rope with patented Snaffie reduce their rates 10% when it is used. Price, $2.00. i " but weighs only 4% Ibs. At all dealers, — B&B. Wire Ropes are made { 3 has left the premises several hours a8 east of Rockies. $395 They ase used 40 the tlewe ecineslinibeccee ore arts unknown. There is only x fore for parts unknown. There y brother“toBasline Autowline,forheavytow- Panama they played an important part ing. East of Rockies. $6.50. lulu when all other ropes failed to is the one which, after years of ink- LOCK safeguards your car BAB. wire rope did the job alone. EY stained usage, has become so soggy Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., has been completely suspended—you 16C, Warrea St. couldn't get rid of that kind of a blot- less and persistent—the only one within a radius of miles. blotter is to have so many of them on hand that when you want one, one of will do this for you: Send us a good two-cent stamp and we will mail you, and absolutely essential blotters. Ad- dress Lire Office, 17 West 31st Strect, perament that it is never where you tow-home insurance, and can also be used to pull a car out of a ditch or rut on its own power and as an appearing blotters are almost incredi- “The Little Steel Repe with the Big Pull” for the blotter, only to discover that it Hooks at each end. It’s about 25 feet long, Free Literature on Request POWERSTEEL TRUCKLINE is “big for excavation jobs, hoisting, well-drilling, etc. At one reliable kind of blotter—and that POWERSTEEL AUTOW- _ hold the sunken submarine"F-4"a “2A and black that its power of absorption 809 N, 2ed St. New York Office ter with dynamite. There it lies, use- The only way to be sure of a good them will have forgotten to leave. We free, a package of perfectly practical New York. Your Broadway Cleanliness and Protection Your waiters are gross and im- pertinent, Your parks are perhaps the least at- tractive of any large city, more light than bright, Your famed Fifth Avenue is a play- ground for sweatshops, Your restaurants overcharge for being dirty, Your theatres are commercialism in said young Mrs. Brown. “T never heard of anything.” “Didn't you? Every time Charley makes a bet he comes home and says there is something wrong with his sys- tem."—Tit-Bits, Let every member of your house- hold know about Dioxogen. Teach them to use it at once to tinsel, Your shops need segregating more than your pet vices, keep little or big hurts from becom- ing dangerous or fatal. Dioxogen is absolutely harm- less. Have a bottle where it can be reached by allmem- bers of the family at any moment. Your newspapers are written by comic artists, Your graft is Holy Writ to you, Your night life is chiefly Hackensack here on a spree, Your hospitality would be fine if it had time, Your conventions lose themselves be- tween Grand Central and Long- acre Square, Your public servants boss most every- body, Your girls are sticky with paint, Your fads are as fickle as yesterday's To learn to draw and paint and know the principles of good design will add a lot of pleasure to life, and many times such knowledge may come to servevery practical purposes. A study of Art, too, helps toa better appreciation of so many things. The announcements of the best schools can be found in Scribner's Magazine every month. If detailed information ts desired, address Se eT SCRIBNER’S MACAZINE SCHOOL AND COLLECE SERVICE DEPARTMENT Scribner Building, Fifth Avenue Room731 - - New York The Oakland Chemical Co, | yeasty 10 Astor Place - New York Your bluff is monumental, Your whole blooming scheme is fake, done in filigree; BUT— Bless your dear old historic heart! we idolize every inch of you, and Fou pl MEN wouldn't swap a chip off Liberty's Oo L I Vv E O I L shoulder for Michigan Avenue, SEW AYS cee with the stockyards throw: | THE STANDARD IMPORTED OLIVE OIL a ayia oeauee sme Eur = W. Livingston Larned. OF BRAINS 1GARS “MADE AT KEY WEST— ebook