Life, 1916-08-17 · page 37 of 38
Life — August 17, 1916 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for Hupmobile automobiles**, not political satire. The main content demonstrates the car's hill-climbing power by listing specific American hills (Boston's Corey Hill, Cincinnati's Clifton Avenue Hill, Kansas City's Hospital Hill, Denver's Lookout Mountain) where Hupmobile dealers claim their vehicles successfully navigate at high gear. The small cartoon labeled "Deacon" is a mild joke: a clergyman tells another man it's safer to wait for rain clouds than to pray for relief from drought—a gentle religious humor playing on faith versus practical observation. The advertisement emphasizes the Hupmobile's performance advantages: eleven thousand owners rate it 99% efficient, and it outsells competitors. Supporting text argues why owners prefer it over costlier, multi-cylinder cars, highlighting reliability and company service. Additional advertisements for Cortez Cigars and Congress Playing Cards appear at page bottom.
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293 postal Yad bl BBs The High-Gear Performer on America’s Hardest Hills Kansas City—Hospital Hill on high, 38 miles an hour at the top. Denver—Lookout Mountain, on high all the way, reaching 7,800 feet elevation. Boston—Corey Hill on high, 27 miles an hour at the top. Cincinnati—Clifton Hillon high, 30 miles an hour at the top. Deacon: THIS DROUGHT 1S AWFUL BAD, DON'T VE THINK, MEBBE WE'D BETTER PRAY PER RAID Minister? 1 RECKON IT MIGHT BE SAFER TO WAIT TILL IT CLOUDS OVER A BIT. angle—from that of the skilled worker instead of that of the academic critic. And readers of English literature, as well as would-be writers of it, will find iumination as well as enjoyment in these talks. They make no pretense of being cither profound or comprehensive. But they offer us the rare treat of sce- ing a good mind, suddenly challenged on its own ground, dealing freshly and re- sponsively with matters that touch us all. PEAKING of the difference between F YOU are looking for high- gear hill-climbing to prove power and performance— |here are specific Hupmobile instances reported by our dealers, Boston motorists regard the Bea- con street side of Corey Hill as their hardest climb. Few cars hold high gear to the top. C. E. Jeffery, Jr., says his favorite demonstration is to come down the hill, turn at the bottom, and start back on high. The car is usually travelling 27 miles an hour when it tops the rise. In Cincinnati, Fred T. Larson drives the Hupmobile half way jup Clifton Avenue Hill at 30 miles; cuts the speed to 15 miles; and picks up again to 30 miles, finishing at that gait— without shifting. | Ten leading cars sold in Kansas | City do not take Hospital Hill |on high. W. C. Howard says a hurricane must be blowing any time the Hupmobile fails to clear the top at 38 miles an hour. Thousands of tourists know how Lookout Mountain, in Colorado, tests high-gear power and cool- ing efficiency. The Denver dealer regularly makes this trip—to Idaho Springs and return—without shifting gears or taking on water. The climb is 2300 feet; the greatest elevation 7800 feet. Is there any reason why Hup- mobile owners should envy the performance of other types? In pick-up, flexibility, smooth- ness and steadiness, Hupmobile performance is equally good. Eleven thousand owners give the car an efficiency rating of 99 per cent, You begin to see now why 50 8/10 per cent of Hupmobile owners will have no other car. Why 24 2/10 of our owners to a come from the ranks of those who have owned costlier cars and cars with more cylinders. They prefer the Hupmobile, be- cause it does all they expect of a car; and because the Hupmobile free coupon service system as- sures them skilled care, inspec- tions and adjustments each month for eight months. Hupp Motor Car Corporation Detroit, Michigan Things You Should Know About the Hupmobile Four-cylinder motor—extremely simple, reliable and compact. Multiple-dise, 17-plate clutch, in unit with motorand transmission. bevel, full-floating rear ires 10 per cent oversize. Wheelbase of 119 and 134 inch Aster $1188 ‘ouring Car $1380 Fe. b. Detroit The Mar A ‘Superior good prose and what he calls “ jar- gon,” and of “jargon’s” love of para- phrase and horror of repeating plain words, Sir Arthur says that good prose FoR MEN OF BRAINS A not only calls a spade a spade, but “ has the courage to double and redouble spades.” Perhaps it is because it has - “MADE AT KEY WEST=— coup epces 50¢ (NAT CRE of. N 3 To -¥ crus invexes 25¢ these braveries so well developed that modern accused of being “ shredded prose.” But whatever it may be called, it is, at its best, a splendid concentration and erystallization into words of the essence of vision and emo- tion, Carl Sandburg’s “ Chicago Poems * (Holt, $1.25) is full of these “ crystals of prose.” If they were the old things said in a new way they would be worse than But they are the new wine of poetry is For Social Play hribestuet ener tas; ty. Use them at your next other duplicate games. Ha! card party, They match with c with “h Titray set asain! BU GUbtieatscr oat AirCushlon Fialsh Ciud Indexes o 6] ef or from us direct. THE U.S. PLAYING useless. to-day’s vision poured into bottles made to hold it; and there are both beauty and inspiration in them. For Duplicate Auction and J. B. Kerfoot, comicbooks.com