Life, 1916-09-21 · page 7 of 44
Life — September 21, 1916 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with some literary content**, not political satire. The main visual element is an illustration of a large stork or crane examining aquatic creatures, captioned as a "Guest Bug" joke about how long a party will last—likely a visual pun playing on the bird's association with delivery/arrival. The advertisements include: - **Buda Truck Motor** (left): emphasizing engine reliability and durability - **Cat's Paw Cushion Rubber Heels** (right): promoting practical footwear that prevents slipping and dirt tracking The center contains philosophical quotations attributed to Benjamin De Casseres about logic, happiness, and women—characteristic of Life's literary content from this era. There is **no political cartoon or satire** visible on this page. It reflects early 20th-century consumer advertising and middlebrow cultural discourse.
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“LPFE- SAMA Solid, Practical Worth in the highest pos- sible degree is the goal successfully attained by the BUDA TRUCK MOTOR AME Truck value is practi- cally determined by the efficiency and durabil- ity of the motor. The value of your trucks should be insured by the 35 years of manu- facturing integrity which stands behind the Bude Motor. Models for all trucks. Models for all cars, Te BUDA COMPANY HARVEY itsots ILLINOIS HEN Patty goes to college, Where girlish brains grow strong, To swell her store of knowledge She takes nine books along; And—after anxious thinking That lines her brow with frowns— A trunk of tools for prinking And thirty-seven gowns. Terrell Love Holliday. Star-Dust and Nettles OGIC is the bones of the mind; dreams are its flesh and blood, its face and feet—and wings. Happiness is the art of making your- self believe that you will some day be happy. The secret of the Great Man is to strike down the people with a terrible truth and raise them up with a daz- zling lie. The universe is a visible unnecessary point moving toward an invisible neces- sary end, Geniuses are those insane angels who chant their peans in the iron cells of Reality. There is no maniac comparable to a reformer. The brain of the philosopher is the real City of Magnificent Distances. Veneration is the fossil of an extinct enthusiasm. Without doubt motion is impossible. Desire has to-morrow for its em- pire; possession has yesterday for its kingdom. When we speak of women we are either satyrs or asses. All women know this.» Benjamin De Casseres, Guest Bug: WOW LONG vO you EX- PECT THIS PARTY TO LAST? Mr. Spider: THAT DEPENDS ENTIRFLY UPON WHEN MR. STORK WAKES UP. eel prints that you leave every Vow math from sour (®) From tratn to efice You tate many stepe around your ehce aud later attend Busses meeting You do au errand for our wife aud then go home | fa the rventug you ate tend atheatresr ausuct —and by long odds the best aid you have in maintaining a serene disposition is in the wearing of— cATS PAW CUSHION RUBBER HEELS Millions wear them in preference to other kinds, because the Foster Friction Plug, set where the wear comes, prevents slipping and makes the heel last longer. There are no holes to track mud and dirt—cost no more than the ordinary kind. Sx—Biack, white or tan, For Aen, Women and Caildren, Foster Rubber Co. 105 Federal St. Boston, Mass. of the Foster Friction Ping teach prevents slipping. CUSHION HEEL “gren tonsee Ze] comicbooks.com