Life, 1916-12-07 · page 71 of 94
Life — December 7, 1916 — page 71: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and editorial page** from Life magazine's Christmas issue (page 1051). The main content consists of luxury brand advertisements rather than political cartoons or satire. **Key Content:** The left column contains a **sentimental essay on pianos**—personifying them as objects with "souls," tracing their lifecycle from joyful dance-hall instruments to deteriorating relics abandoned in remote Sunday schools or mining camps. The tone is melancholic, treating old pianos as tragic figures. **Advertisements dominate the right side:** - **Tiffany & Co.** luxury goods (pearls, diamonds, watches, silver) - Perfume advertisement ("Parfum Boal") - **Pine Harbor Club** (Georgia resort) - A brief humorous anecdote about Columbus checking that a newsdealer stocked copies of *Life* magazine before reporting to the Spanish monarchy **The satire is light:** Columbus's priority is ensuring his magazine copies were saved—a gentle jab at American materialism and periodical culture. No political figures or serious commentary appear.
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-CHRISTMAS LIFE- Pianos VERY piano must have a soul, even if it isn’t always in the finest har- mony. Think of them all, these pianos, scat- tered about the country, each one si- lently (so far as intentions go) doing its part to add to the sum total of our noise! If they could all be mobilized in case of war and marched to the front, what a phalanx they would make! Some pianos are grand, others, more humbly intentioned, are content to live plain upright lives in unspacious apart- ments. And then consider those that have seen better days, and linger out their dotage in some remote Sunday- school. And what reverses of morals and fortunes! The fresh young piano, striking out hymns in the schoolroom, may end its days in a mining-camp, degenerately dealing only in ribald vi- brations. To every piano come its joys and its sorrows. First, the tuneful stage, when leaned over by lovers and played TIFFANY & CO. PEARLS. PEARLS FOR NECKLACES. PEAR NECKLACES JEWELRY. DIAMONDS AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES IN RINGS, BRACELETS, BROOCHES, BAR PINS, PENDANTS NECKLACES AND HAIR ORNAMENTS WATCHES. Gotp AND PLATINUM WATCHES, PLAIN AND JEWELED WRIST WATCHES SILVER. KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, TEA SETS, BOWLS VASES, CANDLESTICKS, TRAYS, LIBRARY AND TOILET ARTICLES NOVELTIES. ENAMELED BOXES; VASES, TRAYS, DESK SETS; AGATE, ONYX, JADE, LAPIS, IVORY, SHELL AND LEATHER ARTICLES upon for dance music, it is the center of gay throngs. A little later, under fresh coats of lustre, its nerves be- come more tense, Weighed by its own scales, it is, alas! too often found wanting. Then its cracked voice be- trays its senility. Is there any object, we wonder, more genuinely pathetic than an old piano CHINA AND GLASS. FINE PLATES IN EXCLUSIVE PATTERNS. ROCK CRYSTAL AND ENGRAVED GLASS CLOCKS AND BRONZES. HALL AND LIBRARY CLOCKS TRAVELING CLOCKS. TIFFANY FAVRILE LAMPS THE TIFFANY BLUE BOOK cives THE RANGE OF PRICES OF THIS MOST COMPREHENSIVE STOCK. IT WILL BE SENT UPON REQUEST. PURCHASES MAY BE MADE BY MAIL FIFTH AVENUE &372'STREET New York at an auction sale? Within its vibrant old soul it carries all the memories of The hopes have all run out! The old ambitions have faded. One by of Perfumes, H one the family have gone—the mem- Dun ; q _ Without Peer in its Glowing Intensi ie Fadiancy, the tropical warmth of its frae « gyance, maintain undisputed pre-eminence as the past. + the richest, most sumptuous and compelling ther Wonderful Houbi 5, + ies > FOE RS = doen De JeRNNETTE | bers of which played upon its keys, Say ye a EL QUES VJOLETTES = COVE and left there the touch of their van eee reek eet t Water. Cooder. - ished hands. Now, its ancient glory shorn, racked in spirit, flaked and PANS & TILFORD hopeless, it stands and waits its final ee sew Foe Agrots tor philosopher and scientist. Big 632 paze book treating of the Lite ahet Death, sent without funder com of obligation on receipt of Sc. Writs for complete list of publications THE AMERICAN SWEDENBORG PRINTING & PUBLISHING SOCIETY Room 778.3 West 2b Street, New York servitude at the coarse hands of the highest bidder! OLUMBUS had just landed from his first trip to: America. Before going to the palace to report to Fer- dinand and Isabella, he stopped at the newsdealer’s to make sure that the dealer had kept the copies of Lire the farsighted discoverer had prudently ordered before sailing. cent scenery, climate that mak “yanuary like June. jolf cour New club! le Rates upon request. e tive booklet. Fhrou h ullman Service from New York and North, via. Sea- board Air Line Railway. Address J. L. Orem, Mgr. Townsend, Ga. ~ comicbooks.com