Life, 1883-01-11 · page 15 of 18
Life — January 11, 1883 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with minimal editorial content. The left column features a small cartoon labeled "College Cuts"—a humorous sketch appearing to show a scholarly figure surrounded by books (the epigraph quotes Chaucer about preferring books to wealth). The cartoon illustrates amusing college and society life episodes. The page is dominated by advertisements for New York businesses: insurance, book publishers, art galleries, brokers, tailors, and restaurants. The "College Cuts" book advertisement itself is the closest thing to satirical content, poking gentle fun at academic pretension. **For modern readers:** This represents 19th-century *Life* magazine's business model—mixing light humor with paid advertising. The references to Chaucer and Charlotte Brontë indicate the literary, educated audience targeted. The "Common Sense" Lunch Room's quote about worthy guests suggests aspirational marketing to a genteel clientele. No specific political satire appears on this particular page.
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i 4 MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. _S. WINSTON, President. No. 144 BROADWAY, NEw York. * For hym was levere have at his beddes heed Twenty booker, clad in blak or reed, Than 1 obet riche or fithele or gay sautrie.” COLLEGE CUTS. SECOND RDITION NEARLY EXHAUSTED. A collection of humorous and well-drawn sketches by Henzoc, McVickak and others, illustrative of amusing episodes in College and Society Life “Punch ‘has never presented a better series of small cartoons, and ‘the text is better than the average of our friend across the water.”"— Washington Gaxette. Tastefully bound =. : é ‘ + $78. Ao exquisite little edition of The Poems of Charlotte Bronte, clear type, wide margies, wholly uncut edges. Cloth, novel design in silver or limp vellum, design in blue, $i oO, WAYSIDE FLOWERS. Poems of flowers by Longfellow, Whittier, Stedman, Trowbridge and others, with eight colored plates by Miss Emmet. Floral covers, tied with ribl To be had of any bookseller, or will be mailed at our expense to aay Att rhs on receipt of the advertised price. WHITE & STOKES, Publishers, NEW YORK. A rtistic Presents. Messrs. M. KNOEDLER & CO. invite attention to their fine collection of Modern Oil Paintings, Water Color Drawings, Engravings, and other art products suitable for Holiday pre- sents. The list of paintings comprises the works of all the best known artists of the day. GoupiL GALLERY, 170 5th Ave., Cor. of 22d St. OPEN EVENINGS. POLLOCK & BIXBY, BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 25 NASSAU-ST., N.Y. All issues of Government Securities, ‘Bank Shares, Railway Stocks and Bonds bought and sold on commission or carried on a margin. Special attention given to investments, Interest allow- ed on deposits. WILLIAM POLLOCK, Member of N. Y. Stock Exchange. ANDREW J. BIXBY. CAVANAGH, SANDFORD & CO., Merchant Tailors & Importers, 16 West 23d STREET, Opposite sth Ave. Hotel. New York. All the latest London fabrics regularly imported. A. G. Heminway, Truman A, HeMINWay. A, G. HEMINWAY @& CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, 11 Wall Street, New York. “Not that we think us worthy such a guest,” ‘But that your worth will dignify our feast.” “Common Sense” Lunch Room, 135 Broapway (cor. Cedar St.), + JAMES P. WHEDON, Manager. comicbooks.com