Life, 1887-11-03 · page 18 of 20
Life — November 3, 1887 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements**, not political satire. The central image is a commercial advertisement for **Pears' Soap**. The illustration depicts cherubs or putti (classical baby figures) in clouds, one holding a soap bar labeled "Pears'," attending to a reclining woman. The image promises the soap will keep "the hands in beautiful condition and soft as velvet" and claims it's "the best for the complexion." This exemplifies **Victorian-era beauty advertising**: the fantastical imagery and health claims (calling soap a "balm for the skin") reflect period marketing conventions. The cherubs suggest luxury and purity—common motifs in 19th-century cosmetic advertising. The surrounding ads (piano dealers, champagne, cocoa, tailoring services) target wealthy urban consumers in New York. There is **no political satire** present; this is straightforward period commercial content from *Life* magazine's advertising section.
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BROTHERS’ E R MATCHLESS PIANOS. 33 Union Square, N. Y. | EADERWHV | SPRING WHI PUREST NATURAL WATER Healthful Cooling and Refreshing. Preventive of Bright's Disease. For Sale by all Druggists and Grocers. SEND FOR CIRCULARS. THE UNDERWOOD CO. GENERAL OFFICE, 18 VESEY ST., NEW YORK. DELBECK+ EXTRA DRY and Procurable Everywhere. soroymtioag oquinsorg \ We offer the DELBECK CHAMPAGNES with a full conviction that there are no better wines imported. WE EXCEPT Ho ae > BEAUTIFULGONDITION? . ( Ips E. La MONT AON 57 Dab sates . $ SOF WELVET--——O~- READ “THE COOD THINGS OF LIFE." The best for the Complexion. A ‘balm for the Skin.” aes on _ Lear ca ' The most economical; it wears to thinness of a wafer. FOr Salen Tare Offiogy 28: West ase Streets oro Pears’ Soap ts sold in every City of the World. Freperick A, Stoxes & Brotuer, Publishers, Teaklast GOC0d. | MERCHANT TAILORS i UW VIN BRUT Warranted absolutely pure Cocoa, " from which ths cree of OU tae baad AND IMPORTERS, a MARE CHALE-BROT removed. 1¢ baa #hrercimuez the strength k (MARECHAUE EXTRA DRY of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot == Gr Sogarvand is therefore far more eco. | 16 W. 23d St., opp. 5th Ave. Hotel, | Roosevecr » Howiano | nomical, costing Less than one cent a cup, 003 E ¥ g It is delicious, nourishing, strengthening, —NEW YORK — | 55457 BEAVER St hy easily digested, and admirably adapted for iovalids as well as for persons in health, Sold by Grocers everywhere. | Ladies’ Tailor-made Suits, Riding Habits, Ulsters, Jacliets, etc., W. BAKER & OO, Dorchester, Mass,|_ "te "mer 20 ca NER - comicbooks.com