Life, 1888-02-02 · page 16 of 16
Life — February 2, 1888 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The dominant image is a **Pears' Soap advertisement** featuring a classical-style illustration of a woman gazing upward while holding soap, with text referencing "Bubbles" and claiming connection to paintings by Sir John Millais. The left side contains period product advertisements: the **Remington Standard Typewriter**, **Delbeck Champagne**, dress stays, and **Liebig Company's Extract of Meat**. The bottom advertises **Cavanagh, Sandford & Co.**, merchant tailors in New York. The only potentially satirical element is the small **"You Can't Afford to Live"** advertisement using ironic text-art, suggesting commentary on cost of living—though its specific target remains unclear from this image alone. Otherwise, this reflects late-19th-century magazine design: pages mixing commercial advertisements with editorial content to fund publication.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
[Fes. 2, 1883 We give to every purchaser the privilege of RETURNING THE MACHINE within thirty days if not ABSOLUTELY SATISFACTORY in every Remington Standard Typewriter, WYCKOFF, SBAMANS & BENEDICT. | 339 BROADWAY, - - NEW YORK. | Linen papers and Typewriter supplies of all kinds. | Nore.—Our unqualified challenge for a test of all Writ ing Machines remains wnaccepted. Send for copy DELBECK+ | EXTRA DRY and We offer the DELBECK CHAMPAGNES| I with a full conviction that there are \ no better wines imported. WE EXCEPT NONE. E. LAMONTAGNE & SONS, 53, 55 and 57 Beaver Streot. DRESS STAYS | FINISHED IN THREE STYLES. Thread, Cloth and Satin Covered. For Sale Everywhere. ‘Reg! Copyright’ = Sa ASK FOK | LIEBIG COMPANY’S_ Se aaee | 16 W. 23d St., opp. 5th Ave. Hotel, —NEW YORK — EXTRACT OF MEAT | and insist Epon.no other bein subsrirated for it. Uobig’s signature 12 BLUE INK across tabel, Habits, Ulsters, Jackets, etc., Sold by Storekeepers, Grocers and Druggists. a Specialty. Ladies’ Tailor-made Suits, Riding Press oF Firmma, BaewsTen & Avie, 31-33 West Twenty-Thuno SrREtT. New Yor comicbooks.com