Life, 1888-03-08 · page 18 of 20
Life — March 8, 1888 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book promotion** rather than political satire. The dominant left-side image advertises "The Truth About Tristrem Varick," a novel by Edgar Saltus about wealthy Fifth Avenue society. The accompanying illustration shows an allegorical female figure (likely representing Justice or Fate) pointing downward at a reclining woman, visualizing the book's theme that "the upper classes" contain "as much mud" as lower classes—just "gilded" over. The right side contains product advertisements typical of 1880s-90s Life magazine: beauty products (Adipo-Malene for "undeveloped figures"), perfume, champagne, and Diamond Brand hams. These ads reveal period concerns about female appearance and luxury consumption rather than political commentary. No identifiable political figures or satire appear on this page.
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First Bdition Sold. Second Baition March § A NOVEL WITH A PLOT! THE TRUTH ABOUT TRISTREM VARICK, By Epcar Satrus, author of ‘‘ Mr. Incoul’s Mi adventure,” etc. 12mo, cloth, $1.00; Pap covers, 50 cents. In this novel Mr. Saltus has treated a subject hithert unexploited in fiction, The scene is Fifth Avenue, the ac, tion emotional, the plot a surprise. ‘ There is,” some one has7said, ‘as much mud in the upper classes as in the lower—only in the former it is gilded.” This aphorisn| might serve as epigraph to “ Tristrem Varick.”” CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: BELFORD, CLARKE & (CO, PUBLISHERS. & Cx Ee Ue from aN TL & Frvery Ses that 2 JE UMIRE Ses | SWEET SCENTS eee ae -_—— | LOXOTIS OPOPONAX RANGIPANNI PSIDIUM ine is signed Beware of Imitations. The Genu- i TRSSCCUTTG HOW 2 MAKE a sine ROADWAY, lw | Gules B. PEET, | James R PITCHER. | Fresident- \ Secretory &. Geal. Manager fi Hany women with fair faces are deficient in Beauty ow- tng to unde- veloped figures, flat busts, ete. tohich can be reme- +) died by the use of ADIPO-MALENE. L.E.MARSH & CO,, Madison 8a., Phila., Pa. ond Hams, = BOUCHE FILS & 3. ist cured by S. Vineyards: MAREUIL-SUR-AY, Champagne. in 1841, and for | years it has held its ior position among deal- ers and consumers through: . out both Europeand America. | Messrs. Boucué Fits & Co., of 37 Beaver Street, New York, beg to inform yo This brand of hams is sold in Montreal, New | that, as a specialty for Holidays, they import’ their Champagne, Bouché Sec, In Fancy Baskets, G quarts . $13.75 In Fancy Baskets, 24 half pints. 2 pints . 50 “ ales Cec Branch Houses: NEW YORK, 37 BEAVER STREET. PARIS, 23 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANS. Paris, and t and Pi own count mbes Baskets are also to be had from comicbooks.com