Life, 1889-12-26 · page 19 of 55
Life — December 26, 1889 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**The Cartoon:** The top sketch depicts a blind beggar stopping a child named "Tilly," asking if it's really him. The father (visible in background) instructs Tilly to run home, tell mother to deposit money he left, and prepare dinner—then adds "Pity the poor blind!" as the beggar approaches. The satire mocks the father's hypocrisy: he exploits sympathy for the blind (literally using the phrase as cover) while conducting mundane financial transactions. It's commentary on how people performatively invoke pity for the disadvantaged while remaining self-absorbed. **The Advertisements:** The page is dominated by period product ads: Remington typewriters (claiming a Paris Exposition award), Liebig's Meat Extract, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and a heavily-promoted giveaway of American stem-winding watches. These ads reveal late 19th-century consumer culture and patent medicines—particularly Winslow's syrup, now recognized as containing opiates, marketed for teething infants.
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IS THAT YOU, TILLY? FATHER. WELL, RUN HOME AND TELL MOTHER NCT TUF. KGET TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY TD LEFT PEAS YOR DINNER TONIGHT. (Hearing @ strange footstep.) PITY THE POOR BLIND! The Highest Award °° “S%"rn"?*" Paris Exposition WAS GIVEN TO THE REMINGTON STANDARD TYPEWRITER Which has been for fifteen years the standard and embraces the latest and highest achievements of inventive skill. WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, 327 stony: Now York. GOLD, cn cansring seein heron ‘outtt rRER. Terms FARE. Address, TRUE, THOMASVILLE, GA., PINEY WOODS HOTEL. NOW OPEN. M. A. BOWER, Proprietor. For circulars, rates, etc., address Wm. E. Davies, Manager, Thomasville, Ga. TROPICAL TOURS Novel and interesting trips on the steamers f the Atlas Steamship Co. =) 10,000 ft wt] analet ng do waging Iwetra: Winding and Hem Embracing Occupying two weeks or longer. nilla, Colon, Nicaragua, an Ports. Only First Cabin passengers WATCOM FREY. from two to thirty ports. A DAY defrays all necessary expenses of a tour to Jamaica, Hayti, Cartha- gena, Costa the Mosquito Coast STEM WINDING caret d the only way sou cuu accure it For Descriptive Clicular, address PIM, FORWOOD & CO., General Agents, 24 State Stroet, New York. & ANTHONY OECHS 5! WARREN ST.NY. SOLEAGENT U.S. LIEBIG (COMPANY'S AMERICAN STEM WINDING WATCHES TO BE Givin reo to wubscribers JONTHLY i o well-known Literary aud tamily payer, MOT FOR SALE. wernt ret UetCEa We Tic ana 7, can tell you star aula relat Pul EXTRACT OF MEAT. Finest and Cheapest Meat Flavoring Dishes, and Sauces. As Beef Tea an agreeable stimulant.” ock for Soups, Made invaluable tonic and Annual sale, 8,000,000 eo Genuine only with fac-simile of Justas von ig’s signature in blue across label, as above. Sold by Storekeepers, Grocers and Dro; LigBIc’s EXTRACT UF MEAT Ci FOR FIFTY MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for fifty years has beea used by mothers for their Chitoren while Teethin, It Soothes the Child, Softens the Gums, Allays all Pain, Cures Wind Colic and Is the Best Remedy for Diarrhea, 25c. a bottle. FREE wigan an Wousbee RHRE ta tnece whe to those whe! te be given awa: fo Setteees Tae ILL! ‘eleventh yrar, and one of the most| papers. pabiiahed to da ed we will NOT BELL F a yigL00 for one years subscription, whea it will be thee readers, rap i ny bank. Merchant Warren’st., New Yor comicbooks.com