Life, 1890-02-06 · page 15 of 18
Life — February 6, 1890 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and product endorsements** typical of late 19th/early 20th-century Life magazine, with minimal satirical content. The one notable joke appears at the top: a father defines "bigamist" as "a man who loves not wisely but two well"—a pun playing on Shakespeare's *Othello* ("loved not wisely but too well") to make a double-entendre about bigamy and excessive romantic devotion. The rest of the page consists of period advertisements: Cleaver's soap, Liebig's meat extract, Armour's beef extract, a ladies' tailor (Krakauer), cotton dress fabrics, a floral/gardening company (B.A. Elliott Co.), and Chocolate Menier candy. These ads reflect contemporary consumer products and services—beef extracts were popular cooking staples, and mail-order dress fabrics served women unable to access New York shops directly. The Newport Gardens illustration advertises gardening books and plants. This is **not satire but commercial content**, representative of Life's business model: satirical writing mixed with paying advertisements to subsidize publication.
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| Transparent | Besta Cheape Without Rival. Liebig Company’s Jounsy: Papa, what isa bigamist ? Para: A bigamist, Jobnoy, is a man who loves not wisely but two well.— Elmira Echoes. Pure! PALATABLE! POPULAR! GUARANTEED Pure Beef inconcen- trated form. Solid in jars, liquid in bottles. pit keepers find it invaluable for it Sauces, Bouillon, etc. ngly recommended by for invalids, infants and era. nd strengthening. Ask your druggist or grocer for Armour’s Beef Extract Or send Oe. for sample package and ‘descriptive pamphlet, to LADIES’ TAILOR, 391 FIFTH AVENUE, Near 36th St., NEW YORK, Having made special ff arrangements for early delivery of Spring Im- portations, I would sug- gest to patrons and la- dies an early inspection of same. My establish- ed reputation for.a fault- less fit is a guarantee to ladies residing out of New York to entrust me S with their orders. EXTRACT OF MEAT. For improved and economic cook- ery use it for Soups, Sauces and Made Dishes. In flavor incomparable, and dissolves perfect- ly clear in water. Makes delicious Beef Tea and keeps in all climates for any length of time. 1 Ib. equal to 4o Ib. of lean beef. Only sort guaranteed genuine by ENNIS CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS In Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars. via IRON MOUNT- AIN ROUTE, Texas and Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways, leave Chicago and St. Louis January 15 and 29, February'12 and 26, March 12 and 26, and April 9, One-way rate from’ Chicago, $47.50;" St. Louis, $42.50. ‘These sleepers are provided with complete berth outfits and separate washrooms for ladies and gentlemen at very small Duit extra cost. Porter in charge of each car and a special agent Justus von Liebig and S S of the company each excursion, Tickets on sale at gil bears his signature in principal points in United States and Canada. For full par- biue, thus? lars address any of the compa ents, of J. E. EN. jue, thus: S. Excursion Manager, 199 S. Clark Street, Chicago, CoTTON DRESS FABRICS ANDERSON’S CELEBRATED ZEPHYRS. PLAIDS, STRIPES, CHECKS and BOURETTE effects, showing great novelty in the SPRING STYLES of this celebrated fabric. ‘““FRERES KOECHLINS’” PRINTED SATINS. Broadway & 19th St. “THE. superbly-iltustrated article on Newport Garde edition of our book, “A Few Flowers Worthy of General Culture,” is the best arguruent we can offer of the great advantages of garden with hardy flowers as compared with bedding plants. Hardy plants have all artistic advantages, and all practical on well. Their first cost being their only cost and their greatly increasing in size and beauty year after year make an investment in them yield an annual dividend of loveliness not to be computed in any ordinary way. The seventh edition of our book, “A Few Flowers Worthy of Gene- j ral Culture,” is now ready, and will be mailed, postpaid, on receipt of twenty-five cents, which is allowed on the first order for plants. This book is the most beautiful and practical work on gardening published, and should be read by every one interested in the advanced taste in gardening. Our catalogue containing prices and des criptions of Hardy Plants, Roses, Rhododendrons, Japanese Maples, Rare Shrubs, Tuberous-rooted Begonias, Gloxinias, Dablias, etc., is sent with the book. f NEW YORK _ Plans and estimates furnished and ‘orders received by ELLIOTT FLORAL CO., pop RM ADWAY, COK. 20TH ST Ladies’ Tailor and Dressmaking. (mportations arriving every steamer. Riding Habits, Coaching and Hunting Suits. Send for estimates of our English Luncheon Gowns. Samples by mail 27 East 20th Street. CHOCOLATE MENIER ASK FOR IT EVERYWHERE Foreign B. A. ELLIOTT CO., S4 SIXTH ST., PITTSBURG, PA comicbooks.com