Life, 1890-07-17 · page 16 of 16
Life — July 17, 1890 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** with one small satirical illustration titled "Scrambling for It." The main cartoon depicts two street urchins fighting over a cake of Pears' Soap. The accompanying text explains the joke: it's meant to humorously illustrate how desirable genuine Pears' Soap is once people discover its quality. The satire targets inferior soap manufacturers who try to pass off their products as equivalent substitutes. The caption notes that consumers "scramble" just as persistently as these boys to obtain the genuine article rather than accept cheaper imitations. The cartoon reflects late-19th-century consumer culture concerns about counterfeit or adulterated products. The "good-natured tussle" between the children serves as lighthearted advertising—suggesting Pears' Soap is worth fighting for. The remainder of the page contains period patent medicines and consumer goods advertisements (typewriters, hair tonics, insurance, corsets), typical of Life magazine's revenue model at this time.
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CALIGRAPH GREATEST SPEED! BEST FOR MANIFOLDING. 100,000 Dally sors. THE MOST DURABLE, Nol, = = s ar a “3, For account of speed contests and Circulars, address THE AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE CO., HARTFORD, CONN. BRANCH OFFICES: 237 Broaoway, New York. 14 West 41m Sracer, Cincinnati, O. . 1003 ARCH STACEY, PHILAcciemia, Enawisw Factory, Coventry, ENGLAND. JRAND SqU. THIS LABEL 1S ON THE BEST RIBBON MADE ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT. Bfany women wha fair Soces"are deflclent ta Beauty ovo ing to unde veloped A7uree, fat dusts, e2, twhich ona be reme ADIPO-MALENE. LE. MARSH & CO.. Mad!son &q., Phila., Po peseidie to firea ful description inanadver- Maemens: send 6c, tn aicmps,anda descriptive cir- cular, with tests Quly 17, 1890. SCRAMBLING FOR IT. Here is a good-natured tussle for a cake of Pears’ Soap, which only illustrates how necessary it becomes to all people who have once tried it and discovered its merits. Some who ask for it have to contend for it in a more serious way, and that too in drug stores, where all sorts of vile and inferior soaps, represented as "just as good,” are urged upon them as substitutes. But there is nothing ‘just as good,” and they can always get the genuine Pears’ Soap if they will be as persist- ent as are these urchins, esesesesetr See, isxicam CORLISS BRAND SseZe& LINEN COLLARS AND CUFFS. Bk Co CORRECT STYLES react wanx BEST QUALITY. PERFECT FITTING GARFIELD TEA ssis.cnetieve Freq samples at all druggists or S19 W. 451h EL N.Y, MUTUAL UFETnsuRANe AT THE LEAST COST. MODERN METHODS. Home OFFice. PHILA. Pa EN Pause of Wa. M. Havstao, 33-43 Govo Sr., N. Ye without above signature =H, MICHELSEN. INU SH ©" gor? Tricopherous A) HAIR & SKIN Ss, + An elegant dressing ex “ Jquisitely pertamed, removes Pg Pe Mail imparitiestrom thesca!p, —~ “ea d) [prevents baldness and gray MB bate, and causes the hair 19 grow Thick, Soft and Beantifal. Infallible for caring ero> ‘docs, diseases of the skin, glande and muscles, and quicki* vealing cnta, barns, brolees, epraing, &c. AT] Droggists oF by Mall, 30 Cts. BARCLAY & CO., 44 Stone 8t., N. ¥. comicbooks.com