Life, 1891-05-21 · page 2 of 15
Life — May 21, 1891 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** with one small satirical cartoon. The main illustration (left side) shows a dialogue between two figures shopping, labeled "Hazel" and "Alice." Alice asks Hazel what silk she wants, and Hazel responds about wanting "nice silk stockings" in black or colored. The joke appears to reference **"K-AVE" brand stockings**, which apparently had a distinctive feature—they "don't wear out at the finger ends," addressing a common wear problem of the era. The cartoon mocks women's hosiery concerns of the early 1900s, when silk stockings were luxury items prone to damage. The satire is gentle, playing on feminine shopping preferences rather than political content. The rest of the page consists of advertisements for corsets, carriages, dog breeds, whiskey, and medicinal emulsions—typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model.
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INCORPORATED Massachusetts Mutual OF SPRINGFIELD, EDCERLY, President. 1851. Life Insurance MASS. The M. Vv. B. Ca JOHN A. HALL, Secretary. The twenty payment Life Cash Guarantee Policy of this Company always include the cash val as fixed by law, which may be withdrawn at the end of the second or any subsequent year. CLINTON J. EDCERLY, Special Agent, . YOU ORDER ME SOME WHA? po you Want, Out Some pretty TAN DON'T WEAR OUT AT THE FL PED SILK C Es." Were with 1 FIND THAT KIND ? 2 IN ANY ONE OF TILE NICE STORES, K OK COLORED ? ) GRAYS, AND RE ENDS, Tuey RE YOU ORDER THE ALLED THE Kaye REMEMHER, FIVE AND A MALE, IN BREWSTER & CO. (OF BROOME STREET.) BROADWAY, 47th to 48th ST. (ONLY PLACE COACH BUILDERS. Manufacturers of every variety of pleasure OF BUSINESS. carriages for Town and Country use. THE ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARD FOR FASHION AND QUALITY. Io West 23d St., cor. 5th Ave., New York Ci Stern Bros. New Parts Corset, Coutille, Wool and Sith. 15 Different Models The most perfect corset in the wo ting the most difficult figure ¢ ing the form a symmetry not of tainable by any other. 32 to 36 W. 23d St, York. New THIS PAPER IS PRINTED PECIAL: LIFE: INK W. D. WILSON PRINTING INK CO., 11. 140 WILLIAM ST, N. Y. send for Soecial Prices and Discounts? 37 Years in FULTON STREET. H. B. KIRK & CO. DO NOT SELL Mixed or Compounded Goods. PRICE ACCORDING TO ACE. No other house can furnish “OLD CROW" RYE WHISKEY. Sold by us as uncolored, unsweetened. Sole Agents for The PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO. Sole Agents for the Inglenook Wines. Send for Catalogue. FULTON ST. - 9 WARREN 58T. Broadway & 27th St., New York. CAUTION! THE ONLY CENUINE BENT’S HAND-MADE WATER CRACKERS ARE STAMPED BENT & CO, ON EVERY CRACKER, BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Suggestions for Cartoons Wanted pay well for them, Address: PO. Boi THIS LABEL IS 0% a BEST RIBBON Mo He ALLSOPP'S HIGHEST CRADE SOLD EVERYW THE FASHIONABLE DOG. “\Fox Terriers. ORIOLE KENNELS, Youngstown, Ohio. Children always of pure Cod Liver Ol! with Hypo { phosphites of Lime and Sod almost as palatable ag milk Children enjoy It rathor than otherwise. A MARVELLOUS FLES PRODUCER It In Indeed, ond 14 little lads and lassies who take © may be fortitiod against ® Cough that might prove serious. I! taking Scott's sion after t meals during the winter se2900- Beware of substitutions and comicbooks.com