Life, 1891-07-02 · page 15 of 18
Life — July 2, 1891 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with one satirical cartoon at the top. The cartoon depicts a domestic scene where a husband complains to a shopkeeper that his wife's new Kayser Patent Finger Tipped Silk Gloves wore out too quickly. The shopkeeper responds that they didn't buy the *right kind*—implying the husband was cheap. The joke satirizes both **marital frugality** (the husband's economical nature) and **marketing claims**: the gloves come with a guarantee ticket for free replacement, yet the shopkeeper still manages to shame the customer into feeling he made a poor purchase decision. The page otherwise contains advertisements for **Beecham's Pills** (a patent medicine promising to cure digestive/nervous disorders), **Mellin's Food** (infant formula), and **Remington Typewriters**. These reflect early-1900s consumer culture and the era's heavy reliance on patent medicines and dubious health claims. The King Henry VII quote about word-of-mouth advertising frames the commercial content ironically.
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“Kayser Patent Finger Tipped Silk Gloves” it all leading stores conomical husband): SEE WERE, SIR! MY WIFE BOUGHT THESE GLOVES Y AND THE FINGER ENDS ARE THROUGH ALREADY ! J Storekeeper: SWE DID NOT BUY THE RIGHT KIND! WE SELL THE ATENT FINGER TIPPED SILK GLOVES,” AND WITH EVERY PAIR GIVE A & TICKET" ENTITLING HER TO ANOTHER PAIR, /ree of charge, WHENEVER " fail to outwear the gloves. “We are advertised by our loving friends.” King Henry VIL She Never Laughs. § And no wonder! She’s all out of order inside from some Bilious or Nervous Disorder; she's got either Impaired Digestion, a Disor- dered Liver or a Sick Headache, and quite likely all three. How can she laugh? BEECHAM’S PILL S would remedy all this. They act like magic on all the vital functions, and restore har- mony to the entire system. Prepared only by Thos. Beecham, St. Helens, Lancashire, England. Of druggists, or mailed by B. F. Allen Co., 365 Canal St., New York, on receipt of 25 cts. “ Practice is better than theory. Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.” True of Typewriters as of other things! The Portraits of Healthy Infants Sent by Thankful Parents Otter Irrefutable Evidence fe Ot the Excellence of MELLIN’S FOOD FoR INFANTS AND INVALIDS. Eminently the creation of practical Ex- the Standard Typewriter of to-day. perience is Remington PE DNLIBER-COODALE CO., Beston, Mass, Invites correspondence. An Illustrated Catalogue is sent on application. LUCY THORNE PRITCHARD, Chicago, Int. Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 327 Broadway, New York. comicbooks.com