Life, 1892-06-23 · page 2 of 16
Life — June 23, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The dominant content includes: 1. **Whiting M'fg Co.** - A sterling silverware company advertisement featuring a classical female figure with a large vessel, emphasizing their "solid silver exclusively" products. 2. **Red Hand** - An advertisement for tomato ketchup, claiming "highest grade imported." 3. **Kayser Patent Finger Tipped Silk Glove** - An ad for women's gloves featuring a sketch of a young woman's hand. 4. **Life's Monthly Calendar** - A subscription advertisement for 1892. 5. **The Pictorial Weeklies Co.** - Publishers offering magazine subscription services. The single illustrated element with potential satirical content is the small sketch accompanying the glove advertisement, but it appears to be primarily promotional rather than satirical commentary.
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i BL) st) at taae Solid Silver WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING, rie FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEOOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS AND THE QUESTION “Ig IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?” 1S NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. STERLING, WuitInc Mpc Co. CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB OF NEW YORK. WON BY “‘GLORIANA.”* «There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of vir- tue in its outward parts.” The virtue of Shrewsbury Tomato- ketchup is in its inward parts. Red Hand “22: Highest Grade Imported. Bold Everywhere. E. L. ZELL, Agt., 92 Pearl S THE PICTORIALWEEKLIESCO. CAPITAL, $100,000. 28 West 23d Street, New York City. JAMES S, METCALFE, President. JOHN O. PATTEN, Vice-President, ANDREW MILLER, Secretary and Treasurer. DIRECTORS. Axprew Mitte, Joun M, Savas Hexny Jounson. Jonn O, Patten. James S. Mercate. THIS PAPER IS PRINTED PECIAL - LIFE - INK MANUFACTURED BY THR W. D. WILSON PRINTING INK CO.,.Tp. 10 SPRUCE ST., N.Y, Send for Special Prices and Discounts, ALLSOPP'S sounds good for idle mone, 8 Por Cont. Net paste ie ot i. ALE. ssible revenue from one acre Italian Prunes Poltirecete In Oregon. installments. recon. Send for new Prospectus, The Fans Thrust axp Loax Co., Portland, Ore. Investment Share Certificates on CROPS AND BANKS NEVRR PAIL IN You are probably familar with Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly, or the American Grocer (Thurber, Whyland & Co.'s), of The Traveler (issued by the Traveler's Insurance Co.), of the periodical issued by Browning, King & Co, These publications are sent regularly to present or possible customers ot these firms. The fact that they are published at great expense shows that they must be profitable advertising mediums for the concerns that use them. Would you like to boom your business in the same way ? If s0, you can do it at comparatively small expense. You can, for little money, have a handsome weekly or monthly illustrated publication of your own having any title you may select for it, and giving you ample space to say anything you wish to your actual or prospective customers. It will consist of sixteen pages, eight of which are made up of handsomely illustrated mat- ter like that in L//e, and the other eight will be devoted to announcements, chat and news about your own business. To circulate s.coo copiesevery month will cost you complet erything—paper, printing, mailing, postage ing man, salesmen and others, can furnish the editorial matter on your side, so that part of it will cost you nothing. ‘You can cut down the cost materially by taking a few advertisements, not conflicting with your own, from the people whom you patronize. ff you tke cnough of them, the paper can be tage sel(-supporting, and you will get zour ewn adtvertising [ree. You send your manuscript—we do ihe rest, Of course, if you prefer it, you can have your side printed in your own town. Vhy pay big money for little space when for little money you can have all the space you want to tell about your business ? Remember, our pages of the sheet are made up of illustrations which would cost you large money. ‘We guarantee that no other concern in your territory shall have the matter we furnish you. Isn't this worth your consideration ? If so, write to us for samples, and for the particulars, or, we will have one of our represen- atives call upon you, from $150 to $200 a month. Silversmiths, UNION SQUARE & 16TH ST., New York. An American Girl is usually the best gloved woman in the world. Would you know why? She wears the bes and the cheapest ; the best, because they don't wear through at the finger tips; the cheapest, because she buys them “ Guaranteed.” The kind that are sold that way are the Kayser Patent Finger Tipped Silk Glove. If you cannot get this glove from your dele, notify the manufacturer, JULIUS KAYSER, New York, and he will see that you get them. EVERY young lady wants a Tabourette with her afternoon teaset. They do not cost much. WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. Write for Prices. WM. B. MERSHON & CO, Saginaw, E. S., Mich. Only $1.00 a Year. Postage Paid. Life’s Monthly Calendar! FOR 1892. Single Copies, 10 Cents. comicbooks.com