Life, 1892-09-15 · page 18 of 18
Life — September 15, 1892 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It's a collection of period product advertisements with minimal editorial material. The main items are: **Advertisements featured:** - Decker Brothers Pianos (New York) - Hartshorn shade rollers - Pozzoni's Complexion Powder (targeting women concerned with skin blemishes) - Yale locks - W. Baker & Co. Breakfast Cocoa - Wright & Ditson tennis equipment - Rigaud's perfume extracts - A. Jaeckel furrier services **Editorial content:** - "Life's Calendar for September" promoting "The Diary of a Freak," illustrated by Gibson and other notable cartoonists, sold for ten cents The page reflects **1890s consumer culture**: beauty products for women, luxury goods, and recreational sports equipment. The Pozzoni's powder ad is notable for its explicit focus on women's appearance anxiety—linking skin blemishes to moral character ("mostly voluntary"). No political satire is evident; this is a straightforward commercial page typical of Life's advertising revenue model.
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(Sept. 15, 1892. Pears’ Soap Skin blemishes, like foul teeth, are the more offensive because they are mostly voluntary. The pores are closed. One ‘canno: open them in a minute; he may in 2 oheeam auTog APH spice Locks with small P Caemdh aa Gee." are ERAS, DECKER BROTHERS’ MATCHLESS SY) &r seer gets countless—most of them are worthless, The word “Yale”, or this mark on lock or key E Yale & Towne Mig. Co. Leaves a Delicate an: Lasting Odor.| month. AN IDEAL COMPLETO BORP. ve it plenty of For sale by all Dru Try plenty of soap, give it plenty o! if ,and Fancy, Goods Deaie tf anadie to procure this Senterful soap rend #80| time, and often; excess of good soap th stampe and receives cake Dy Teall. g FAS SS WIFI OO.Chionse will do no harm. Use Pears'—no WRIGHT & apt eer All sorts of stores sell it, ‘especially druggists ; all sorts of pecple are using Official | Lawn Tennis Outfitters To The United will enable you vo discrimf- nate, = the Dutch Process No Alkalies es Other Chemicals are used in the ee Preparation of ROBZ OG W. BAKER & C0.’ Complexion Powder Sa delicate and refined preparation that the nost fastidious ladies do not hesitate to use. Itis fragrant and refreshing, and is never mpleasantly noticeable. The test of time is yethaps most assuring, and Pozzoni’s reakfastCocoa which ts absolutely pure and soluble. Ithas more than three times the strength of Cocoa mixed Jomploxion Powdor has steadily gained | popularity for thirty years, Try it. = For Sale Everywhere. TTY BEAN©; Organ, 925 up. Want }EA Agits, Catalogue FREE. Dan" Beatty, Wash'ton, NO FURS Repaired, made over, or altered after October ist. Such work should be jone now when proper attention can de given. A. Jaeckel, FURRIER, 11 EAST 19th STREET, NEW YORK. with Starch, Arrowroot or and is far more eco- Sugar, less than one cent a cu; fe olen. cevting las ‘Dourlshing, and. EASILY DIGESTED, Sold by Grocers everywhere. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. BOSTON, MASS. ‘Saxo ror Texwts Caratocur. RIGAUD & O0., Parisian Perfumers, Parts, Life’s Calendar FOR SEPTEMBER NOW READY. “The Diary of a Freak” By the Author of “The Diary of a District Messenger.” DRAWINGS BY Gibson, Van Schaick, Wenzell, and others. Ten Cents—on All Newstands. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, out October Ist. comicbooks.com