Life, 1892-10-27 · page 2 of 14
Life — October 27, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire or comics. It contains multiple commercial advertisements from late 19th or early 20th-century New York businesses: - **Whiting M'fg Co.**: Silversmith advertising solid sterling silver goods - **Hollanders**: Boys' clothing retailer with locations in New York and Boston - **Stern Brothers**: Department store promoting French lingerie, silk skirts, and blouses - **Gunther's Sons**: Furrier selling sables, furs, and trimmings The only non-advertising content is a small illustration captioned "He Is Waiting For Me," accompanying text about a novel called "Sweet Bells Out of Tune" by Mrs. Burton Harrison. There is **no political commentary or satirical cartoon content** visible on this page—it's a straightforward commercial advertisement section from *Life* magazine.
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WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING ‘AMS FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “Ig IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED tr” 1S NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Solid Silver Exclusively. WuitTInc M’rc Co. Silversmiths, Union Square MPERML ¥8 RUSS? HensunBare CYBLES 2D Manties-Rozes: JIUFFS ~ B0as- CRAVAT TES» AND [tom THe Tans -MUFFS: BOAS- av TRIMMINGS OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY- aor cnet’ e-G- GUNTHER Sons 184 FIFTH AVE- NEW YORK HOLLANDERS New York: Boston: 290 Fifth Avenue. 202 Boylston Street. ==BOYS’ CLOTHING.== Ready-made Suits, Reefers and Ulsters equal to the finest Custom work. Prices will be found very reasonable compared with others. MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S Dresses, Street Garments and Millinery Ready-Made and to Order. Stern Brothers are now exhibiting their entire Fall Importations of Fine French Lingerie comprising Negligees, Matinees, Sauts de Lits, Corset Covers and Chemises de Nuit in Nainsook, Percales and Silk. Our Also exclusive novelties in Plaid Surah, Taffeta and Broche Silk Skirts Blouses and Waists For Street and Evening Wear. West 23d St. & 16th St. Corres Um, by The Centary Co, “HE IS WAITING FOR ME.” From “ Sweet Bells Out of Tune.” MBS: BURTON HARRISON has wrt a new novel of New York society, whit] 1s said to be a wonderfully realistic and cles story, even excelling in interest her famcs| novel, ‘The Anglomaniacs,” The Center has secured it, and it will begin in the N+ vember number. ‘Sweet Bells Out of Turt opens with a fashionable wedding. The Se} ropolitan Opera House, the ‘smart se and their sayings and doings, are faithfut reflected, and the pictures by Charles Nox4 Gibson are as brilliant as the story. T! London Chronicle now considers M son's work superior to that of Du Maurie Punch's great cartoonist. The November Century will be ready Tuesday, November 1, It will conta Suffern Tailer's article on ‘ Road Coachit upto Date,” fully illustrated, a capital sto by Brander Matthews, "The New Memb of the Club," etc., ete.” The account of 2 American girl's experiences in Paris at time of the Commune is feature” of th number. A large first edition will be printed pEserybody will read “Sweet Bells Out une.” comicbooks.com