Life, 1893-04-20 · page 2 of 16
Life — April 20, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political commentary. The top features Whiting M'FG Co.'s sterling silver products (emphasizing "solid silver exclusively" to counter fraudulent "plated" goods—a consumer concern of the era). Below are ads for: - **Life's Fairy Tales** by John A. Mitchell (editor of Life magazine) - **Frederick A. Stokes Co.** (publisher) - **Flandrau & Co.** (pleasure vehicles/carriages) - **Brewster & Co.** (vehicle manufacturers) - **Stern Bros** (French lingerie and fashion) - **Penn Mutual Life Insurance** (with a postage-paid inquiry card) The ornate silver pitcher illustration appears decorative rather than satirical. No political cartoons or caricatures are present on this page.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING, THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE. ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE. IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “Is If SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?” 18 NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Solid Silver Exclusively. Wp FINE: STERLING WHITING M’F’G CO Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St. Tue “Geary Cup’! ror Scuoonens, Wow ey! Masovemre.!” LIP E’S FAIRY TALES. By JOHN A. MITCHELL, Editor of “LIFE” and author of «The Last American.” A series of clever fairy tales, full of the quaint humor that marks Mr. Mitchell's writings. With numerous illustrations by Gibson, Johnson, Attwood and others, Fully as amusing as ‘The Last American,” which was one of the most successful satires ever published in this country, anc which is now in its eighth edition. Well printed on good paper and bound in dark blue cloth, appropriately stamped in ink and gold. 1 vol.,16mo, $1.00, Sent to any address on receipt of price (at the publishers’ expense.) FREDERICK A. STOKES CO., 27 West Twenty-Third Street. FLANDRAU & Co., 372, 374, 376 BROOME ST. Pleasure Vehicles for Town and Country. LARGEST STOCK PINISHED VEHICLES IN THE WORLD. NEW YORK. Brewster & Co. (Of Broome St.) Broadway, 47th to 48th St. Only Place of Business. Manufacturers of Every Variety of Pleasure Vehicle For Town and Country Use. Four-in-Hands and Tandems A SPECIALTY. E All you have guessed about life insurance may be wrong. If you PAY wish to know the truth, send for POST- “How and Why." issued by the PENN MUTUAL LIFE, 921-3-5 6 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Stern Bros Invite attention to their Spring Importations ot High Class French Linge in the new Empire and Directoire Styl of Silk, Nainsool Lawns and Percah Also Exclusive Novelties in Peignoirs Matinees and Blouses West 23d5 comicbooks.com roy