Life, 1894-12-27 · page 43 of 53
Life — December 27, 1894 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** with one brief satirical exchange. The main content includes: **"A Woman's Reasons"**: A short dialogue between Mr. and Mrs. Beekman Bleeker about theater etiquette. The husband complains about a woman wearing a high hat blocking the stage view. The wife's retort—that she wears it for the same stylish, attention-getting reasons he wears his Knox hat on the street—is the satirical point: it exposes male hypocrisy about fashion and vanity. Both sexes prioritize appearance over consideration for others. **Advertisements**: The page features cigars (Estabrook & Eaton's Marguerite), musical instruments (Washburn guitars/mandolins/banjos/zithers), and cocktail mixers (The Club Cocktails by Heublein & Bro.). These ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture and leisure activities for the middle and upper classes. The satire is gentle social commentary on gender and propriety rather than political commentary.
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Py LIFE ESTABROOK & EATON’S Marguerite 25 ina box, $13.00 per 100 50 100 Lonpres EsPECIALE: 100 CONCHAS, 50 They are Distinctly a Cigar that Gentlemen Smoke. SEND FOR PRICE LIST OF IMPORTED CIGARS. ESTABROOK & EATON, Boston. A WOMAN'S REASONS. Mk. BEEKMAN BLEEKER.—" How do you expect people back of you to see the stage. Why do you insist upon wearing that high hat in a theatre?" Mrs. BEEKMAN BLEEKER.—* For the same reason that you wear a Knox hat on the street, because it’s stylish, becoming and attracts attention.” Not Always! Do people get all the real enjoyment out of life that is possible? Not always. If they did, you would never find a home that did not contain a Washburn es texes: Zither. “BEST IN THE WORLD” How's your home? Let's start you on the road to happiness by sending you a catalogue (free) of our magnificent line of Washburns. LD Cor. Wabash Ave. & Adams St., CHICAGO. WASHBURDS are for sale by 3600 leading music dealers in the U.S. A BETTER COCKTAIL AT HOME THAN IS SERVED OVER ANY BAR IN THE WORLD. THE CLUB= York, Manhattan, Martini, Whisky, Holland Gin, Tom Gin and Vermouth. We guarantee these Cocktails to be made of absolutely pure and well-matured liquors, and the mixing equal to the cocktails served over any bar in the world. Being compounded in accurate proportions, they will always be found of uniform quality. Tey our YORK Cocktail—made without any sweetening—dry and delicious. A sample ¢-ounce bottle sent to any address, prepaid, for 4o cents. tory of the origia of the American Cocktail tree on application For sale by all Druggists and Dealers, Cc. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Proprietors. 39 Broadway, New York. Hartford, Conn. and 20 Piccadilly, W. London, England. comicbooks.com