Life, 1895-03-07 · page 15 of 20
Life — March 7, 1895 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and editorial page** from Life magazine (Vol. XXIV), not a political cartoon. The main content is a "Monthly Calendar" contest centered on **"Trilby,"** a popular 1894 novel by George du Maurier about bohemian life in Paris featuring the characters Svengali and Little Billee. Life is running a **literary trivia contest** with cash prizes ($25, $15, $10) for readers answering detailed questions about the novel—asking about characters' names, plot points, and the author's arguments about art and nudity. This reflects how serialized novels were major cultural events that magazines leveraged for reader engagement. The page is surrounded by period advertisements: Armour beef extract, a ladies' tailor, Quinby carriages, and Burpee's seed catalog—typical commercial appeals for Life's affluent readership in turn-of-the-century New York.
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NOTICE. UBSCRIBERS TO “ LIFE" Extract of : Extract BEEF Ss will please give old address . Used by all good cooks. Send address for Cook Book. as well as new when re- i Armour & Co., Chicago. questing change of same. | Life’s Mlonthly Calendar |... 2%. Ladies’ Tailor. FOR MARCH, RECHERCHE SELECTIONS, s Contains The “Trilby 23 Examination. New Cloths, Exclusive Makes, For the best replies to the following questions a prize of Twenty-five Dollars for the best set, Capes, Coats, Gowns. Fifteen Dollars for the second best, and Ten Dollars for the third best will be awarded. t t. What “does the author claim as the king of all | 5. What did the Laird call M. le général Comte de la RI DING instruments ?. Who does he claim was the greatest | Tour-aux-Loups ? t violinist of his time ? What does he call the most bour- 6. In what places does he compare Gecko to a dog ? . geois piece of music he knows ? 7. How old was Trilby when she died ? 2, What was Svengali’s real name? 8. What was Little Billee’s physical explanation of ed : ¥ : : . his inability to love ? 3._ Where does the author state that he is a social A scripti A SPECIALTY. H lion > Where does he deny that he i nob? g. What verbal description of one of the heroes con- : : . H * tradicts almost every one of the author's drawings of him ? 4. Where does he bring Little Billee in contact with | “10, What incident of the story is inconsistent with the | Silk Blouses and Waists Punch ? author's own argument in behalf of the nude in art ? ; For Conditions Governing the Contest see the CALENDAR. : 210 Fifth Ave., . | $1.00 a Year. = = Ten Cents a Copy. New York. ; LI FE’ S M ONT H LY CA LEN DA R, London, Paris, Cowes, Nice, Edinburgh. :. 19 West Thirty-first Street, New York City. | pEES FARM ANNUAL jon: book of 174 pages with muny new fea~ Esrag.isneo 1834. tures for isis Te tells all about tbe Heat Seeds that grew. Any. planter ts welcome toa copy FREE. arry J 4 4 OX YY Makers of Fine Carrlages, ea VEY Z BOLL = NEWARK, N. J. Quinby carriages among the wealthy and fashion- VOL. XXIV. Ae DS ANY ‘ Z \ “lh ! The increasing popularity of hs L I =) E A able people of New York yp and vicinity, is owing to] Now Ready, 7 As ge MoM ys 4> the fact that they are un- excelled in style, quality, Bound in Maroon and Gold, Green and Gold, and sc and finish, and can be purchased at i one minimum profit on the cost of Pull Black. est production, direct from the makers. vet od Warerooms and factory occupy the block opposite the Broad Street station of alt the D. L. & W. R. R., at Newark, thirty minutes from Christopher or Barclay Street, New York. Upon request will forward photos of any desired style. PRICE $5.00.