Life, 1895-04-18 · page 17 of 18
Life — April 18, 1895 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. It features various commercial advertisements typical of early 20th-century print media. The ads promote fashion items and consumer goods relevant to the era: - **Fibre Chamois** lining for women's puffed sleeves and skirts (fashionable silhouettes of the period) - **Kayser gloves** with reinforced fingertips - **Cluett collars and cuffs** for men - **Chester suspenders** with elastic cord - Patent medicines like **Pabst Malt Extract** tonic - **Instantaneous Chocolate** candy - **Rae's Lucca Oil** (olive oil) - **Burpee's Farm Annual** seed catalog - **Bergdorf & Voigt** tailoring services The page reflects consumer culture and advertising conventions of the period, with decorative borders and ornate typography. There is **no political satire or cartoon commentary**—it's a standard commercial advertising section.
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THE “Kayser” Patent You desire to be Stylish We will tell you How— Interline the Puffed Sleeves and Skirts of your Spring and Summer Costumes with CA Tipped Giloves are The kind that DON’T wear out. A “GUARANTEE” in every pair. ALL DRY GOODS STORES SELL THEM. BRAND OLLARS UFFS At your Outfitters. SMALL S8PACE-BIG TYPD SHORT STORY—SOON TOLD GUARANTEED Collars and Cuffs, our SOUVENIR OF FASHIONS Will tell the rest, FREE BY MAIL. Read it at your leisure, Cluett, Coon & Co., Makers, Troy, N. Y. realization of your desire. Puffed Sleeves and Skirts will not lose their shape if lined with Fibre Chamois— unaf- fected by dampness— endorsed by all leading modistes. 'LDILGIDID ILD ID ILD ID IGS O9I 942. “ To be found at the Lining Counter of all leading Dry Goods Stores. IDIDIDIDIDIPCD ID ID ID IG IA TANGO. Food is fuel to the body. “Best"’ Tonic, Pabst Malt Extract, secures perfect con- sumption of this fuel; hence perfect health, strength and beauty. It soothes the most wakeful to delicious slumber. At Druggists. ut ats STEPHEN F. WHI &S0) Huvenrons an Sous Murs, - PHILADELPH! i EES.FARM ANNUAL wenn rae vers alana Asian book of 174 pages with many new fea THIS Pores for i8b5°" Te tells all about tbe « Heat Seeds that grow. “Any seed NAME planter is welcome tos copy FREE. ~ W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Phila, a: mr ARE THE NO® MARK I ) “GRADUATED” ELASTIC CORD MAKES THEM SO. We make over and store, Best furnisher keeps them. Fifty cents and upwards, Cheaper mode] at 25 cents. Sample pairs mailed for Price. Look for “grad "cord a 2 v ir, i CHESTER ‘SUSPENDER SO. ane . Noo 9 Decatié Avenue, ROXBURY, MASS. during the summer, furs on very reasonable terms. © The Perfection - - Rae’s Lucca Oil je Per ethan Se ii: Garments to be altered or Received the following awards at the COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. made over stored free of charge. “For Excellence of tha Prodwee yt tat Ouve Fuavors BERGDORF & VOIGT, a Si £ Manufac 2? 2 GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY Pune BY a Ladies’ Tailors and Furriers, Leghorn, Italy. Established 1836. 125 Fifth Avenue. comicbooks.c