Life, 1895-05-30 · page 19 of 22
Life — May 30, 1895 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, with minimal editorial content. The main items are product advertisements typical of early 1900s America: **Notable ads include:** - Pears' soap (claiming gentleness on skin) - Hires' Rootbeer (emphasizing authenticity vs. imitations) - Children's summer dresses by James McCreery & Co. - Bromo-Seltzer (headache remedy) - The Adirondacks resort **The only cartoon-like content** appears to be small **joke exchanges** at the bottom (about Miss Gadley's age, a whale and Jonah, and someone's IOUs), which are brief, disconnected humor pieces rather than political satire. **Context for modern readers:** This reflects an era when Life functioned as a humor and lifestyle magazine mixing editorial cartoons with extensive advertising. The ads reveal period concerns (skin impurities, "imitation" products) and leisure activities (mountain resorts). There is no significant political satire visible on this particular page.
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Extract of BEEF Send address for Cook Book. Armour & Co. i Used by all good cooks. Pears’ soap has no free al- kali in it. Nei- ther reddens nor roughens the skin. « ‘ q § Chicago. euencearememoppvovaretereeecreceereeveceneert S FOR 25° ‘ot of the preparations of coloring matter and essential oils so often sold under the name of rootbeer, but of the purest, most delicious, health-giving beverage produce. worth ten of the counterfeit kind. Suppose an Imitation extract costs five cents less than the genuine Hires; the same amount of sugar and trouble ts required; you save one cent a gallon, and—get an u: healthfullmitation in theend. Ask for HIRES and get it HIRES’ Rootbeer ssible to. One gallon of Hires" 1s pO ©D0202W2WESDWSIWSDVWO. ‘THE CHAS, E. HIRES CO., Philadelphia. eanenarosanggvesusnassssezbn uaraterteeee THE ADIRONDACKS. Hotel Ampersand, On Lower Saranac Lake, 10 hours from New York without change. Centrally located, Within a short drive of all the principal resorts in the mountains, SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS FOR YOUNG PeopteE, Swimming, rowing, canoeing, sailing, tennis, baseball and dancing. Speciai rates for June. Delightful month in the mountains. For information address, BATON & YOUNG, Ampersand, Franklin Co., N.Y. or THE BOLKENHAYN, Fitth Avenue and 68th Street, New York. Pimples, blotches, blackheads, red, rough, and oily skin, prevented by Cuticura Soap, the most effect- ive skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as pur- est and sweetest for toilet and nur- sery. The only preventive of pim- les, because the only preventive of Inflammation of the pores. gear a Soren Kine Edwirdtts hosdon Borren bi Sole Prope, Bostoa, U. 8. A. BEAUTIFUL, FITTED WITH “G & J” TIRES “WHICH GIVE NO TROUBLE” Handsome catalogve free at Rambler agencies Gonmutty @ Jerreny Mra. Co Caeage, Boston, Washington, New Yor, 8-a-n-a-d-o-r Skin Soap Brooklyn, Detrom, Coventry, Engtent Children’s Summer Dresses. $1.00 to $5.00 Each. 175 Dresses, sizes 2 and|/] 3 years; 100 Dresses, 4 years’ size; | 93 Dresses, 6 years’ size; | 158 Dresses, sizes 8, 10) and 12 years. } Every variety of Sum- mer material: Gingham,| Dimity, Batiste, Lawn, etc., and the dresses are} marked at about the cost. of the material. | Prices $1.00 to $5.00) each, certainly not half, price. | Ready this week early.| jj James McCreery & Co., Broadway and 11th St. D> OD OD® OD OD® ODWOHDIDBOID OD OD 0D IHDBOH/DWSH/D IHD OSD SHB IDV IHD OD OD I/DBI/D~SHDSHDWVI/DOIDEDBOIHDIDOBO For Every Pipe oly Golden Seeptre PDP ODOT OD ODOIDOSHD 0DOSHDOHDOSHDHI'D 0VETHDOHDWDOHDODVODOHDB°IV~HDB“SIDV USVI}. 9WHWSVWSH/}93V0S2WSIVI‘IAIS > om ‘We will send on receipt of 10 cts. a sample to any ad- dress. Prices: I pound, $1.30 quarter cts. Post-paid Catalogue Free. SURBRUG, 159 Fulton Street, New York. 0DB9DB9HH T9393 9D He: Miss Gadley really doesn't look a} is pure, sweet, and harmless. It contains no | day older than she did six years ago. poisonous antiseptics. Most other soaps do. SHE: According to her statistics she isn't} 7] “You are right in it," remarked the whale | a day older.—Exchange. to Jonah, “You bet Iam in it,” was the answer. “* And what is more, if Iam not out of it in less than a week I will give you the biggest case of appendicitis on record.” The sequel is history. — /ndianapolis Journal. is just as good as my note any day. THE TOUCHER (with pride): My word! 9 ia THE Ustoucnen (grimly): Yes, that's! what's the trouble with your notes.—Ex, | i Mothers bathe the babies with S-a-n-a-d-o-r} Skin Soap, it prevents Diseases by microbes.| Harmless and effective is | Bromo-Seltzer. The cure for Headache and Disordered Stomach. . | | comicbooks.com