Life, 1895-10-10 · page 2 of 18
Life — October 10, 1895 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than editorial satire or political commentary. It contains: 1. **James McCreery & Co.** — announcement of a new clothing establishment opening on West 23rd Street 2. **Kennon Rich Furs** — advertisement for fur garments (sealskin, chinchilla, Persian) with an illustration of a fashionably dressed woman 3. **Raymond & Whitcomb Tours** — travel agency promoting winter trips to California and other destinations 4. **Hilton, Hawkes & Co.** — department store ads for women's clothing and shoes 5. **Fields Gay with Golden Rod** — general merchandise store promotion The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and advertising conventions in *Life* magazine, which mixed satirical editorial content with paid advertisements. There is no discernible political cartoon or social satire present on this particular page.
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James McCreery & Co., Desire to announce the opening of their NEW ESTABLISHMENT Nos. 64, 66,68 West 23d St. AYMOND & WHITCOMB ALL TRAVELING EXPENSES INCLUDED. ‘ a e ° li f e A Winter in California. Special trains of magnificent vestibuled sleeping and dining cars will leave New York at frequent intervals for California. ‘The tickets cover every expense of travel both ways, and give the holder entire freedom of movement on the Pacitic Coast and for the return trip. They may be used returning on any regular train until July, 1896, or on our own special vestibuled trains with personal escort. Choice of routes for the ard and return trip. These tours are in- tended principally for those who wish to travel in the most comfortable manner. Tours to Atlanta Exposition, Florida, Cuba, Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, the Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite Valley, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, China, Europe, including Russia, etc., etc., in season. Independent Ralleoad and Steamship tickets to all points. Send for descriptive book mentioning particular information desired. RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, Lincoln Building, 31 East 14th St., Cor. Union Sq., West, New York. Tat Fon om 24 East 23rd Street, MADISON SQ., SOUTH. Our Jacket Models for the coming Winter are ready for Inspecti An entirely new departure in Sealskin and Per- sian Lamb, A large assortment of Capes and Collarettes in the new combinations of Persian and Chinchilla, Sealskin and Imperial Ermine. We advise an early attention to garments requiring alteration to the present style of fashion. Summer estimates on this work through the month of October. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT. Special attention to the furnishing of skins and trimmings for 1 Makers of Robes et Manteaux. BROADWAY ° OEIOUSis FOURTH AVE. ‘Sucerssons toOAT. Stewart & Co, ors ant =o Telephone, 656 18th. BROAOWAY PAAIOAS FOURTH AYE. FIELDS GAY WITH GOLDEN ROD only half suggest the Autumnal richness of the store as we have stocked it, There's a golden harvest here for any buyer, and no one need be up to tricks to share the advan- tages of our grand merchandise methods. WOMEN’S WARM UNDERWEAR | Not gathered haphazard, but chosen carefully with full knowledge of markets and of your | needs, Foreign makes, at home makes—silk, wool, merino, or those witful blendings of silk- and-wool that join exquisite richness with exquisite softness, They're all here in com- bination suits, vests, drawers, equestrian | tights, corset covers and abdominal bands. | And always at less than you expect, if you know how prices are around town, Women’s Swiss ribbed merino Vests, bigh neck, short sleeves, and low neck, nosieeves, white and natural, $5e.; the $1.10 kind. Women’s Swiss ribbed all-wool Vests, low neck, no sleeves, white, pink, blue and black, @1.10; the $1.50 kind, Women’sSwiss ribbed all-silk black E 1 knee and ankle lengths, 8% pr.: ritbed Combination Suits, | white merino, low neck, #3; white and natural, high neck and short sleeves, 83.25; high neck and long slee 83.50, Women's all-wool Abdominal Bands, white and natural, 65e.; the sc, kind. Women's Jersey ribbed merino Vests and Drawers, 486.; good value at 7s¢. Women’s fast black cotton Stockings, extra silk fleeced lined, 35e. pr.; were soc. Broadway and Nioth Street. uscee Tet ACT OF WOMEN’S EASY SHOES He's been looking ahead, this Shoe Man, get- ting up a more sensible Shoe for women—casier to stand in, easier to walk in, more like a man’s waukenphast—and still neat and stylish Plump, polished goat tops, sensibly stout hand-welted soles, toes not so sharply inted, heelsas made for men, very durable for school or business, and only m3 a pair. Women's Shoes in Brahmah kid and cloth tops, broad or pointed toes, firm but flexiby considered bargains at $2.50 until we put the price #1 95. . Gymnasium Shoes in all the best varieties io kid, canvas or calf, with leather or buck skin soles, from 900. to 81.75. Second Floor, Tenth str. FALL WHITE GOODS Never so many novelties. Finest quality Dotted Swiss. hand wover. 43 in., all new dots, 37. yd. Better thas 0 in, wide that 1s sold at 7c. y4 Jones’ Cambric, splendid quality, finish, 6 in, wide, 15e. yd. Fine quality india Linen, 10¢. yd. Brondway. HOW ABOUT A TRUNK ? Duck covered, muslin lined, Dress Trunks 2 trays and roliers, best. brass Excelsior lock, 32 in,, $5.50: 34 in., 6% 3% 86.50. Almost anywhere else in’ (0 they'd be $6.50, $7 and $7. Solid’ leather Dress Suit Cases, 22 and 2 comicbooks.com