Life, 1896-01-30 · page 17 of 20
Life — January 30, 1896 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** for various consumer products popular in the late 19th/early 20th century, with one central cartoon. **The Main Cartoon:** Shows a doctor speaking to a patient complaining of breathing difficulty. The doctor offers a remedy—a clear setup for a joke. The humor appears to rely on a dark medical gag: the doctor will give the patient "something that will soon stop that," implying the solution is death itself (stopping the patient's breathing permanently). This reflects era-typical "sick humor" about incompetent or callous medicine. **The Advertisements** include: - Monarch and Stearns bicycles - Adipo-Malene (a bust-enhancement product for "undeveloped figures") - Essence of Rhine Violets perfume - Rae's Lucca Oil (olive oil) - Whitman's chocolate - Tooth Sense (dental product) - Veuve Clicquot champagne The ads reflect consumer goods marketed to middle-class Americans, with particular focus on beauty products and luxury items. The page serves primarily as a revenue vehicle rather than satirical content.
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{ Mounted on this king of bicycles, . you are Monarch of all you survey. S All nature is yours as you speed along on your ride of health and happiness. You can. depend on the MONARCH in any emergency. There’s‘‘Know How”’ in the makin, Amotels, $9 to $100, fully Grea and adaits who want & Monarch Cycle Mfg.Co Lake, Halsted and Fulton Sts., CHICAGO. 83 Reade Street, NEW YORK. i H i i i | Send for Monarch book. H i iH i “Yes, DocTor, IT STILL HURTS ME TO BREATHE—IN FACT, THE ONLY TROUBLE NOW SEEMS TO BE MY BREATH.” “OH, WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT WILL SOON STOP THAT.” THE STEARNS HAS BEEN THE LEADER OF BICYCLES IN PROGRESSIVE MECHANI- CAL CONSTRUCTION. THE 96 MODELS ECLIPSE ALL FORMER EFFORTS. deficient beauty ow ing to unde veloped figures, fat busts, et-, which can be rome. died by the use of Piers ADIPO-MALENE. LE. MARSH & CO, Madison Sq. Philadelphia, Pa. eq isomce Rae's Lucca Oil RAINE * VloLets ; Your physician will tell you that Olive (Name Registered.) Ol ure and ey 6 one oF the most es wholesome of foods. Rae's Oilis pure and THELQUEAN OF piace wt : sweet, as testified to by numerous awards If you want a real Violet { z and wide repute. A trial will convince Perfume, be sure you get i a 3 you of its superior excellence as a food product. It is not a combination of Guaranteed Absolutely Pure by other scents, but is abso- | S. RAE & CO., j ity trae e drectisement 33 Established 1836, Leghorn, Italy. out and show it to your " dealer. MULHENS & EROPFF, Kew York, 0.S.Agenta 7 18 REQUIRED WITH WHITMAN'S comicbooks.com